White Poison - 2 liter Hempy SOG

First off, thanks to all of RIU who taught me the Hempy Method.

I would like to show you how I apply it to a simple SOG grow.



Genetics:

White Poison is a F1 hybrid of White Widow x Durban Poison. WP for short.

Its a Sativa Dominant hybrid that has an "up" high without a long flowering time. From what I can tell this phenotype expresses the white widow trichome trait along with the purple and sativa high of durban poison.



Space:

I have a simple veg and flowering chamber made out of plastic and a wood frame.

4"w x 3"l x 4"h veg and 4"w x 4"l x 5"h flowering area



Lighting:

In the veg chamber I have a 4 bulb 4 foot T5 florescent with blue vegetative lights. On 18/6 lighting

And the flower area has a 600 watt HPS ran off a digital ballast. On 12/12 lighting



Ventilation:

The flower room is on a thermostat that runs a fan bringing in fresh air. Its set to come on @ 76 degrees.

There is an oscillating fan in the flowering area. I have it hung from the ceiling with wire and its upside down blowing over the tops of the plants. 24/7

Veg chamber has a small out-take fan, fresh air is drawn in from the flower area by displacement.



Media and Method:

75% Perlite to 25% Vermiculite - so 3 parts perlite to 1 part vermiculite

Yes, Hempy SOG ! Learned Hempy from the Hempy Collective Thread.

I have done 2 liter hempy SOG's before, this time will be with only White Poison

25 rooted clones will go into two liter hempy buckets. 5 rows of 5 under the 600 watt HPS



Water and Nutrients:

Well water that is Hard and Alkaline. 8-9 PH

So with my well water its best to use Hard Water Formulated Nutes.

I use Hard Water FloraMicro from General Hydroponics with FloraBloom.

Lucas Formula at full strength 8 micro to 16 bloom per gallon PH'ed to 6.0

This is used for veg and flower stage. Water only flushing is done as necessary. Monitor the PH level of the hempy reservoir to keep it around 6.0



Cloning:

I do my clones via a homemade bubble cloner. Its a rubbermaid turned into a 40 spot cloner. I used a foam pool raft to make collars for my cuttings. There is an aquariam thermostat to keep the temps around 72 f. also there is 2 airstones and the air pump.

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Ok, back in January I was gifted two White Poison Clones from a breeder friend.




They were a bit wilty from their trip and they had infestations of spider mites and powdery mildew lol. First thing I took them out of that soil and setup a mini bubble cloner to help them get over the shock.

I rooted them for a week or so in the bubble cloner before transplanting into a hempy.




For the Spider Mites I killed them with "Hot Shot no pest strip" I had handy from previous problems Then for the powdery mildew I sprayed it with Greencure. Its a Potassium Bicarbonate based fungicide. I also tried to remove infected leafs.


2 months pass and now I have two mothers of WP !


cut a:




cut a:




and cut b:



cut b:




cut b:





And this morning I took about 20 cuttings from each mother.

I used these cuttings to fill up my bubble cloner. The cuts got 5 hours of darkness right after being put into the cloner. This helps to prevent wilting / shock.



WP Cuttings day 0:





This is what the mothers look like after the cuttings are removed:






This is a small sample of the white poison strain:




Macro shots 100 x magnification:















Basics of the 2 liter Hempy:


A Hempy Bucket can be done in any container. I have chosen smaller 2 liter pots because the method iam applying here is a SOG. My goal is to get one large bud per plant with very little branching. Easy to Trim at Harvest and it makes for top quality smoke.

I use soda bottles with the top cut off, the bottom painted black as a prevention step for algae. The hempy holes are 2 and 1/4 inches up from the bottom of the 2 liter. This makes the reservoir of the hempy bucket.






I water when the hempy bucket is dry. For flowering plants that is every other day. Vegging plants do not drink as fast.

It takes two gallons of water with nutes to feed 25 hempy clones. Each clone gets about 9 ounces of water. So I mix up 2 gallons of nutes in a 5 gallon bucket and divvy out a dose to each hempy.



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Iam Excited to start off this White Poison Hempy grow.

Today the clones were taken and Ill show you this grow through clone to veg to flower to harvest.

You are all welcome to join in or just watch. But the end should be around 1st of August.





- Xare

pullin up a chair 4 this 1 .. hey xare i got a question lik how often do u have to water ur mothers and clones in veg?