Diary Goji Grow

[splinter7]

the goji og i did some years back, seed were from ebay bird treat out of a NM med dispo, was fairly sativa prone. skinnier leaves, especially one of them. frost was good but bud structure was lacking compared to skunk/kush. high leaf ratio. flavor was mooted berry, not sweet. almost like a berry you shouldn't eat. interested to see how different yours is

 

[buzzmobile]

interested to see how different yours is

I am too. This is the first time growing Goji. I appreciate the background info. It's time to see what they look like today.

 

[buzzmobile]

A little music for the babies...

 

[moose eater]

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A little music for the babies...

All of mine preferred classic rock-n-roll to the classical music on mid-day Public Radio.

I still play classic rock on the stereo in the shop 24/7.

They look like they're coming along, buzz.

 

[buzzmobile]

They look like they're coming along, buzz.

They are startting to get some roots going. The temps have dropped and risen in the rooms from the 50's up to mid-70's which covers a wide range of classic rock.
Once it warms up in a few weeks they will be transplanted to 4" pots.

Thanks for stopping by. Now I am going to mow some ragged looking winter weeds around the house. We are going to be hosting Free Food this month for my brothers and sisters. Grilled chicken, baked beans, mixed greens salad and stroopwafel ice cream sandwiches for dessert.

It's a Sunshine Daydreamin' morning.

 

[moose eater]

They are startting to get some roots going. The temps have dropped and risen in the rooms from the 50's up to mid-70's which covers a wide range of classic rock.
Once it warms up in a few weeks they will be transplanted to 4" pots.

Thanks for stopping by. Now I am going to mow some ragged looking winter weeds around the house. We are going to be hosting Free Food this month for my brothers and sisters. Grilled chicken, baked beans, mixed greens salad and stroopwafel ice cream sandwiches for dessert.

It's a Sunshine Daydreamin' morning.

In the lower temps, like the 50s where they approach dormancy, they probably need some head-banger or heavy metal stuff. Keeps their pulse up to compensate for falling temps.

My shop, which has only been keeping the 6 mothers alive for a while now, with the four 315cmh's (1 per box), and 250-watt equivalent LED spots in the 4 corners of each of the 4 boxes (16 LED floods) all being shut down through this winter, waiting on my energy to regenerate to a level allowing for new experiments, and the outside temps being -20 f to 0 f. of late, despite the super-insulation of the basement walls, but having an uninsulated slab for free cooling in the summer, and free heating in the winter, my ambient temps in the shop have been ranging from +66 f. to +68 f.

The mothers are in my two larger mother cupboards (with the shorter clone cupboard still bare at least for a little bit longer) , and the mother cupboards being lit with four, 4' LED conversion shop tubes in 2 fixtures per cupboard, 8 tubes and 4 fixtures total between the 2 cupboards, there's a definite downward trend in growth (which works well;' both the plants and I being in a 'slow movement' phase).

They're back to a diet of steady classic rock most of the time at those temps, on the station that doesn't play a whole lot of head-banger or heavy metal, but I think any up-tick in poorly prsented commercials causes the leaves to yellow a bit more than is typical. A complaint to the advertising department at that station may be in order.

 

[buzzmobile]

33.1F this morning and dropping. I'm sitting near the woodstove thinking about what is going on downstairs. I'll look in on the garden in a bit. There are scrambled eggs, grits and bacon on the menu to address first.

 

[moose eater]

33.1F this morning and dropping. I'm sitting near the woodstove thinking about what is going on downstairs. I'll look in on the garden in a bit. There are scrambled eggs, grits and bacon on the menu to address first.

We warmed up over night to +6 f. on the front porch. We've been near 0 f. or down to -20 f. for the last bit.

My shop is walled off from the rest of the basement, and the basement kept at about 72 f.; not because I need the basement warm, but because there's a 485 cfm fan pulling through the shop through a single intake, and exhausting through a single outlet, with diagonal air flow and different heights for each, as well as obstacles for the air to make its way past, yet, even with that air movement and related configuration of flow, the shop remains approximately 6 degrees cooler than the basement when there's no lights on at the current outdoor temps.

Not an issue when lit up in the larger boxes... even partially.

And my basement walls have 6" of exterior foam in 2" layers with staggered seams between the layers, and the inside has ~R-10 in sub-walling, plus sheet rock and vapor barrier behind the rock, thus basement walls at an excess of R-41.

But the uninsulated slab that benefits us in the summer and winter both, provides an obstacle at the same time. Nature and her temps are stubborn. Homeostasis can be a friend or a foe, depending. Another double-edged sword brought to us by the Cosmos and natural physical science.

 

[buzzmobile]

Bottomed out at 32.5 this morning. Forecast is saying 85 on Thursday for a high. I like the sound of that.

I'll get some Goji pictures in the morning. I have a WiFi x Fire OG to cut down tomorrow too.

 

[buzzmobile]

Gojis got a sip of Clonex this morning. Then each one got a 180 degree rotation. They are starting to look like plants now.

There's a Soulmate hanging from a ceiling fan in another room. It is dry and in need of a grooming.

 

[shiva82]

let me know how the soul mate turns out . looks lovely . great job

 

[buzzmobile]

let me know how the soul mate turns out . looks lovely . great job

Thanks. I've had this one for a few years and it is very stony. It has a piney scent that eventually turns into a funk as it dries. Long lasting buzz too. The one hanging is the last Soulmate. Time to make room for the next lady.

 

[buzzmobile]

On Feb. 1 the Goji3 looked like this.

Finally, 24 days later, the Goji3 are on their way.

I'll keep them in the 2" pots another week and then step them up to the 4" pots.

 

[moose eater]

On Feb. 1 the Goji3 looked like this.
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Finally, 24 days later, the Goji3 are on their way.
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I'll keep them in the 2" pots another week and then step them up to the 4" pots.

Looks like they're coming about a bit, buzz.

Did your basement warm up any?

 

[buzzmobile]

Looks like they're coming about a bit, buzz.

Did your basement warm up any?

We have been in the 80s for highs this week. Mid 60s at night and it has been muggy and foggy.

They really like their life now.

 

[buzzmobile]

I cut my first BodaO (Weding Cake x Oaxaca) a short time ago. It's hanging from a ceiling fan. The image is rotated 180.

 

[buzzmobile]

I moved the seedlings from a table to the floor under the light. I also gave them their first taste of MegaCrop. They are growing well.

 

[buzzmobile]

I transplanted the Goji seedlings to 4" pots this morning.

I'll give them a couple weeks of grow time and then I'll sex them.

 

[moose eater]

I transplanted the Goji seedlings to 4" pots this morning.

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I'll give them a couple weeks of grow time and then I'll sex them.

Looking a bit happier with each photo, buzz. I was preparing to ask my wife to make them some smaller goose down vests, but it looks like they won't be needing those.

I'd say they look happy as clams, but they look nothing like clams.

You planning to clone them, and then sex them?

 

[buzzmobile]

You planning to clone them, and then sex them?

I'll put them in the flower room for 2-3 nights and then move them back to veg. and observe them. Some plants will show sex after that. If they don't show from the above exposure then I stick a clone and sex it.