My First Master Kush...

ta2drvn · #1 05-26-2008, 04:11 PM

Got this plant on 5/23 was told it is 5 weeks since clone. Not sure what medium was used pre-me, but I did use FF Ocean for transplanting and and I ph'd the water at between 5.5 & 6, I put it in a 20X20X20 (it's a tad bigger but pretty close) this has 5 70w floro's and is lined with mylar.

I figured this journal would be a good way for me to keep track of progress and give me something to keep me from making impatient mistakes, I'll probably still make some stupid mistakes, lol, but maybe having you guys watching will help me out by not letting my stupid mistakes turn into deadly ones... lol

To start off with I think I gave her a watering a tad early the first time, the dirt was still moist but was kinda felt a little like it did out of the bag, but honestly I don't think it was ready. This was Sunday morning, so I figure it won't need any more till Wed but I will do the finger test and this time wait till the med is a bit drier.

hothousemary · #2 05-26-2008, 04:34 PM

Looking good! Look forward to watching your progress.. Keep up with the journal and you will get tons of support!!

ta2drvn · #3 05-26-2008, 05:03 PM

Thanks for the support!

You think she'll be ready to give some clones in a week or two?

wackymack · #4 05-26-2008, 05:06 PM

looks real good,ill be watching.just get more lights so the internodal length shortens.but yea u will have alot of clones very shortly.

ta2drvn · #5 05-29-2008, 09:41 AM

Almost one week since I brought her home and I feed her two days ago 1/4 strength FF Big Bloom and some Super Thrive. I have seen no new newt burn and she seems to be doing just fine. I trimmed her up a tad, got rid of some of the lower foliage.

I plan to increase the newt to 1/2 strength next feeding, now I need to decide if that will be next watering (should be tomorrow) or go every other watering with the newt's, please let me know what you think please chime in and give me some advice.

I also started a few seeds some I know some I don't know, the guy at the local dispensary gives me a few seeds he collects out of the bags of product he gets every once in a while. I purchased a few Bubba Kushberry seeds and started 3 of the 10 and so far 2 popped! I was also about to smoke two new strains I just got (Jack Herer X Blueberry and then OG Mango) and a found a seed in each one so of course they are in the Dome and we will see if anything happens. I don't have big hopes for these as the seeds did look to be a big small and light colored so they may not be any good.

But out of the ones that did pop, I have 2 Bubba Kushberry's and 2 unknown sprouts. I transplanted them into some FF Ocean and added some "Plant Success" it is a Mycorrhizae that I was told is a beneficial fungi that attaches itself to the root and acts like a straw around your roots helping oxygenate the roots and help it drink better and easier. Anyone use this?

I figured I would show off these in here also, enjoy the pics and please feel free to chime in and let me know if I need anything else

aladdin2685 · #6 05-29-2008, 10:05 AM

nice looking plants bro!

ta2drvn · #7 05-29-2008, 11:51 AM

Thanks

Anyone have feedback as to my next watering: Use newt's or wait till next watering?

wackymack · #8 05-29-2008, 11:54 AM

it looks hungry so give the baby some food.

ta2drvn · #9 05-29-2008, 01:13 PM

Cool, thanks.

ta2drvn · #10 05-31-2008, 12:39 PM

I'll post some more pic's later she is doing very good. I have added some more plants as of yesterday (9 new clones). I would like a little advice please, sorry this may be a little long:

I would like to set myself up for a perpetual type of grow and have something to harvest every two weeks, yes very similar to Al B Fuct - get a harvest every 2 weeks, this is where I got the idea. However, their are a few things different, like he uses a hydro and no veg time vs me I would like to use soil and give a two week veg. I would like to use this concept of a 'production line' to grow, for example, I want to be moving from one station to the next every 2 weeks. I know I will have a bit harder time of this than what he has set up, because I am just starting out and do not plan on using only one strain for this and getting several strains to finish up at the same time will be a tricky, if not impossible depending on the strains, but I do plan on using strains that do average 60 days of flower. I am sure I will have to make some adjustments to flowering schedule for some of the strains and a good journal should help with this, I hope.

So, to sum this up, my assembly line set up will have me taking clones and then moving them from area to area every two weeks in the hope to have a harvest every two weeks. I am planning to have 5 strains 4 plants each for a total of 20 plants to harvest every two weeks. I figure that I might have to stagger some of the strains to accommodate the strains finishing time, but once I have a few harvest's down I figure I can make it work.

Now, here is where I could use some advice:

1) Does my plan seems reasonable? Do I have reasonable expectations?

2) My current Master Kush plant is a bit more than twice the size of the other plants I have, I figured when I bought her she would be a good 'mother' for me, but since I have brought home these new clones and they they are not ready for flower yet I was kind of thinking that I will just put this plant into flower instead and use one of the new close for a 'mom' when they grow a bit more. My thinking is that I can get one plant through the assembly line, and since I purchased two clones of each strain I can veg these for two weeks pick my mother then take my clones and the other plant not used as mom goes into flower. My assembly line get started and first harvest is small and manageable work out newbie issues and Q's, then two weeks later it increases from one plant and one strain to 5 plants 5 strains, then jump up to 20/5. Is this a good idea or should I keep her as a mom as planned and take clones and get these other ones about the same size and do the assembly line thing then?

I know this is a lot and I am kinda flying by the seat of my pants but I was expecting these new clones to be waaaaay farther along than they were when I picked them up and this has kinda altered my original plans a bit, so I am having to improvise and now need some advice.

Thanks to those that punished themselves with reading this post (lol... I know this was long and rambly) and even more thanks to those that offer up some friendly advice.