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Malawi x PCK and Killer A5 Haze are joining the grow
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StickyBandit
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Yours will be awesomer if that's a word
Can't beat the great outdoors!
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Figured out a way to use what I already have for my coco grows instead of spending more money and having more old crap lying around
It's still a manual method but it's not hard to do and it's easy to collect and test the run-off with a hand suction pump
The pots only reach about 2/3 of the way down the buckets to the height I cut a hole-saw hole
I'm not sure if this is an existing method or I invented it (I'm usually the last to know ) but it seems to work well with these KA5H's
It's still a manual method but it's not hard to do and it's easy to collect and test the run-off with a hand suction pump
The pots only reach about 2/3 of the way down the buckets to the height I cut a hole-saw hole
I'm not sure if this is an existing method or I invented it (I'm usually the last to know
) but it seems to work well with these KA5H's
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StickyBandit
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Finding it hard to be patient with the KA5H. Looks ready to me
That does look done to me as well. Maybe you can take a small sample and see how it is??
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I have 4 more growing and it's ripening daily so I might chop this one over the weekend and let the others go longer. The Mrs is not known for her patience either
Probably don't want to get to the amber trichome stage either with this one. They look quite white when not through the camera lens
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This shot is more realistic for the colors
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I'll post a couple of pics to give some perspective
These are the 2 KA5H plants in DWC with the one on the right getting the chop very soon. The one on the left is going to be much bigger buds once they ripen
Here is the whole plant right
And the whole plant left, just as the lights went out
These are the 2 KA5H plants in DWC with the one on the right getting the chop very soon. The one on the left is going to be much bigger buds once they ripen
Here is the whole plant right
And the whole plant left, just as the lights went out
StickyBandit
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Was going to bin these KA5H clones and grow something else like a nice C99 but couldn't bring myself to do it
Will be doing another run of 7 of the Malawi x PCK which I just topped. Don't know if the pegs help them heal
Freshly potted KA5H at the front in coco.
KA5H in DWC is starting to look more ripe but could be a way off...
There are 3 more KA5Hs also in coco
Had to bend the tops on one. I supported the branches with wires for a few days while they mended at the desired angle. Once they set they are good as new
The MxPCK is getting closer too. Smells nice. Forest berries
Three different phenos all showing some color. Will be interesting to taste/test them and see if one stands out. Each has a bud or two pollenated and maybe I will keep a mother going. Who knows?
Thanks for looking in
Will be doing another run of 7 of the Malawi x PCK which I just topped. Don't know if the pegs help them heal
Freshly potted KA5H at the front in coco.
KA5H in DWC is starting to look more ripe but could be a way off...
There are 3 more KA5Hs also in coco
Had to bend the tops on one. I supported the branches with wires for a few days while they mended at the desired angle. Once they set they are good as new
The MxPCK is getting closer too. Smells nice. Forest berries
Three different phenos all showing some color. Will be interesting to taste/test them and see if one stands out. Each has a bud or two pollenated and maybe I will keep a mother going. Who knows?
Thanks for looking in
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StickyBandit
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I didn't want to hog the Malawi x PCK thread so I thought it better to post in here
How much longer do you guys reckon?
It's been 8 weeks so far on the 12/12 cycle and I see some amber trichomes on a few leaves growing from the buds but not on the buds themselves
They've been on a diet of 0-12-11 for the last couple of weeks, in old soil mix, bottle nutes
How much longer do you guys reckon?
It's been 8 weeks so far on the 12/12 cycle and I see some amber trichomes on a few leaves growing from the buds but not on the buds themselves
They've been on a diet of 0-12-11 for the last couple of weeks, in old soil mix, bottle nutes
StickyBandit
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The Malawi x PCK looks about ready to me. Might chop it on the weekend, we'll see...
There's quite a bit of amber on the leaves coming out of the buds and they're all cloudy. Doesn't seem to be packing much more on
Popped 6 x C99 regular seeds tonight
I'm trying a slightly different method than usual.
