Just might have it

Well, my first post here will be a re-cap. If you want to know how I got to where I am now, check this link

http://forum.grassci...rying-moms.html


But I will put a couple pictures from that thread here, to start it out.


ROOOOTS! my VERY first clones that Ive rooted myself




And a groupshot for now,





Here's the specs:

-12 CFL's, (6) 2700k and (6) 5600k
-Fox Farm Happy Frog w/ 3:1 perlite
-1 gal containers
-4 mother plants
-8 clones in peat pucks (3 out of 8 rooted and planted)
-8 clones in bubble cloner (theyre day 6 now, no roots )

Any other questions? I will be updating this regularly, hopefully this thread gets some comments, my last one got lost in the sea of GC

Edited by DiAmOnD RaStA, 25 May 2010 - 03:37 PM.

Hey DR
sub'd

no worries on the clones in the bubble cloner...it can take a few more days for them to show roots did you add superthrive, or a rooting hormone in the cloner?

Happy growing

Hey doin! theres Superthrive in the water, some clones were dipped in gel, some werent, kinda an experimental thing... And dont worry, I plan on waiting on however long it takes lol.

Except 1 small one, which fell over on day 1 and has never really came back, Ive left it in there for now because its all green just limp... and dont want to shove a new clone in there and then have the days all off, I want to start em all on the same day ya know?


-edit-

Also, today a 4th clone in the peat pucks popped thru, I transplanted it into a party cup for now, and then started messing with the 4 remaining clones, very gentley at first, but these 4 didnt feel like the others did, so I VERY softly pulled all 4 out of the peat puck, and not signs of roots at all, ripped the pucks open just to be safe I didnt fuck up some clones, and then tossed em.

Thing is, the 4 clones that didnt root, were from a broken branch off a mother plant (its in the older thread link up top) and the 4 that DID root werent from that plant... so im thinkin maybe I took too long to clone the branch and air got in the stems or something?
I dunno, either way the 4 I got from peat pucks are lookin fine for now, theres more room for the newly planted clones, the mother plants and the bubble cloner which is how I will do roots from now on...

Edited by DiAmOnD RaStA, 12 April 2010 - 03:47 PM.

Things are lookin good over here, 2 of the clones went to a friend, so I have 4 moms, 2 clones (different clones) and 8 cuttings in the bubbler.

I removed 2 cuttings that were just too small to survive, I know it throws my days off, but honestly I dont plan on cloning for a little bit after these root so I might... cough.. shut it off for a while

I need to get a perpetual system going, I just dont know if I have the space/time right now. All in good time.

Bubble Cloner Day #7, no roots. Also day #2 for 2 cuttings... obviously no roots, and neither of the new clones were dipped in rooting gel. straight into the gurgling grow patch

Well this morning I woke up, checked my account and noticed that my direct deposit didnt go thru yet, so now I gotta go up to the temp service im working for and get shit fixed, will probably take me a couple hours. (fuck)

But on a good note, 4 of the clones in the bubbler have white dots on the stems

So hopefully in a few more days ill be seeing some roooooooooots.

hooray for white dots:hello:

Hey DR, sorry to hear you lost a few cuts, and have to deal with getting your direct deposit straightened out. Hope the rest of your day has gone well.

Congrats on the white dots on the clones roots coming soon!!

Good luck with the perpetual when you decide to get it going. Have a great night

Just took pics but of course my camera died, maybe later, sorry... I think I got a couple good ones of the dots

Out of the 25ish pics I took, none of the close ups were good... I only have an 8mp camera but I can usually get some decent shots!? The clones and roots of cuttings were all blurry.... cept this 1...




Sorry, im off to try again.

Edited by DiAmOnD RaStA, 16 April 2010 - 01:47 PM.

here's some better pics I hope that all the white is roots coming, and not mold. My first time on the bubble cloner, someone tell me its not mold.


