First Journal, Master Kush/LemonSkunk/TrainWreck PICS!
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Cool. Well here's a heads up on a few things I didnt think about until I got to the bridge, which required some improvising. When cloning, you can put a rooted clone into flowering cycle much earlier than when you would a plant that you were just going to finish from seed. However you need to make sure you have a place to keep your "mothers" while you are flowering your clone to see what sex it is.
Space. While I was waiting for my clones to show their sex, I kept the donor plants on 24/0 lighting. The growth soon got more than my space allowed. With 4 plants in veg, I used a 3ft x 3ft x 3ft space. With my lights in there it soon became VERY crowded. I wouldnt try growing more than 4 at a time. You might get lucky and have 4 girls. You will be starved for space if you try to flower and veg at the same time. I'm sure some of your plants will show sex before the others do. If it turns out that any of them arent female, wait a week or two before starting another seed. Even if you have only one mother, she will give you MORE than enough clones to keep your supply going.
Staggering. If you take your cuttings/clones every 3-4 weeks you will be able to flower continuously in the one closet space. And you will be harvesting roughly once a month, every month. If you get the stagger cycle just right you will find that the height of your light will be just about right for the first crop without having to adjust it for the second. Of course the stagger will vary depending on whether you rotate differnt strains or the same strain. Sativas get much taller whilst indicas (which looks like mostly what you have) stay shorter.
Hoefully you can time things so that you can keep your mothers and flowering ladies going in a nice rotation that yeilds a pound or so every month.
Space. While I was waiting for my clones to show their sex, I kept the donor plants on 24/0 lighting. The growth soon got more than my space allowed. With 4 plants in veg, I used a 3ft x 3ft x 3ft space. With my lights in there it soon became VERY crowded. I wouldnt try growing more than 4 at a time. You might get lucky and have 4 girls. You will be starved for space if you try to flower and veg at the same time. I'm sure some of your plants will show sex before the others do. If it turns out that any of them arent female, wait a week or two before starting another seed. Even if you have only one mother, she will give you MORE than enough clones to keep your supply going.
Staggering. If you take your cuttings/clones every 3-4 weeks you will be able to flower continuously in the one closet space. And you will be harvesting roughly once a month, every month. If you get the stagger cycle just right you will find that the height of your light will be just about right for the first crop without having to adjust it for the second. Of course the stagger will vary depending on whether you rotate differnt strains or the same strain. Sativas get much taller whilst indicas (which looks like mostly what you have) stay shorter.
Hoefully you can time things so that you can keep your mothers and flowering ladies going in a nice rotation that yeilds a pound or so every month.
The clones dont take long. No need to let them grow to a size. As soon as they go to 12/12 they grow from tiny little cuttings into massive plants. I would say about 3 times the grow rate as when in veg cycle. Its really really fast. Litterally 2-3 inches or more a day!
And I almost forgot. This something I didnt do at first, but should have. When you top your plants for the first time, dont throw away the part you cut off (like I foolishly did). Put that in some rooting hormone and root it. If all goes well, by the time that first clone shows its sex, you will have half a dozen or more mature and rooted clones ready to flower. Then its just a matter of time before you are harvesting the first crop.
Trust me...no need to grow your clones. Once they root, stick them in a nice big pot and flower them.
I got more growth in 2 weeks of flowering than I did in 5 weeks of veg.
And I almost forgot. This something I didnt do at first, but should have. When you top your plants for the first time, dont throw away the part you cut off (like I foolishly did). Put that in some rooting hormone and root it. If all goes well, by the time that first clone shows its sex, you will have half a dozen or more mature and rooted clones ready to flower. Then its just a matter of time before you are harvesting the first crop.
Trust me...no need to grow your clones. Once they root, stick them in a nice big pot and flower them.
I got more growth in 2 weeks of flowering than I did in 5 weeks of veg.It's not the clones you have to worry about, its the mother plants. They will get quite big and bushy. Which is what you want, so they give you lots of nice clones. But they will take up space. And they need light. a fair amount of light. Flouros are ideal as very little heat, so no need to vent etc. Just a good air exchange perodically and space to grow thick and tall to give you clones.
This is just one mother plant.
Two plants like that would be about the max for the space, more than that and you are gonna get too crowded.
Thanks
Yeah, planning ahead is key I think. I tried to account for everything, but since it is my first ever grow, I was sure to miss out on some things. You dont know what you dont know...right? If I did it over again, I would have made a bigger space to hold my mother plants with a small shelf underneath or a side space for propagating my clones. My 3x3x3 space is very very crowded when there are 2 or more mother plants in there. The lights take up half of the height as well. So I think of I did it again I would try to do at least a 4x4x4, but 6x6x6 would be ideal in my opinion.
Anyway good luck with the grow. Things are looking good, I'm anxious to see how many ladies you get.
If you fail to plan...then you plan to fail.See man I told you it wouldn't bee long before someone chimed in. LOL
Flywithme, good info man. Planning is pretty much the key to succeeding in anything in life including horticulture.
