BobChronic6505
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Fams looks good man. Are u going to flower out the clones?
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Gmo grows Top Dawg Fam95
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BobChronic6505 I won't be flowering out the clones. There's a couple reasons that I'll be taking clones this week:
a) Because the clones may show sex while they're rooting, and before their vegging donor plants. This will allow me to make some room in the veg tent when I remove the males.
b) So that I can ensure that I get clones rooted prior to switching the vegging plants to a flowering light cycle.
c) It gives me extra time to get the clones nice and big for mother plants should I chose to keep them. It also allows me some extra time to take clones of the new mothers for my next grow cycle should I decide to run them again right away.
d) Because I'm itching for something to tinker with. I haven't cloned in YEARS (probably 10 years), and I'm itching to see if I can do it successfully again.
Speaking of tinkering, I built out another aeroponics tote the other day. This one is 33% larger than what I've got going now, and should be more appropriate for the 4'x4' tent.
a) Because the clones may show sex while they're rooting, and before their vegging donor plants. This will allow me to make some room in the veg tent when I remove the males.
b) So that I can ensure that I get clones rooted prior to switching the vegging plants to a flowering light cycle.
c) It gives me extra time to get the clones nice and big for mother plants should I chose to keep them. It also allows me some extra time to take clones of the new mothers for my next grow cycle should I decide to run them again right away.
d) Because I'm itching for something to tinker with. I haven't cloned in YEARS (probably 10 years), and I'm itching to see if I can do it successfully again.
Speaking of tinkering, I built out another aeroponics tote the other day. This one is 33% larger than what I've got going now, and should be more appropriate for the 4'x4' tent.
BobChronic6505
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That aeroponic seems to be working very well for you, those plants are big as fuck!! My fams are in organic soil mix im trying and dont really look anything like yours. You have wayyyy more vegetative growth. I have 2 tall lanky phenos and 2 squat ones. Debating on topping. I have a feeling the fams are gonna be big once they start to flower. I wish I knew what the parents looked like to be able to tell what I got.
Day 36 aero tent. Took 2 cuttings from 5 of the 6 plants and 1 cutting of the 6th (The 6th is the smallest of the bunch and kinda struggling inside the canopy. It didn't have many ideal places to take a cut.). The cuttings were dipped in Clonex and placed in rapid rooters in a humidity dome. pH 6.5 water used as a foliar spray and a little added to the bottom of the tray. The goal is to have at least 1 of each for possible mother plants, and I'm also hoping that they'll reveal sex sooner than their donor so that I can start weeding out the males.
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Day 40 Aero tent. Day 1 of flower. I switched to 12/12 and they are just finishing their first night cycle. Drained and refilled the tote with GH 6 part nutrients at week 1 flower nutrient schedule at light feed rate ~1000ppm. I believe I see sex on 5/6 and they all look female to me. I'll know more shortly and will pull any males as soon as I'm sure.
I am battling what I believe to be calcium deficiency in the Fam95s. My pH fluctuates downward from 6.0-5.4 over a 72hr period. I had to go back and look at uptake charts and I believe that the solution isn't staying above 5.8 long enough, and calcium isn't being taken in. My solution is to watch pH closer and try and keep pH between 5.8-6.1 for longer amounts of time. I'll allow solution to drift lower, but not for longer than a 48hr period. New growth is good, and very rapid. The girls have all but filled up the 4'x4' footprint. These should get BIG over the next couple of weeks.
Temp 70f, pH 6.06, res temp 66.5f, RH 59%
Soil tent day 45. I think the stretch is complete. They're starting to enter a period of stacking on new flowers. This has been a very predictable grow, they're almost identical in size and structure to the last cycle that I ran these. One of them is starting to show trichomes, and it's showing them much earlier than the 2 I previously ran. Hopefully that's a good sign. I've fed twice since the last post a week ago. Runoff was tested and pH was 6.5 and ppm was 2.1k. I start to have issues when runoff ppm is over 3k PPMs, so I'm doing well there. They're due for a watering today and will likely get a heavy watering with CaliMagic only and then fed later in the week
Temp 75f, RH 50%
Dried and cured buds that went in to jars on 7/17/21 from last run in the aeroponics tent. They are Zkittlez and Gelato.
