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 Androcell’s 2024 summer grow 
#868054 - 07/02/24 09:10 AM (3 months, 30 days ago) |
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I had success with the paper towel in ziplock bag germination method last year, just started germinating the seeds for this year’s grow with the same method. Moved the grow space to the room with the skylights, so they will have a combo of timed grow lights plus natural sun.
Two of the bag seeds (Inzane) plus a few feminized seeds I got online:
- AK-47
- White Widow
- Bubblegum
- Gold Leaf
The seeds were in a bundle pack so if I have success then I’ll likely grow the same strains for the next few years. I’ll update when the seeds germinate.
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#868065 - 07/04/24 10:15 AM (3 months, 28 days ago) |
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Germination looks good in all seeds. Will be planting in the solo cups soon
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#868072 - 07/05/24 08:10 AM (3 months, 27 days ago) |
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Solo cups set up, lights placed around 6 inches above at 45% timed for 18h days.
I’ll post pictures once they sprout. Pretty much the same setup as last time, but with lights instead of the window. Hopefully there will be no stretching this time 
Soil is a 3 gallon bag of fox farm ocean forest with 2 cups vermiculite mixed in.
Edited by Androcell (07/05/24 08:26 AM)
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#868092 - 07/08/24 07:01 AM (3 months, 24 days ago) |
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All of the seeds sprouted within 24 hours after planting, except for the white widow. I did notice the taproot bent when I took it out of the paper, so I’m going to germinate another one. I’ll give it until the new one sprouts before I toss it though, I don’t want to count it as a loss just yet.
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#868108 - 07/11/24 07:20 AM (3 months, 21 days ago) |
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Still no sprout and no germination from this second seed. Starting to think the white widows are shot. As a backup plan, I’m going to germinate a few bag seeds in case nothing comes of the white widow.
The good news though is the seedlings are looking great.
 
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#868112 - 07/12/24 07:33 AM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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I started germinating a couple more white widow seeds yesterday along with the bag seeds as a backup. So now I have 2 white widows with taproots out and planted. If these bag seeds germinate then I might plant them and give them away to friends when they sprout, I only want 6 plants but don’t want to toss the extras.
Edited by Androcell (07/12/24 07:56 AM)
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#868161 - 07/20/24 09:42 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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Just wanted to give a quick update. Seedlings are growing fast and are looking great. I’ll update with pictures once I repot and top, the plan is to go with mainlining this time. The tek I am using recommends topping down to node 3 after letting plant grow to 5-6 nodes. So my plan is to repot at 5 nodes, let it recover enough to grow the 6th node, then top. I’m going to try to root the tops for a friend, I’ll share progress there too.
The gold leaf already has the 5th node coming in now, so I’ll repot today. The others are coming close, except for the white widows which gave me troubles before.
Edit: on second thought I think I’ll top first and repot later. Reviewing my last log I topped a week before I repotted, and the stem was a lot thicker and sturdier.
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#868180 - 07/22/24 08:26 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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Gold leaf now has 6th node growing in, here is a before picture:
After topping to third node and trimming everything below. I’ll remove these fan leaves once the two new mains are established:
Planted a clone for a friend. Cut stem at a 45 degree angle, removed bottom node, scraped some skin off the stem and put into a solution of water and honey for 15 seconds, dipped in rooting powder then planted. A second solo cup is over the top as a humidity dome:
Bumped the grow light above the bigger plants to 65%, the light above the small seedlings and clone is still 45%.
Also once plants recover from topping, going to start fertilizing. I kept it simple last year, this year I want to experiment a bit and create a blend that works best for my specific growing environment. Plan is to start at 25% manufacturer’s recommended dose, and go up / adjust from there. Got together a few different fertilizers based on a friends recommendation, his plants are super nice so I trust it.
These are the fertilizers and manufacturer instructions per gallon for reference (my friend said he uses a lot less than what is shown here in his own blends):
Vegetative stage only:
Neptunes fish fertilizer / 1tbsp / once per week / stop a couple weeks before flowering
FF Grow Big (hydroponic) / 3tsp / every other watering
All stages:
FF Big bloom / 4tbsp / every other watering
FF Kangaroots / 2tsp / once per week
FF Microbe brew / 2tsp / once per week
Flowering:
FF calmag / 1tbsp / once per week / start a couple weeks before flowering
Tiger bloom / 3tsp / every other watering / start at first sign of bud development
Stop all fertilizing a couple weeks before harvest
Fish, kangaroots, microbe brew, and calmag look like it should be every other feeding, so I will alternate between microbe and fish/kangaroots, then microbe and kangaroots/calmag
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#868184 - 07/23/24 07:47 AM (3 months, 9 days ago) |
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Both of the Inzanes have the sixth node growing in, so I topped and trimmed. Took a clone of the bigger of the two.
Inzane 1 before and after:
Inzane 2 before/after and clone:
Edit: also wanted to make note of the addition of diatomaceous earth at this point for the plants that are established. Spoonful of it spread across the top of the soil. None yet for the seedlings that were planted late and the clones.
