Plant seeds indoors for 2022 outdoors.

[Creeperpark]

All 5 plants are the same genetics and were planted at the same time and same potting mix. I can see a big difference between the 3 outdoor plants and their 2 indoor sisters. The seed bracts are swollen, and the pistils withered, and have a lot of resin to protect them from the Sun's rays on the outdoor plants. The leaf drop will give the inner buds a full dose from the Sun and should produce the same resin. The main difference between the indoor and outdoor plants is the indoor plants have millions of white pistils and outdoor pistils are already withered and falling. All are Skunky, Stinky plants.
Only 8 ml of cal-mag in 5 gallons of rainwater. Then I add 8 ml of Micro and 16 ml of Bloom to that water. No additives. Here are night photos

 

[Creeperpark]

12 days later, I'm starting water only for these plants because it's time to finish. Here they are today,

 

[Creeperpark]

Spring flowers. Recap.
I started these plants in the middle of January indoors under an 18 hr photoperiod. When the threat of frost has ended, I put them outdoors in full sun. I never let the plants have more than 13hr. of daylight. On real cold nights, I brought them indoors overnight.

I start seeds in a high ppm organic soil mix in dixie cups. I like Roots Organics potting mix best, but FoxFarms will work fine. These plants were started in Fox Farms Ocean Forest potting mix. Keep the plants in dixie cups until the dixie cups need watering daily and then its time to up-pot into gallons pots with the same organic mix. I use rainwater only and all the way up to 6 weeks in veg. without any fertilizer. The trick is not to allow any water to discharge out the bottom of the cup or pot. The potting mix will feed the plant easily with plenty of extra nutrients left for flowering.

If you don’t overwater the plants they will show their sex in 6 weeks. Take the females in one-gallon pots and up-pot them to 3 or 5-gallon pots with Pro-Mix or Sunshine or any soil-less mix. Feed a low ppm with every watering and in 60 days the plants will be ready. If you only use pure water with fertilizer throughout the whole cycle you’ll get the best results. Every 3rd day they get low ppm feed water and in the end I reduce the water to prevent mold. I get nice Frosty Spring Flowers.

 

[Creeperpark]

Here's

some close-ups of today

 

[Creeperpark]

Cannabis plants have a natural nutrient storage system for survival. The plant stores nutrients in the leaves for later use just in case of an emergency. The switch to plain rainwater and holding back water will cause more leaf drops which will, in turn, trigger or produce more resin. When a budding site loses its main leaf the plant reacts by sending more resin to the bud site to try to save and protect it from harm. Stinky Plants.

 

[Creeperpark]

Had to go in the barn because of rain. I don't want any rain to knock off any frost. .

 

[Swamp Thang]

Them are some fearsome colas fer sure.

 

[Creeperpark]

There is a big difference between a natural leaf drop and snipping a petiole. If one snips the leaves and leaves part of the petiole, then the plant will not respond the same as a natural leaf drop. Leaving the part of the petiole on the stem is an outside attack and will reduce the plant's vigor. Right, where the petiole attaches to the stem there's a natural seam made for the drop. When the last drop of water and nutrients are sucked out of the leaf, the plant will let go of the leaf naturally at the seam. The leaf drop will drop in sequence by the sequence of firstborn.

 

[hamstring]

Spring flowers. Recap.
I started these plants in the middle of January indoors under an 18 hr photoperiod. When the threat of frost has ended, I put them outdoors in full sun. I never let the plants have more than 13hr. of daylight. On real cold nights, I brought them indoors overnight.

I start seeds in a high ppm organic soil mix in dixie cups. I like Roots Organics potting mix best, but FoxFarms will work fine. These plants were started in Fox Farms Ocean Forest potting mix. Keep the plants in dixie cups until the dixie cups need watering daily and then its time to up-pot into gallons pots with the same organic mix. I use rainwater only and all the way up to 6 weeks in veg. without any fertilizer. The trick is not to allow any water to discharge out the bottom of the cup or pot. The potting mix will feed the plant easily with plenty of extra nutrients left for flowering.

