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JLo - Kentish Creme X Flo
- Thread starter Elevator Man
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DocLeaf - Well here's a photo of a bud on the main JLo plant - sorry there's no more yet. This is at five weeks exactly, and the purple calyxes are just beginning to show - resin building up nicely too:
The bud I pollenated last week does seem to be seeded - I was a little worried it hadn't taken, but the Kentish Creme mother also seems to take a few days to register pregnancy, so maybe it'll be OK. Just don't have time to collect more pollen from my friend for a few days, which means if they don't take, I'll have to wait longer for F2s, as it only takes eight weeks to flower in soil! It would be nice to have a few hundred seeds to play with, rather than 50 or so...
The bud I pollenated last week does seem to be seeded - I was a little worried it hadn't taken, but the Kentish Creme mother also seems to take a few days to register pregnancy, so maybe it'll be OK. Just don't have time to collect more pollen from my friend for a few days, which means if they don't take, I'll have to wait longer for F2s, as it only takes eight weeks to flower in soil! It would be nice to have a few hundred seeds to play with, rather than 50 or so...
How early can I start to fee my sedlings?
Nice to Docleaf tring out Flo. If things go well I will put up a thread and some pics.
Nice to Docleaf tring out Flo. If things go well I will put up a thread and some pics.
I meant...
FEED!
FEED!
Not for a while - if they're in good soil (which they are), I wouldn't feed much at all for the first month, then build up slowly - Flo doesn't need much, and the green pheno apart, won't respond positively to full-strength. The green one doesn't like it either, but the buds will develop better - just doesn't look good with brown patches on budleaves...
Watering
Watering
Hey E Man.
Just wanted to pick your brains regarding watering. Basically do you have a good method for knowing when to give them some water? At the moment I'm just waiting until the soil surface dries out a bit.
Peace
Watering
Hey E Man.
Just wanted to pick your brains regarding watering. Basically do you have a good method for knowing when to give them some water? At the moment I'm just waiting until the soil surface dries out a bit.
Peace
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Ah, the art of lifting the pot and gauging it's weight is what you need to learn!
Yep, that's what I do - pick 'em up and give 'em a shake! Seriously though, I find Flo likes to dry out quite a lot between waterings - not bone dry, but it doesn't like to sit in water - it has very slow root-ball development and can take days to soak up what others can drink overnight, so don't give them too much.
As for the JLo progress - it hits seven weeks tonight, and is looking spectacular - bud development progressing rapidly now. The test plant was done in eight weeks, but I'll leave this a little longer to help seed development, though there don't seem to be that many - maybe a whole plant will have to be used for this in future. But I'm very happy with the overall profile, and I already know how potent this one is, so I can't wait to try it.
Pics as soon as I'm allowed...
As for the JLo progress - it hits seven weeks tonight, and is looking spectacular - bud development progressing rapidly now. The test plant was done in eight weeks, but I'll leave this a little longer to help seed development, though there don't seem to be that many - maybe a whole plant will have to be used for this in future. But I'm very happy with the overall profile, and I already know how potent this one is, so I can't wait to try it.
Pics as soon as I'm allowed...
Just to let you know I have started a grow diary for the Flo's. Would be good to see you over there and get your views.
Excellent - glad to hear it! I'll check it out in a little while - got to go out now.
In the meantime, here's the JLo at seven weeks exactly - the test plant was done at eight weeks, but I'll probably let this one go to nine for maximum yield/stone. Looks pretty good though...
In the meantime, here's the JLo at seven weeks exactly - the test plant was done at eight weeks, but I'll probably let this one go to nine for maximum yield/stone. Looks pretty good though...
Some bad news - my friends have managed to kill the JLo mother plant (along with half their stock) in a confused non-watering/overheating situation. Great. There's no clones possible on this plant here now, and little chance of a reveg, so...a bit of a setback to say the least.
I have ten original seeds left, and we have some wraps of pollen saved, so it's not a total disaster. And if there's more than ten good F2 seeds on this plant, I'm just going ahead as planned, and screw the test clones.