I am battling what I believe to be calcium deficiency in the Fam95s. My pH fluctuates downward from 6.0-5.4 over a 72hr period. I had to go back and look at uptake charts and I believe that the solution isn't staying above 5.8 long enough, and calcium isn't being taken in. My solution is to watch pH closer and try and keep pH between 5.8-6.1 for longer amounts of time. I'll allow solution to drift lower, but not for longer than a 48hr period. New growth is good, and very rapid. The girls have all but filled up the 4'x4' footprint. These should get BIG over the next couple of weeks.
Temp 70f, pH 6.06, res temp 66.5f, RH 59%
Soil tent day 45. I think the stretch is complete. They're starting to enter a period of stacking on new flowers. This has been a very predictable grow, they're almost identical in size and structure to the last cycle that I ran these. One of them is starting to show trichomes, and it's showing them much earlier than the 2 I previously ran. Hopefully that's a good sign. I've fed twice since the last post a week ago. Runoff was tested and pH was 6.5 and ppm was 2.1k. I start to have issues when runoff ppm is over 3k PPMs, so I'm doing well there. They're due for a watering today and will likely get a heavy watering with CaliMagic only and then fed later in the week
Temp 75f, RH 50%
Dried and cured buds that went in to jars on 7/17/21 from last run in the aeroponics tent. They are Zkittlez and Gelato.
Plants look happy under that light. 
Looking good GMO!
Day 48 aero tent. Day 9 flower. Still not 100% sure on sex. I may have 1 male, 4 for sure females, and 1 that I'm still not seeing any sure signs. The suspect male is the runt of the pack and will be pulled as soon as I'm certain.
I changed the reservoir out this morning with week 2 nutrient solution. They're in their bushing stage now, and I suspect they'll shoot up vertically over the next 10-14 days.
Temp 70f, res temp 67f, RH 55% (dehumidifier soon), pH 6.0
Day 53 soil tent. Flowers are starting to stack and trichomes are forming. They're looking pretty happy. Received water and CaliMagic 'flush' yesterday, and will resume feeding when they're ready.
Temp 77f, RH 49%, In/Out pH @ 6.5
I changed the reservoir out this morning with week 2 nutrient solution. They're in their bushing stage now, and I suspect they'll shoot up vertically over the next 10-14 days.
Temp 70f, res temp 67f, RH 55% (dehumidifier soon), pH 6.0
Day 53 soil tent. Flowers are starting to stack and trichomes are forming. They're looking pretty happy. Received water and CaliMagic 'flush' yesterday, and will resume feeding when they're ready.
Temp 77f, RH 49%, In/Out pH @ 6.5
OG_NoMan
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Hey GMO,
the plants look wonderful and it's been a real pleasure following along. A quick question if you don't mind
. I see your daytime temps are at 70f what do you let the night time temps get down to? If you're lowering the temp at night are you also running a dehuy or something to keep rh in check? Thanks man for any and all info.
the plants look wonderful and it's been a real pleasure following along. A quick question if you don't mind
. I see your daytime temps are at 70f what do you let the night time temps get down to? If you're lowering the temp at night are you also running a dehuy or something to keep rh in check? Thanks man for any and all info.
BobChronic6505
Active member
Damn that's crazy
Hey GMO,
the plants look wonderful and it's been a real pleasure following along. A quick question if you don't mind
Night time temps are very similar. Usually it drifts between 68-72f. The difference is that I have a portable AC unit piped in during lights on hours and it turns off in the lights off cycle. RH drifts up a few points at night. At this stage it's not a concern for me, but once buds begin to form I do add a small dehumidifier in to the mix. During veg I run a humidifier. At this point in the grow I'm not running a humidifier or a dehumidifier.
How are your Fam95s doing?
BobChronic6505
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BobChronic6505
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I tried and miserably failed. Out of the 15 cuts I took, none rooted.
BobChronic6505
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Man I dont think it is necessarily our fault. I think fam is just difficult to fuck with. Had bad success right from the start. My cloning success rate is pretty high too, so i dont think it is just me. Every issue I've had with the fams you seem to have also.
Hopefully the bud will be killer to make it all worthwhile.
Keep us updated
Soil tent day 60. I'm impressed with the stability and predictability of this stain, ILGM Wedding Cake autos. This is my second run of them, and it's been almost identical to the first run. Super low maintenance all around. They were given a feeding yesterday at low dosage according to the GH Flora week 5 chart.
Temp 75f, RH 50%
Temp 75f, RH 50%
