Totemic Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 What a mission it has been to get myself going this year. But never the less, here is the start of this log. So, i popped some beans New Years day, and lost 9 to birds. I have this Robin that keeps coming back to breed in my garden every year, and their chicks are worse than an adult chicken I tell you. I have dropped another 12 seeds, and they are starting to break the surface now. Here is the sole survivor of round 1. Will post pics of the seedlings in a day or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Nice one Totemic. Get a cat to patrol your garden. Whats the genetic make up for this particular strain. Looking forward to future post and feeding schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemic Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Whats the genetic make up for this particular strain. Mad Scientist ( Male ) is from Breeders Choice. Sannie is the breeder, and it's lineage is White Widow x Herijuana. Jackberry F4 ( Female ) also one of Sannies creations, and is a cross of Blueberry Indica F1 x Sannies Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabtzar Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Nice healthy looking plant you got there. How many weeks is she? You gonna finish her outdoors? or in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemic Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 She'll be 4 weeks from seed in soil tomorrow. Still no confirmation it's a female although she looks and smells female. Very few of the males with this cross smell so terribly of blueberry. This grow will finish outdoors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Whats the genetic make up for this particular strain. Mad Scientist ( Male ) is from Breeders Choice. Sannie is the breeder, and it's lineage is White Widow x Herijuana. Jackberry F4 ( Female ) also one of Sannies creations, and is a cross of Blueberry Indica F1 x Sannies Jack Very very nice. Have you sampled the flavour and overall experience of this particular strain? I wish I could like more than once :-gthumb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemic Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I have sampled bud from this cross over the last 2 years working with the line. The buds are rock hard and dense, smothered in crystals. The overall terpene profile I've been selecting for is blueberry dominant and is apparent with all females. This is a very relaxing strain, and great to end off a hard day's work with. Harvesting a bit later brings overwhelming relaxation, and will plant you to a couch, but not knock you out. A Bud from the last grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Bravo, echo, charlie. The eagle has landed. Roger that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemic Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Nice healthy looking plant you got there. Thanks 420. This year I am running with Comfrey tea/concentrates on my grows. A year ago I decided to plant some comfrey in an area of my garden, and they are now at a point where I harvest fresh leaves as necessary. I will post up more detail on this wonderful fertilizer in a new thread. These were planted a year ago, and below is what I planted this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemic Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Quick update. 1 week later. @ 5 weeks, this plant is 45cm tall, and is just starting to pre-flower now. Looking male to me, but it really is to early to tell, especially with this cross. Batch 2 has 10 survivors, a week old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Wow, big growth in 1 week, very nice. Are you controlling their lights cycle considering its outdoors and they into pre-flowering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemic Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I don't control the light cycles with outdoor grows. It is outdoor flowering season now. All outdoor plants will start turning this month. Plants also grow a bit differently outdoors compared to indoors. They are more stretched when under the sun. (This has a lot to do with the arc of the sun through the sky. The apex is growing from east to west as it follows the sun during the day.) This same girl indoors will have tighter nodes and only be 25-35cm tall. EDIT: Pre-flowering also has little to do with the light cycle. Once a plant is sexually mature, it will pre-flower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Cool thanks, I have learnt something new today Very interesting, the reason I asked about preflower is wrt mothers. Mothers you can keep for quite sometime before actually going into flowering and only triggered by the change in its light cycle. Or is my understanding of preflowering and flowering totally off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420SA Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I've learn't a couple things from this thread already too thanks Totemic :thumbups Very interested to read up more on this Comfrey tea you speak of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemic Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 My observation with pre-flowering has always been, that from about 4 weeks from seed the plant reaches sexual maturity, and starts developing the primordial flowering region. ( Where both male and female flowers develop from, right at the node. ) Plants are usually at their 4-5th node here. By node 6-8 development will have moved far enough along for you to discern male/female. All cannabis plants I have grown have done this, even under 24hr light. Once you shorten the light cycle, you induce flowering, where already developed primordia start blooming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Great, thanks. Ill be paying close attention to this and try and document as I go to identify their characteristics during their life cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemic Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Quick update. I LST'd this girl straight after my previous update, and 3 days later she has started taking shape. She has also pushed out her first pistil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Your plants looking very nice. Why are you applying LST? Thanks for the pictures too. Some insight what to identify in terms of their sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemic Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 By LSTing her, I change her growing pattern. I like bushier plants spreading their energy to a few bud sites. Just this one LST turns a single cola plant in to an 8-10 cola plant, and at least 3 times more yield, but usually more. I prefer LST over topping or Fimming. Both of these slow the plant down. Something I don't have time for given the calendar for outdoors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Thanks again. Interesting to see her development. What would be your recommended time in terms of growth to start applying LST? I was reading up on this the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemic Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Yeah, scrogging is great when you have a lot of time to veg for what feels like forever. Scrog is also your best use of the available light. I suppose you can start LSTing any time after the first 3 weeks of age, although I wait until the 6-8th node has formed at least. Personal choice though. I just find that the less you mess around with a seedling for it's first 5-6 weeks, the healthier the plant over all. It needs this time to focus on establishing a good root system, and not put so much focus topside. Once flowering starts, the root system you have is what you got. By day 21 of flowering the plant is almost solely focused on flowering, and very little happens below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Thanks Totemic. Very good to know. I wont touch my babies until they ready to be touched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabtzar Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Scrogging is really good when you want to use all the lights foot print. I had a mate get 380g off 3 plants in a 1x1m area under a 400w. Its also strain dependant somewhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420SA Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Very healthy looking lady there Totemic! Can't wait to see the bud she produces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxwell Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 It is also very strain dependent in my experience... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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