If you don’t overwater the plants they will show their sex in 6 weeks. Take the females in one-gallon pots and up-pot them to 3 or 5-gallon pots with Pro-Mix or Sunshine or any soil-less mix. Feed a low ppm with every watering and in 60 days the plants will be ready. If you only use pure water with fertilizer throughout the whole cycle you’ll get the best results. Every 3rd day they get low ppm feed water and in the end I reduce the water to prevent mold. I get nice Frosty Spring Flowers.

Interested in the above bolded comment.

Can you explain the reasoning about not overwatering? What do you consider over watering? Not letting the container dry out or soggy soil? How does this affect when they show their sex?

I am interested in any techniques that help show sex earlier. Thanks in advance.

 

[44:86N]

Good stuff, Creeperpark, those are some spring beauties!

Time to get really rolling.

Getting ready for round 2 of seed sowing for the bulk of my outdoor crop.

Pulling out of the fridge tonight, for sowing tomorrow:

Kashmir -- TLT

Nanda Devi -- TRSC via Cannapot

Pakistan 1975 -- TLT

And will add in a coupleorafew Friesland Indicas to round out an earlyish harvest window, weather tolerant and mold resistant lineup.

The Friesland's from seed that I am flowering out are coming close to being done, and were seeded with 4 out of 7 males. Clones were taken of all but 2 (blah bloomers, both males), and parents will hopefully be preserved. The same for everything else, though I am going to attempt some grafting after seeing the efforts of some of the other ICMag members.

Looking forward to getting a little slutty with everything above later in the season.

 

[Creeperpark]

Interested in the above bolded comment.

Can you explain the reasoning about not overwatering? What do you consider over watering? Not letting the container dry out or soggy soil? How does this affect when they show their sex?

I am interested in any techniques that help show sex earlier. Thanks in advance.

The root system has to have equal exposure to oxygen as to water. If you keep the soil wet the oxygen will be cut off and problems will arise. The water can cut off the air supply to the roots and to the microorganisms that live in healthy soil. It can lead to root rot or other diseases.
Over-watered plants will also have slower growth and delayed sex or hinder the sex ratio. Happy healthy plants will give up their sex faster than overwatered wimpy plants.

 

[Swamp Thang]

The root system has to have equal exposure to oxygen as to water. If you keep the soil wet the oxygen will be cut off and problems will arise. The water can cut off the air supply to the roots and to the microorganisms that live in healthy soil. It can lead to root rot or other diseases.
Over-watered plants will also have slower growth and delayed sex or hinder the sex ratio. Happy healthy plants will give up their sex faster than overwatered wimpy plants.

In my rare sober moments, I often ponder the paradox of how it comes to be that roots will drown if the soil in which they grow is allowed to become waterlogged, and yet, roots thrive, grow and multiply while completely submerged in water when new clones are created.

I read somewhere that the type of roots that develop from clone stems fully submerged in water are different from those that develop in soil, and that when new clones whose roots developed inside water containers eventually get transplanted into soil grow medium, there follows a transition period when those "water roots" morph into "soil roots" over time, after which normal plant development continues.

 

[hamstring]

The root system has to have equal exposure to oxygen as to water. If you keep the soil wet the oxygen will be cut off and problems will arise. The water can cut off the air supply to the roots and to the microorganisms that live in healthy soil. It can lead to root rot or other diseases.
Over-watered plants will also have slower growth and delayed sex or hinder the sex ratio. Happy healthy plants will give up their sex faster than overwatered wimpy plants.

Thanks for your response.

I guess it can be confusing to me because I tend to try and grow to the living soil methodology. Understanding of course that its hard to call seedlings in solo cups "living soil"

Although I do practice the same techniques in all containers including solo cups. Worm castings and microbial fungi for the root system. Living soil calls for soil that really never gets completely dry. Much like lifting your garden mulch up on a hot summer day. Its always moist under there.

