Tribulations of an Absentee Gardener

[TyroneShoelace]

Thanx, Tyrone. Actually, these aren’t autos. They are just extremely slow to flower due to the genetics developed in their native environment. Looking for as much as 6 months from seed to harvest. Not going to devote this much time to a grow again!!

You’re right, for all practical purposes they look healthy despite the overcrowded conditions. I’ve delved into the back reaches of the cabinet and even in this region they look incredibly healthy. What scares me is the fact they will continue to griw even during early flowering stage. I’m afraid I’m going to open the cabinet doors one day and they’re going to reach out and get me!!

I’m thinking I’m going to be left with no other choice than start removing some of the massive growth and see what happens.

Keep y’all posted.......

Oh wow, I must have missed that. Yeah, just the wild sativa stretch then. That's nuts. At this rate they might end up opening the cabinet doors themselves and moving in w/ you.

I have also had luck with incremental thinning as opposed to wholesale chopping/snapping, especially with those sensitive strains that herm when you look at them funny. The plants get a lot less shock when I do it slowly over a week or two, little bits each day. Hopefully you still have enough time/space to implement a less extreme solution.

 

[Boocoodinkydow]

Thanx, Tyrone, for the suggestion. I think I’m going to follow your advice starting this morning. I should have implemented this over a month ago.

BCDD

 

[Boocoodinkydow]

Well, I attacked plant #3 this morning (for better or worse is to be determined). Delving into the depths revealed no mold but with local ambient temps tickling the century mark and relative humidity not far behind, the congested spaces are the perfect breeding grounds right now. I’m leaving the doors open during the day to invite more fresh air in until I can crop the other two plants.

It was more of a tangled mess than I had imagined. I reluctantly removed two major branches but they simply wouldn’t fit into the scheme of things. I also took several minor stems and fan leaves. I sense flowering time is near and just not comfortable with topping any of the major bud sites. I unfurled the main top and it extends more than a foot above the top of the cabinet. I’ve got it lashed to the back of the cabinet, across the top and hanging down draped from the top grid. This mess could have probably been avoided with proper pruning in a timely manner. LESSON LEARNED!!!

 

[flylowgethigh]

The clones that coulda been...

 

[Boocoodinkydow]

I have been SOOOOOOO snakebit in my attempts to clone. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve tried to clone with all sorts of methods. I think there’s a mystic power that sometimes intercedes with implementing normally simple tasks. I’m going to have to add this to my list of life long failures; finishing Sheetrock, learning to type, playing a guitar and cloning cannabis!!

BCDD

 

[Boocoodinkydow]

Well, boys and girls, it’s been a minute, hasn’t it? Hadn’t planned on such a lengthy absence but cancer has a way of modifying plans! Time to take this one out of mothballs now and get to rocking and rolling once again.

I had such miserable luck with the last grow, Colombian Gold 72, (6 months prior to showing sex and all three were males) I’m working with some autos this go round. Once bitten, twice shy! Just don’t have the space nor time for another mistake like that.

Presently camping out at Casa del Norte for several more months while continuing treatments so having to start from scratch with the gardening project. Plan on continuing with similar grow techniques but on a much smaller scale.

Anxious get started and bring you along for the ride while I build a new set of digs and watch the progress.

Hope you’ll tag along!


BCDD

 

[Boocoodinkydow]

So on to step two. I let the seed soak overnight and it was submerged this morning. Generally a good sign. These seeds I got from WOS were relatively small by comparison, sometimes indicative of an immature seed or more often than not just simply due to genetics. I’m hoping the latter is the case.

The low dropped to 52° last night and I’m working in an unheated garage. To compensate for the low temps I placed my cup of water with the seed close to an old fashioned 60w incandescent bulb. This morning the water was a bit on the warm side of tepid. Hopefully I didn’t overheat the embryo!?!

After the overnight soak the little darling goes to bed in a damp paper towel nestled in a sealed freezer bag. I used to moisten a paper towel, place it in a paper plate, tip it and allow it to drain as much as it would, cover with a second paper plate and place it on top of the fridge. Worked pretty well but generally had to redampen it a couple of times a day. By sealing it the moisture level is held constant. Initially I was making a mistake of dampening the towel to the same extent as when I was using the paper plate. Big mistake! Drowned the embryo as soon as the husk cracked. I’ve found wetting the towel thoroughly and then squeezing out as much moisture as possible fills the bill.

Backing up a bit, prior to the initial soak I gently roll the seed on a fine grit sandpaper. I feel it probably breaks the husk a bit making it more permeable. Then into the water with a drop of Dawn it goes. The Dawn serves to break the surface tension of the water and allows the seed to sink more readily.

Stay tuned, boys and girls, (wait, we’re living in a gender neutral world now, aren’t we?). So stay tuned, y’all, more to come!