But from now on, this stays at home - I'm building an isolation chamber for my two Flo f3 males that are ready to flower, and I'll collect this pollen myself, as this is the most important yet.
I have ten original seeds left, and we have some wraps of pollen saved, so it's not a total disaster. And if there's more than ten good F2 seeds on this plant, I'm just going ahead as planned, and screw the test clones.
But from now on, this stays at home - I'm building an isolation chamber for my two Flo f3 males that are ready to flower, and I'll collect this pollen myself, as this is the most important yet.
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Sad story my friend....DDElevator Man said:Grr...
Well...what can you do? It's not the end of the world, and they've helped me out no end in lots of other areas, so I'm not pissed - I've done it myself. But they were in a roof-space, so they just cooked in the sun...
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I have to water my roofspace plants twice daily at the mo.
Z10N
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yo Eman , that some shitty situation, a shame..but at least not all is losts ! there is hope.. got cooked in the sun? I thought the UK sun is not so harsh? compared to where I am, it's stupidly hot over here.... and getting closer to Aug', it's going to get much harsher by the day, I think i'll have to install some simple dripper system outdoors to keep those girls alive, or else they will all steam fry !!
well, I will suggest for next time keep the important ones in your hands so you'll know for sure nothing will happen. I'm sure you'll find some more good keepers inbetween the seeds you got left and in the next generation..
keep it up mate!
well, I will suggest for next time keep the important ones in your hands so you'll know for sure nothing will happen. I'm sure you'll find some more good keepers inbetween the seeds you got left and in the next generation..
keep it up mate!
Yeah, my veg cabinet is around 90F at the moment, with the MH lamp in there - insane really, especially with two computers right next door running full-time at the moment, and they're using 1KW between them too!
I just repotted all the new MoFlo plants, so they'll be less risky from now on - all looking great, with the two reverse hermie plants easily the best of the bunch. I have to go away later in the week for a few days, so a friend is coming to water them - just the kind of scenario that can fuck-up. Which is why I'm getting them all in bigger pots now, just in case...
I just repotted all the new MoFlo plants, so they'll be less risky from now on - all looking great, with the two reverse hermie plants easily the best of the bunch. I have to go away later in the week for a few days, so a friend is coming to water them - just the kind of scenario that can fuck-up. Which is why I'm getting them all in bigger pots now, just in case...
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Yeah, i have two computers running full-time too and my last leccy bill was scandalous, hence my ditching the 2 x 250W grow, sadly. I'll have to build ya an LED veg light, no heat and they veg plants just as well as a Mh but with a big energy saving. A 50W LED light would light your veg space as well as the 250W MH I reckon as 25W is doing just as well as my 125W envirolite did and 50W of LEDs is flowering plants nicely for me.
Fingers crossed the watering goes well while you are away, I would happily look after them for you if I wasn't so far away.
Fingers crossed the watering goes well while you are away, I would happily look after them for you if I wasn't so far away.
This guy's pretty reliable, so I should be OK. I can probably take the MH down soon anyway - been essential to get the volume of material through I needed, but it'll be calming down a bit soon, and I can probably go back to fluoros.
The JLo female is really choking up with resin now - eight weeks tomorrow, so technically done, but I'm going to leave it till next week for some extra punch, and hopefully a higher yield.
The JLo female is really choking up with resin now - eight weeks tomorrow, so technically done, but I'm going to leave it till next week for some extra punch, and hopefully a higher yield.
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Good news about the J-Lo, if I didn't have some babies of my own to look after, I'd come look after yours while you're away.
Hey E Man. My grow is coming along nicely but just wanted some advice regarding topping. I want to top between the 4th and 5th node but want to know where to start counting...like what do you count as the first true set of leaves? My biggest Flo's are now about 12" high and looking very nice. Then I guess I should top again...to create 4 main growths?
Anyway, I'm posting pictures regularly in my grow diary that may help the description.
Peace
Anyway, I'm posting pictures regularly in my grow diary that may help the description.
Peace