It's tough ,for me at least, to get the exact moisture content correct. Not that my plants show any stress but always hoping to improve on my methodology and of course sex them quicker.

 

[Creeperpark]

In my rare sober moments, I often ponder the paradox of how it comes to be that roots will drown if the soil in which they grow is allowed to become waterlogged, and yet, roots thrive, grow and multiply while completely submerged in water when new clones are created.

I read somewhere that the type of roots that develop from clone stems fully submerged in water are different from those that develop in soil, and that when new clones whose roots developed inside water containers eventually get transplanted into soil grow medium, there follows a transition period when those "water roots" morph into "soil roots" over time, after which normal plant development continues.

All roots need a lot of oxygen and water to live and grow, and the ratio between water and oxygen is what determines the growth results. If either is limited the results will be too. More root oxygen when used with the right amount of pure water will yield the best crops. Horticulture law.

 

[Creeperpark]

Thanks for your response.

I guess it can be confusing to me because I tend to try and grow to the living soil methodology. Understanding of course that its hard to call seedlings in solo cups "living soil"

Although I do practice the same techniques in all containers including solo cups. Worm castings and microbial fungi for the root system. Living soil calls for soil that really never gets completely dry. Much like lifting your garden mulch up on a hot summer day. Its always moist under there.

It's tough ,for me at least, to get the exact moisture content correct. Not that my plants show any stress but always hoping to improve on my methodology and of course sex them quicker.

I learn a lot from the amount of water the plant uses in dixie cups about the soil mix. I try to never let the water completely dry out of the soil. However, I let it get somewhat close to dry in water weight. The taproot never dries out completely but the branch and fibrous roots dry out for a quick moment. Then the roots are hydrated and refreshed quickly with clean pure feed water.

 

[Creeperpark]

Heres today, These Spring flowers are only getting pure clean fresh rainwater without nutrients now. Fall comes with cold spells but Spring comes with a heat surge. There's a big difference and plants are showing it with leaf drops and resin production.

 

[Creeperpark]

The only way this works is if the pots are covered and protected from the Spring Sun. The direct Suns' heat can scald the roots in just a few minutes. Growing weed like this is so simple and easy. I've never had a Spring flower I didn't love. The weed has always been welcome and potent.

 

[Swamp Thang]

This is an absolutely phenomenal garden grow, CP. The colors of that purple bud are so vivid that seed sellers could use those images to advertise their purple strains. It is just surreal to see fine cannabis being cultivated in the comfort of one's own garden.

I have a dream that one daaaaay, in my very own garden, it will be legal for me to plant my favorite crop without fear of pokey tiiiiime, IIIIIIII have a dream, Lord have mercy. Let me hear y'all shout amen and wave your arms in the air like you just don't care!

 

[Creeperpark]

Nice dream, Yea I burnt the tips at first of flowering from either letting the soil dry too much or letting the pH get too low in my fed water. As long as it's good medicine then I'm cool. I can't see it in real life anyway. This forum makes it easy for people to see buds much better.

 

[Creeperpark]

I'm coming to the finish with this seed planting. The indoor and outdoor plants are nearing harvest. I learned 2 important things from this experiment. One is that using Fox Farms as core worked fine, however, the growth I got using Roots Organic was much greater. The difference between Ocean Forest and Roots Organic is about 50 extra grams of weight per dixie cup. Ocean Forest is very lightweight and Roots Organic is denser and heavier. My choice would be Roots Organic inserted into Pro-Mix HP for the best low feed system to boost the CEC.

Second, putting the clay in the Pro mix was not as efficient as putting it in the core and then putting the core into the ProMix. In order for the polarity between neg and positive to work best, there needs to be a division between the two. When the clay was mixed with the Pro-Mix instead of the Ocean Forest in a core It lost a lot of the charge from over-exposure to water. When the clay is in the core only you can minimize this excess exposure to water by watering only the outside of the core. This method can almost equal DWC if done correctly.