The last pic of the cuttings looks like root spots to me, but thats how the others started... (Today's day 7 for them)








And heres some close ups of the new growth on the clones (already planted)

HIGH All, hey D.R looking good....it looks like the start of Roots...not Mold....ahhhh it's nice to see Green New Growth happening as it shows your Cloning worked.......Good for you Bro.

thanks for the rep. sub'd love the white roots!

good to hear its roots lol, few more days and I should have some pokers hopefully

yea im waitin on some root porn myself. 2 of my 5 clones are lookin a bit ruff! im determined to bring em all back tho!

here's some better pics I hope that all the white is roots coming, and not mold. My first time on the bubble cloner, someone tell me its not mold.


The last pic of the cuttings looks like root spots to me, but thats how the others started... (Today's day 7 for them)








And heres some close ups of the new growth on the clones (already planted)

hell ya ,,,them b roots coming bro. but pull off them ^^^ yellow sucker leafs

This morning I found SPIDER MITES!!!

Copied from me in the Growers Coffee Lounge...


For right now, I sprayed EVERYTHING with a home made solution.

50% alcohol / 50% water. Drenched EVERYTHING, top side, bottom sides, sprayed the dirt a little... everything!

If the plants dont die, Ill do it again, if they do die.. then problem solved? lol



There were a few sites that say to do this, And from my experience with fleas on dogs and cats, it works REALLY well. Except on animals, theres no water, all alcohol, kills em instantly. Hopefully itll be the same on plants.

Seems safe enough? Alcohol evaps pretty quick (i know this from making hash)

If the plants and mites dont die from this, I will move to Neem oil, as it seems to be the next cheapest thing. But I figured Id try the alcohol first.

Only problem I see that may lead the plants to DEATH, is that alcohol dries shit up REAL quick, but with the 50% water, hopefully that wont be a problem.

any comments? thanks everyone, I really dont want the last month~ to be a waste

BAH!

Well its been a few hours since I found out about the mites, took action... and im happy so far!

Day 1 seems to have gone to Diamond Rasta. I took ALL the plants out, cleaned the cabinet REALLY well, and then DEEPLY checked the plants, only found 1 body, wasnt moving at all, so i picked it off. So, in just a few hours I went from having 25+ mites, to having 0. (Visible at least)... I know this doesnt mean the eggs are dead, and will be spraying twice a day for the next 4-5 days.

But it does seem to be working!! Now hopefully I can keep them away just as easy.


-sigh- (of relief) time to get back to work on the room.

If I get enough done, pic updates tomorrow! Oh, and I can show you the haircut I gave the girls yesterday... since im done cloning these for now, I trimmed em up and am starting to prepare for flowering the moms... soon, but not soon enough... gotta finish the room up and make sure these lil buggers are all gone... or O.F.F.F. my leafs as Unoit would say

Well, went down this morning to fight the bite...

Only saw 1 and it was on the wall of the cabinet, killed it quickly, and went on my spraying frenzy! And! I saw a nasty ass TICK! I live in Indiana, but ive NEVER seen a tick before, or had one on me... was nasty to look at! Real real FAT! almost looked like a black/brown lady bug! gross. The alcohol mixture killed THAT too. lol.


And in better news! 1 of the bubble clones has a ROOT!!!!

Will try to get pics ASAP but def. before it gets transplanted!

Just wanted to say that you are going to love that bubble cloner. Since I have been using mine I have 100% success rate and I only use straight tap water.

I even tried having a couple of my clones ~3 inches above the water and they still rooted. For me it takes about 2 weeks until the clones have a solid root system and are ready to be planted.

Anyways good luck with the grow I'll be watching.

Hey GB, thanks for stoppin by!

I already do LOVE the cloner, set it and forget it pretty much! And like Ive said a bunch already, some of the cuttings were dipped in gel, some werent... but the root dots seem to be forming on both... so with or without the gel doesnt really seem to matter, thats good to know!

Only thing I think I have to watch for is the roots getting TOO long and touching the heater in the water... im guessing it would burn the roots up right?