Dropped the seeds into the grow plugs in a bowl and floating them in water in a closed ice box with an aquarium heater set to 25°c
I'm hoping to get a decent germ rate
There's quite a bit of amber on the leaves coming out of the buds and they're all cloudy. Doesn't seem to be packing much more on
Popped 6 x C99 regular seeds tonight
I'm trying a slightly different method than usual.
Dropped the seeds into the grow plugs in a bowl and floating them in water in a closed ice box with an aquarium heater set to 25°c
I'm hoping to get a decent germ rate
StickyBandit
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The reg C99 seeds from TRSC have all sprouted and look to be doing fine
Time to chop the next KA5H. It smells of pine and burnt rubber
I've been having trouble with my sativas getting the leaves to stay green but the last one I put in is doing well. It started life in some old dirt mix in a 2L pot then got upgraded to a 12L pot with coco and perlite with bottle nutes. It seems to like it
The whole large area is KA5Hs of various age and health and there's more in the nursery along with some more Malawi x PCK
Thanks for looking in
Time to chop the next KA5H. It smells of pine and burnt rubber
I've been having trouble with my sativas getting the leaves to stay green but the last one I put in is doing well. It started life in some old dirt mix in a 2L pot then got upgraded to a 12L pot with coco and perlite with bottle nutes. It seems to like it
The whole large area is KA5Hs of various age and health and there's more in the nursery along with some more Malawi x PCK
Thanks for looking in
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Well, I just re-potted the whole room organic! Bit of a mission. Potted the 3x KA5H from 15L pots to 30L and potted all the other smaller plants from 2L to 6L
All plants went into a 50/50 mix of the organic potting mix and peat moss with 100ml D-Lime added for every 12L mix and watered with rain water with EM1 microbes added.
The organic potting mix really smells like shit so it must be good stuff
None of my coco grows seem to like the bottle nutes unless soil was added to give some extra goodness. Maybe it's the nutes... They're all starting to pale out. Maybe they're root bound? The pots were chock full of roots
The Killer A5 Haze has fantastic buds this round so I hope it comes back in line
The other 2 KA5H aren't doing so well so I'm hoping they also make a full recovery in the bigger pots and new food
More small KA5Hs and some tall pheno Malawi x PCKs which are also getting some TLC
2 each MxPCKs of the shorter purple and the short brown phenos that got potted a week ago into a home made mix seem to be recovering
Lastly some C99 regulars from TRSC I'm looking forward to growing out and a lone MxPCK I'm gifting to a friend
For anyone from New Zealand, this is the potting mix I found that looks and smells the goods. If the label is true it will be fantastic
Thanks for looking in
All plants went into a 50/50 mix of the organic potting mix and peat moss with 100ml D-Lime added for every 12L mix and watered with rain water with EM1 microbes added.
The organic potting mix really smells like shit so it must be good stuff
None of my coco grows seem to like the bottle nutes unless soil was added to give some extra goodness. Maybe it's the nutes... They're all starting to pale out. Maybe they're root bound? The pots were chock full of roots
The Killer A5 Haze has fantastic buds this round so I hope it comes back in line
The other 2 KA5H aren't doing so well so I'm hoping they also make a full recovery in the bigger pots and new food
More small KA5Hs and some tall pheno Malawi x PCKs which are also getting some TLC
2 each MxPCKs of the shorter purple and the short brown phenos that got potted a week ago into a home made mix seem to be recovering
Lastly some C99 regulars from TRSC I'm looking forward to growing out and a lone MxPCK I'm gifting to a friend
For anyone from New Zealand, this is the potting mix I found that looks and smells the goods. If the label is true it will be fantastic
Thanks for looking in
That is hysterical! Good luck with the organic mix. Not sure on the yellowing. Do you check PH?
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Thanks blondie. It can't uptake the N for some reason. Might be the nutes or the pot size or a combination but if I up the dose it turns the tips brown. I have tried different mediums with the same nutes and flushing and same story. Re-potting seems to help. pH has been around 6
I would like to get familiar with organic growing anyway as all the good growers use it and it looks intriguing
I will use up the rest of the bottle nutes on indica grows, only 20L left
The larger KA5H doesn't have root lockout because the buds are still growing very well and it drinks like a fish!
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that is a bit strange. There is a thread here you may find interesting and useful.