Edited by Androcell (07/23/24 07:58 AM)
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#868189 - 07/23/24 12:51 PM (3 months, 9 days ago) |
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Prepared first batch of fertilizer blend to use once the topped plants re-establish themselves. Blend A and Blend B will alternate for the vegetative stage. Amount is per gallon of dechlorinated tap water (left to sit for 48 hours)
Blend A:
3/4tsp Neptune’s Harvest
1tbsp Big Bloom
3/4tsp Grow Big
1/2tsp Kangaroots
Blend B:
1tbsp Big Bloom
3/4tsp Grow Big
1/2tsp Microbe Brew
Normally the tap water is a bit basic and needs a few drops of PH down. Fertilizer brings it wayyyy down. Needed around 30 drops of PH up to bring blend A to the right levels, 25 for Blend B.
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#868201 - 07/25/24 08:49 AM (3 months, 7 days ago) |
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AK47 before/after and clone:
Bubblegum before/after and clone. It had 6th node growing in like the others, but this is the shortest and bushiest plant, so I hope there is enough stem to establish roots. Like the others, I cut off the bottom node of the cutting and scraped the skin off the stem to encourage root growth, will keep a close eye on this one:
Edited by Androcell (07/25/24 08:51 AM)
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#868209 - 07/27/24 07:00 AM (3 months, 5 days ago) |
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New gold leaf mains are getting long enough to tie down now. They each have second node growing in, I’ll wait for these to turn upwards and grow third node before topping and pruning again:
I don’t want to spam a ton of pictures doing the same steps on all plants, so I’ll continue sharing steps for just gold leaf until anything significant happens, or if something is different with one of the other plants.
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#868216 - 07/29/24 10:24 AM (3 months, 3 days ago) |
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Unfortunately I was too rough and snapped the stem of one of the new mains on the gold leaf while trying to redo the wire to hold it down. It is not snapped completely off, just a bit split where it connects to the original main
As you can see I put a small piece of tape where it broke, hopefully it heals itself and comes back. But with the leaves on that main drooping like that I’m not feeling very confident. I was going to use this one to model the steps of mainlining, but now I may choose one of the others for that since they are all doing great.
I’ll still share progress of this one, the other main is doing fine so I should still be able to grow it out to flower even if it’s not a perfect mainline
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#868221 - 07/30/24 07:58 AM (3 months, 2 days ago) |
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Messed up again, this time one of the new mains snapped off one of the Inzane plants.
Removed the wire from all of the plants, it is too difficult to be gentle working with wire. All of the healthy plants are now using twine. Didn’t have any problems with twine and clothespins last year, much easier to work with:
Below are the gold leaf and inzane that I messed up. Topped and pruned, plan is to mainline like normal off of the surviving main if possible. If not I’ll just wing it and see what happens, if I get at least a few nugs off these I’ll be happy
Also an update on the clones, they all seem healthy and I see noticeable growth on all of them except for the bubblegum. Maybe that one was cut too soon, but I’ll still keep an eye on it for another week or so. It’s not wilting or anything.
I read online you can gently twist them in the soil to tell if they have roots yet. The inzane and AK clones have obvious roots since they won’t budge, but the gold leaf clone moves way too easily. Hopefully the roots come in soon. I didn’t bother testing the bubblegum, figured it would be best to leave it alone. Started removing the humidity domes for a bit each day to vent the clones
Edited by Androcell (07/30/24 08:41 AM)
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#868235 - 08/02/24 10:14 AM (2 months, 30 days ago) |
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Second topping for the normal plants.
To reiterate, waited for 5-6 nodes for first topping and topped at 3rd node. For second topping, waited for 3rd node to come in on each main and topped down to first node and will do the same for the third topping (for 8 colas per plant).
Using Bubblegum as the model, before and after:
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#868252 - 08/05/24 07:46 AM (2 months, 27 days ago) |
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Repotted the plants. More topping of plants that are ready for it. I’ll share some pictures once one of the plants has the third topping
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#868302 - 08/10/24 08:57 AM (2 months, 22 days ago) |
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Here is a before and after for the third topping of the AK47. I’ll update when the 8 new growth tips are well established.
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#868314 - 08/11/24 07:09 AM (2 months, 21 days ago) |
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An update on the clones now too. Growth on the Inzane clone exploded over night. Bubblegum is growing fine too. I tossed the AK47 and Gold Leaf clones since they were turning brown and not rooting. 2 clones out of 4 isn’t bad, considering all my clones failed last year. My gf found a planter at a thrift store to hold 18 cuttings in water, may try that next year
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#868320 - 08/12/24 01:35 PM (2 months, 20 days ago) |
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Boosted the strength of my fertilizer now after 3 weeks of 25%, now here is the 50% blend to alternate:
Blend A:
1/2tbsp Neptune’s Harvest
2tbsp Big Bloom
1/2tbsp Grow Big
1tsp Kangaroots
Blend B:
2tbsp Big Bloom
1/2tbsp Grow Big
1tsp Microbe Brew
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#868358 - 08/16/24 11:53 AM (2 months, 16 days ago) |
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Just wanted to share this 9 point leaf. Both of the clones have them. Also topped and pruned, notice the 4 growth tips I left on for this one - I decided to use manifolding for both clones so one more topping to go on these
Edited by Androcell (08/16/24 11:56 AM)
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