Clones--uk cheese, dj shorts true blueberry, skywalker og, platinum bubba kush

tre93543

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This is my first attempt at more than 2 plants. I wanted to do 4, but where I got them from sold 6 as a min quantity. I got 2 UK CHEESE, 2 DJ SHORTS TRUE BLUEBERRY, 1 SKYWALKER OG, and 1 PLATINUM BUBBA KUSH delivered to my door late last night. The clones were all 7 to 9 inches I would guess, with 4 to 6 nodes. Some of the leaves are a little burnt, but no biggie, I hope.

MY SETUP:
-5.5x5.5x7 ft. tent lined with mylar
-1 6 inch intake fan, 1 6 inch exhaust fan (cycles the air about 1.5 times per minute)
presently I have 250ish watts of 23 watt CFL's, 2700k and 3000k. (ya I know this is wrong, but on my last grow, this is what I used and had absolutely no stretching to my plants, and very dense nuggs. Next grow, I will change it up and see what the difference is).
-Soil=FOX FARMS OCEAN FOREST
-I have the clones planted in 1/2 to 3/4 gal pots that are like small dairy crates, and are full of holes to get more air to the roots, and to get the soil to dry more uniformly. The crates are lined with landscape fabric to help keep the soil in.
-I tied down each plant today to start LSTing them.
-The lights are currently on a cycle of 18/6
 

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Temps are getting to 82 F., a little warmer than I want. I am doing a little tweaking to the tent to get it more like 75-78 F. for a high, and the lows are about 63 F.

One of the DJ SHORTS went into shock. Either from the planting, or didn't like being bent over to start LSTing her. I untied and propped her up, cut off the dried leaves, and she is looking much better tonight. I will give it a couple of days and try tying her down again.

-The PLATINUM BUBBA took off right away, growing and filling out immediately. The leaves are dark green, and very glossy.
-The 2 UK CHEESE are right behind the BUBBA, not so dark green (exactly as I seen in my last UK CHEESE grow). The leaves are forming nicely, and I noticed the first DOUBLE SERATION on a leaf today (good sign that I have a Skunk strain, should be UK CHEESE as the vendor that I got it from is reputable)
-One DJ BLUEBERRY is looking nice despite only having 3 fingers on all of her leaves (indicating that the cuttings are from an older mother plant. I THINK?) Deep green leaves, and has developed a 5 finger leaf now. I did try something new, and cut just a little off the top to get her to split.
-The other DJ BLUEBERRY went into shock, but is picking up now
-The SKYWALKER is doing just as suspected. it took a day to acclimate, and is looking healthy now. Leaves are dark green, but not as green as the BUBBA, or the BLUEBERRY.

DAY 2
I noticed that the top of my soil was drying unevenly. I had landscape fabric sticking up above the top of the pots, restricting even airflow over the top of the pots. I cut it down below the top, I believe the problem is solved.

So far it looks like the pots are working out well. I calculated today, and the pots are .91 US Gal each. Anyone have an idea as to how long I should keep them in these pots before transplanting? I will be transplanting them into 5 Gal. pots to finish them off.
 

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today, one of the UK CHEESE started drooping, and looking bad. maybe shock? I found that I may have buried the plant too deep? The top of the Rockwool was under 1" of soil. I removed about 1/2". will see what happens.
 

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The uk cheese has popped back. Lost a couple of leaves though. I have read that this can be common if the clones came from a very humid environment, then get stuck in some soil they are not used to, combined with higher air flow, brighter, hotter lights, etc. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Started tieing down the DJ SHORTS BLUEBERRY again. I am going to take it slow this time, and bend her over little by little over the next 4 or 5 days
 

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Everyone got water today with very little nutes, maybe 1/20th of a dose. It has been 5 days since last water.
 

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1 week pics and update:
Everything is looking good, I am surprised at the lack of growth while LSTing. Is it normal for the growth to severely slow down after clone to soil planting, or LSTing? Here are some pics of where they are at today
DJ shorts true blueberry.JPGDJ shorts trueblueberry.JPGPlatinum bubba kush.JPGSkywalker og.JPGUk cheese.JPGUKCHEESE.JPGLights.JPG
I am pretty sure that I titled a couple of the pictures wrong. I think that the 2nd DJ SHORT and the PLATNUM BUBBA are switched
 

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I noticed that the new growth leaves are dark green in the center of the fingers, and lighter on the edges. I added some powdered egg shells for the calcium to the soil, Hopefully that will turn things around. If not, it could be nitrogen, but at this point I don't think so.

I added 3 6500k bulbs today. the 2700k did good last grow, and I was going to do that again, but sometimes I change my mind to often. I am sure that I will be glad I did.

Growth is speeding up, with lots of new growth from the top, and from the horizontal branches that are now going vertical thanks to the LST I am doing to them.

Any opinions or suggestions are welcome
 

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Today I topped one of the UK CHEESE, and topped the strongest branch on the PLATINUM BUBBA. I will be doing a lot of trial and error on this grow, doing many things to see how the plant, buds, and yield varies.
 
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