monster.green.thumb
Well-Known Member
hey everyone!
starting a new thread is always a great time! excited to be back at it, but taking things in stride this time. not going to overpromise, or claim a schedule for posting, but wanted somewhere to log and hopefully have some pointers pointed out!
this will be grow number...hmm...idk call it 5. there is history available, certainly just ask if you have any questions on the origins of all this. but hey, it all comes down to what we are working on now, so...
one time, a few years ago, before growing, i came across a bag of some decent herb that had gone hermie. i believe the strain was shipwreck, but we have since renamed this particular strain sticky nicky - dont know if thats advisable or not, but hey i like having 'my own strain'. figure if i dont know for sure what it is, and its impossible to tell, that it is whatever i name it! i kept all the seeds i could find that were viable, and sprouted them one time - in 2011. since that time, i had been taking clones from the first female i got out of 10 plants i had. welp, my LAST thread, was the last of that line. i let her go - it was just not happening for that lil lady, and i didnt have the time to nurture her the way that i would have had to to get her back. so i pulled out my micro baggie of seeds and decided to give it a try! i guess this is technically my 'second' grow from seed.
i germed 10 seeds - all of which showed action after 3 days. i kept them a lil cooler than was advisable, but 8 out of 10 popped. i planted them in rockwool cubes, and in a propegator tray. only 3 of those ended up coming up out, cause i just was not spending the time and effort to keep them properly. i planted the 3 that really popped and they seem to be doing well - i germed 9 more seeds, and kept them (after re-reading my original journals) between damp paper towels in a plastic bag placed on top of my octo 4' T5HO setup. that worked like a charm. all 9 sprouted to about 3 or 4 inches overnight. i planted 5 of the healthiest, as i only have 8 pots total - the 9 inchers at about a gallon each. just for sprouting/young veg. i used i think scotts planting soil, cheap and dirty.
so thats where im at. i have 8 going under my veg light. they are about 6 inches away from the light, hanging out on top of turned-over milk crates. the temp in the basement is a lil low - around 57F constant and at no greater than 40%rh. they seem to be doing pretty well. 3 are working on their 3rd or 4th node already, but are only like 6 to 8 inches tall. i am thinking of flowering them soon cause A. im outta bud, and B. to sex them. hoping to get at least 1 female, and going to take a clone from her. the rest, well we shall see. if there are more ladies, i will hand one off to my buddy who wishes to begin this endeavor. if there are any MORE females i will just flower them. take a clone off the best pheno. only looking to have one going per session as thats all i really need and want. this all began approximately 2 weeks ago, possibly a lil longer on the first 3. going no nutes for veg at least as the potting soil has food enough. just watering when necessary. hoping to keep the plants healthy enough that they will themselves repel any mites that show up. i know they will - just a matter of time. i let a lil basement spider set up shop in one of the pots as he seems to be eating anything that shows up to munch on my lil hopefully ladies.
anyways - thanks for reading, and hope to have a few followers soon to add their expertise to my growing knowledge base. pics to follow - although nothing that interesting, yet.
starting a new thread is always a great time! excited to be back at it, but taking things in stride this time. not going to overpromise, or claim a schedule for posting, but wanted somewhere to log and hopefully have some pointers pointed out!
this will be grow number...hmm...idk call it 5. there is history available, certainly just ask if you have any questions on the origins of all this. but hey, it all comes down to what we are working on now, so...
one time, a few years ago, before growing, i came across a bag of some decent herb that had gone hermie. i believe the strain was shipwreck, but we have since renamed this particular strain sticky nicky - dont know if thats advisable or not, but hey i like having 'my own strain'. figure if i dont know for sure what it is, and its impossible to tell, that it is whatever i name it! i kept all the seeds i could find that were viable, and sprouted them one time - in 2011. since that time, i had been taking clones from the first female i got out of 10 plants i had. welp, my LAST thread, was the last of that line. i let her go - it was just not happening for that lil lady, and i didnt have the time to nurture her the way that i would have had to to get her back. so i pulled out my micro baggie of seeds and decided to give it a try! i guess this is technically my 'second' grow from seed.
i germed 10 seeds - all of which showed action after 3 days. i kept them a lil cooler than was advisable, but 8 out of 10 popped. i planted them in rockwool cubes, and in a propegator tray. only 3 of those ended up coming up out, cause i just was not spending the time and effort to keep them properly. i planted the 3 that really popped and they seem to be doing well - i germed 9 more seeds, and kept them (after re-reading my original journals) between damp paper towels in a plastic bag placed on top of my octo 4' T5HO setup. that worked like a charm. all 9 sprouted to about 3 or 4 inches overnight. i planted 5 of the healthiest, as i only have 8 pots total - the 9 inchers at about a gallon each. just for sprouting/young veg. i used i think scotts planting soil, cheap and dirty.
so thats where im at. i have 8 going under my veg light. they are about 6 inches away from the light, hanging out on top of turned-over milk crates. the temp in the basement is a lil low - around 57F constant and at no greater than 40%rh. they seem to be doing pretty well. 3 are working on their 3rd or 4th node already, but are only like 6 to 8 inches tall. i am thinking of flowering them soon cause A. im outta bud, and B. to sex them. hoping to get at least 1 female, and going to take a clone from her. the rest, well we shall see. if there are more ladies, i will hand one off to my buddy who wishes to begin this endeavor. if there are any MORE females i will just flower them. take a clone off the best pheno. only looking to have one going per session as thats all i really need and want. this all began approximately 2 weeks ago, possibly a lil longer on the first 3. going no nutes for veg at least as the potting soil has food enough. just watering when necessary. hoping to keep the plants healthy enough that they will themselves repel any mites that show up. i know they will - just a matter of time. i let a lil basement spider set up shop in one of the pots as he seems to be eating anything that shows up to munch on my lil hopefully ladies.
anyways - thanks for reading, and hope to have a few followers soon to add their expertise to my growing knowledge base. pics to follow - although nothing that interesting, yet.
