PPP, or is it? Grow #2

[mordgrow]

Clone update:

all still alive in the mister:


though one of the small stem'd clones (bad to clone anything below 5mm) isn't doing so hot,, here's one of its fan leafs:

not sure what thats a sign of, but its not good!

Here's the top of the mutant "sexed clone" that i tossed in the mister:



My rock wool clones are nice and healthy, but all of them have good stem diam.



Its not going to make the cover of a mag. but its my 2nd grow and i dont care about apearance, just performance




so far so good... making it past the 2 day hurdle is a good sign in my past clone attempts. we'll see if they make it this time or not

[mordgrow]

had to cut a few tops off the skiny plant as they had grown PAST the light.. ( cut 3 10" sections off)

I dont think i can wait for my clones, I need to

A) do some SERIOUS cut back pruning

B) start flower now, as two plants are already using half the total vertical space in my room

anyone have an opinion on those two routes?

[mordgrow]

Here's some today pix..

about 5ft tall and 4ft across at the widest point for this plant




This one grows verticaly so fast that i've had to chop it in half once, and today i cut 3 12" sections off the tallest stalks



Here's the clone off the 1st one that told me it was a female.. its not that big yet, but its got mass potential..


the mutant clone has some crazy growth paterns, check this out!





and my clones are looking "ok" more black spots of badness



heres the worst of it:


rockwool clones dont look much worse than when i first tossed em in.

[AugustWest]

i'd start flowering i think pruning at this point will just set you back a lot of time.

just my 2 cents.

[mordgrow]

yeah, i was thinking start flower now and as soon as the clones are rooted ( assuming they survive) move them into the room and do a lil SOG with what ever light i can find.. heh

[linedrivr]

that is the weirdest looking mj mutant I have ever seen. I can't wait to see the alien buds...lol

hopefully your clones will come around!

[mordgrow]

if they do im going to try out a lil SOG op with these new net pots i picked up..




sure they are only 3" but i shouldnt need much more with a SOG op right?



I posted in the sick plant area and someone thought i have some fungi issues in my cloner.. so i got some fungicide and im sprayin the whole area down!

[mordgrow]

so before i flipped to flowering i did a quick room clean up and some "color" photo's of the plants

Sexed clone:



Mom:



Skinnything:






and, oh no, whats this on the mom!?




DOH!
well I had rescued a couple of rose plants from my woman, that later had a nasty case of spider mites (damn walmart flowers) so apparently they had been hanging out in the room and JUST started to get a foot hold on my big plant


well.. I have the answer for that!


I used about the whole bottle on the 3 plants.. that big one is hard to spray down because its so bushy

hopefuly i caught this problem early enough!

[willydog]

Hey Mord, such an awesome journal .... That spray you will probably need more than once, maybe 5 or 6 times, but it will work with time. Best of luck.

[mordgrow]

ahh that blows!, but im getting more, so once a day just soak em down with it for a week or so?

what a PITA.. see if i ever take other lesser plants in for charity care ever again!

Spider Mites - Spider mites are not insects but are more closely related to spiders. These arachnids have four pairs of legs, no antennae and a single, oval body region. Most spider mites have the ability to produce a fine silk webbing. Spider mites are very tiny, being less than 1/50 inch (0.4mm) long when adults. Spider mites have tiny mouthparts modified for piercing individual plant cells and removing the contents. This results in tiny yellow or white speckles. When many of these feeding spots occur near each other, the foliage takes on a yellow or bronzed cast. Once the foliage of a plant becomes bronzed, it often drops prematurely. Heavily infested plants may be discolored, stunted or even killed. Web producing spider mites may coat the foliage with the fine silk which collects dust and looks dirty. Spider mite species seem to be warm weather or cool weather active pests. The twospotted, European red, honeylocust, and oak spider mites do best in dry, hot summer weather. The spruce and southern red spider mites do best in cool spring and fall weather. All spider mites go through the same stages of development. Adult females usually lay eggs on their host plants. The eggs hatch in days to weeks into the first stage, called a larva. Larvae are round bodied and have only three pairs of legs. The larvae feed for a few days, seek a sheltered spot to rest and then molt into the first nymphal stage. The first nymph now has four pairs of legs. The first nymphs feed a few days, rest and molt into the second nymph. The second nymphs feed, rest and molt into the adult stage. The males are usually the size of the second nymph and have pointed abdomens. The females have rounded abdomens and are the largest mites present. Most spider mites spend the winter in the egg stage but the twospotted spider mite over winters as adult females resting in protected places.




Solution - Early detection of spider mites, before damage is noticed, is VERY important. The tiny spider mites can be detected only by a full and thorough leaf inspection (on both sides of the leaf). If you find Spider Mites you must act fast and hit them hard with either a bleach solution (1 tablespoon of bleach to 1 gallon of 95°F, pH balanced, water in a spray bottle.) or use a miticide with Abamectin <http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles...ectin-ext.html> or lindane <http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles...f-lindane.html> in it. That seems to work best. There are insect predators <http://eartheasy.com/grow_nat_pest_cntrl.htm> that can help in providing some CONTROL but this does not mean 100% eradication and in a consumable crop that is what we are after. The predator mite can help to control them if chemical sprays are not your thing.

[urgr8estfear]

Shit dude you got yourself a forest there! +rep
(better go out and get yourself a chainsaw!)

[Aud]

2 questions

1.) do you think the skinnything will bud?
2.) whos boobs are in your avatar

[mordgrow]

I already sexed the skinnyone, its a girl (back when my cloner was working). so we'll see what i ge out of it.. haha!

I expect it will have some heavy sativa charactoristics.. light fluffy buds with a heady high (yay!) i think PPP is a pretty heavy sativa mix isnt it?

those boobs belong to my garden assistant

[mordgrow]

i fucking hate spider mites!

[gonejah17]

Hey man sorry to hear about the mites. You'll get em man. At least you got Garden Assistant titties to distract you right?? Respectfully

That mutant is crazy. Never seen anything like it you should send those pics into some almanac of messed up shit or something