Blue Cheese - A Grow by an Office Working DINK

Originally Posted by KushisSweet

nice LST you got there. plants look healthy and that one that had stress from nute burn seems to be really pulling along nicely!

Thanks! I took more pictures this morning, and will post this evening. The ladies are really branching out nicely now. I was going to start flowering in a week, but since I will be working with 3 plants in 4 sq.ft., I think I will wait an extra week or two before putting on 12/12 (June 13- 8.5 weeks from sprouting). I also have to take some clones soon, and I want to give them some time to recover. They now need a full watering every other day, so I will also transplant this weekend.

Since I want to keep each of the plants going, I will take 2 or 3 cuttings from each plant. This will also lead to more branching, which will be fine for the Scrog. There does seem to be a fast grower (the one with the yellow stripe), but who knows how it smokes (vapes)-- I will not be able to commit to a clone mother until some time in August.

As for the poor stunted lady-- she's doing great. Last weekend, I topped her as Uncle Ben recommends. She is now developing 4 strong branches. I found the outdoor spot for her and will plant her in a burlap sack'o'soil hoping for the best. The spot where I will set her is fairly close to foot traffic, although it is off the beaten path enough that it should be safe. It is surprisingly hard to find a spot in my area that is accessible, sunny AND hidden.

Meanwhile, the sprouts for the next generation (G13/Haze and Acapulco Gold) sprouted two days ago, and are looking great. I haven't yet updated my other journal yet, because, well, I've been pretty busy! I'm getting the flowering cabinet ready. I want to be sure I have adequate cooling power as we approach the heat of summer. I'm thinking about venting the lighting fixture directly out of the cabinet. It would keep things cooler, and make it possible to utilize fermentation CO2.

It's sooo much fun when the plants start to reflect the effort I am making.

Had a bit of technical difficulty for the past couple of days, so I have some catching up to do on this journal.

1- Here are some pics of the girls from Day 41:
Day 41.jpgOutdoor 41.jpgDay 41 Stripe.jpg

They are continuing to branch quite nicely, and the burn victim plant looks like it's coming along nicely. I topped her ala Uncle Ben, and the four branches are looking strong.

I just took cuttings last night, so they are not quite as full today, but, I won't be flowering them for another two weeks, so they will have plenty of time to repair the damage (and branch out more!). That will make them 8.5 weeks old when I flower-- a bit later than I normally would, but I have 1.3 sq.ft. per plant, and I want to be sure they fill the space.

I also moved them to the flowering cabinet, only because the vegging cabinet now has the clones in it:
Blue Cheese Clones.jpg

To clone, I follow a super simple process. I just cut with a fresh razor blade, and immediately place the cutting in distilled water. Then I prepare the Oasis cube for the cutting by soaking it in more distilled water. The cutting is then trimmed a bit and put in the cube. Cubes are kept in a deep container with plastic wrap over the top for humidity. The container is set on a heating pad and the cuttings misted with more distilled water daily. No rooting compound, vitamin dip or anything.

The start of a grow cycle is always the most challenging, because I am juggling a large number of plants. I don't want to commit to a clone mother until I get high from each candidate. Now I have these clones and my Gen2 (see my blog/journal for that story) sharing the veg cabinet. It's a small space (3 sq.ft), and eight weeks from now will be holding seven vegging plants (Gen2, plus three candidate mothers)

hey man, i have been following your grow. just keeping quiet. looks good man. we should get result close to each other. cool.

Originally Posted by eightenough

hey man, i have been following your grow. just keeping quiet. looks good man. we should get result close to each other. cool.

Nice to know someone else is looking out for my grow.

Thanks... You've been a busy man rescuing your own crop.

tell me about it. my brother doesnt have the passion for growing that i have. i think it make all the difference. i have had ppl tell me that my weed is better than my bro's and thats the same strain too. ask laceygirl. she has met my bro.

Sweet. Caring attention makes all the difference; it's like the difference between factory raised beef and free-range, grass-fed beef. It requires individual attention. Lately my ladies are into being all tied up... I worry that I'm rewarding their baser desires, but they are responding positively.

Looking good man. Count me in. I have a Blue Cheese I got for free from Attitude on 4/20. Was going to add it to my outdoor grow this year, but at the last minute I changed my mind and germed the Ceres Purple I bought with that order instead. Considering my next grow will be indoor with a 250w hps, I'm interested to see how yours turn out with a similar system.

tie them up they will love it and reward you for it. my SLH loved it. check out my journal. in the home stretch now.