Stoneslacker's 250w micro, hempy, scrog - Blue Hash, Afghan Kush Special. Cheese

eastcoastmo said:

Nice brother, looking damn frosty in there
I'll definitely follow your fem process bro, always keen to watch that! Once I get my final cross done, I'll pick out 2 select females and reverse one. Bought a bottle of 30% colloidal silver for $15 so i've got plenty to use

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Cheers Easty. I will be starting the new journal up here in a couple weeks. I'll journal
the DIY colloidal silver generator I made and remember to take some pics of the clones
as they reverse this time.
That is the smart way to do it, using 2 select females in the fem
process will still give some variation to the phenotypes available. Sounds great!

SomeGuy said:

Great work stone! Looks very nice in there. I need to venture in to using some coco. I have an idea based on alaska buckets so I can have a self watering (bottom fed) smart pot

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Thanks SG. The buckets are actually 100% perlite with a 3" cap of coco on top only. I have been liking
this setup as it helps keep the perlite in place, and also keeps the top of the root zone nice and dark.

I've noticed roots nearly to the top of the coco cap, where the plain perlite has always been 2-3 inches of loose
rocks on the top. Coco is nice but perlite is still so much easier overall, so I think I will stay with this setup for a while.

ATB

Great to hear you were successful with the gender bending. I've got a couple of specific questions if you don't mind, since I've failed at this twice.

Did you spray the whole plant, or just the calyx?

What strength was your CS? I've bought 50ppm and I made 120ppm (the 120 seemed to work better got balls but no pollen)

WattSaver said:

Great to hear you were successful with the gender bending. I've got a couple of specific questions if you don't mind, since I've failed at this twice.

Did you spray the whole plant, or just the calyx?

What strength was your CS? I've bought 50ppm and I made 120ppm (the 120 seemed to work better got balls but no pollen)

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I currently do not have a TDS or EC meter so I am not sure the ppm. I have a transformer that is 30v which is just about
right for making CS. I usually go by time and appearance, about 4-6 hours and a nice greyish or amber, primordial soup appearance.
I then strain the solution through a coffee filter into a mason jar for keeping.

I take clones of the plant and 7-10 days before I flower the clones I spray the whole plant 2x a day, just a nice even misting don't have to use too
much. I keep spraying for the first 14-21 days of flower and usually end up with all male flowers, not even a few isolated
female pistils on most. I usually flip the clones about 5-7 days before the main cab gets flipped.

Here is the Crit I reversed

I have had a few clones throw plenty of male flowers but not release any pollen. What I've done is picked off the open
and ripe flowers and crushed the pollen sacs with my finger. Most but not all will have some pollen that I then lightly rub onto the
pistils of the recipient plant.

Wow SS the Critical looks full on male. I always soaked not just spritzer, that could be one of my problems. By the time I'd get balls I'd have near dead plants.

WattSaver said:

Wow SS the Critical looks full on male. I always soaked not just spritzer, that could be one of my problems. By the time I'd get balls I'd have near dead plants.

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Ya they usually go full male when I start spraying early enough. I think that is the key, to
spray before the flip and give them time to get those hormones a changing.

Edit: Forgot to add that I like to spray them with plain ph'ed water every 3 days or so just
to give them a good rinsing. I soak them really good at this time.

stoneslacker said:

Cheers Easty. I will be starting the new journal up here in a couple weeks. I'll journal
the DIY colloidal silver generator I made and remember to take some pics of the clones
as they reverse this time.
That is the smart way to do it, using 2 select females in the fem
process will still give some variation to the phenotypes available. Sounds great!


Thanks SG. The buckets are actually 100% perlite with a 3" cap of coco on top only. I have been liking
this setup as it helps keep the perlite in place, and also keeps the top of the root zone nice and dark.

I've noticed roots nearly to the top of the coco cap, where the plain perlite has always been 2-3 inches of loose
rocks on the top. Coco is nice but perlite is still so much easier overall, so I think I will stay with this setup for a while.

ATB

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Sorry brother, I must've gotten side tracked abd forgot to reply lol.
Sweet as man, keep me posted when the thread is up so I can tag along
Agreed with picking 2 girls for mine, tossing up maybe a 3rd as I have 3 really nice (and super resinous) girls I would love to use.
Man, that crit came up great with the spray, I'm surprised it didnt shoot out more pollen! Fingers crossed what you got, works well

eastcoastmo said:

Sorry brother, I must've gotten side tracked abd forgot to reply lol.
Sweet as man, keep me posted when the thread is up so I can tag along
Agreed with picking 2 girls for mine, tossing up maybe a 3rd as I have 3 really nice (and super resinous) girls I would love to use.
Man, that crit came up great with the spray, I'm surprised it didnt shoot out more pollen! Fingers crossed what you got, works well

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Appears that you will still have some searching and sampling to do once
everything is finalized even. Sounds like fun!

Some of the reversed clones drop pollen by the cupful like the SSH from my last run.

Others like this crit have lots of flowers but not pollen. Last run I did this same crit along
with the SSH and wasn't able to recover any viable pollen off her. Looks like I at least got
some this round though.

You definitely have to keep me posted and let me know when you find your favorite.

SS, I studied the Colloidal Silver Tech pretty carefully, and
that maled plant was extremely well endowed for a flipped plant. Wow.

Rockin it!

JD

stoneslacker said:

Appears that you will still have some searching and sampling to do once
everything is finalized even. Sounds like fun!

Some of the reversed clones drop pollen by the cupful like the SSH from my last run.

Others like this crit have lots of flowers but not pollen. Last run I did this same crit along
with the SSH and wasn't able to recover any viable pollen off her. Looks like I at least got
some this round though.

You definitely have to keep me posted and let me know when you find your favorite.

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Yeah bro, planning on growing out at least 30 to find the one I want to reverse, will be lots of fun mate

It's weird how the crit didnt put any pollen out last time but did this time, at least you finally got some though!!

Will definitely keep you posted bro!!

Javadog said:

SS, I studied the Colloidal Silver Tech pretty carefully, and
that maled plant was extremely well endowed for a flipped plant. Wow.

Rockin it!

JD

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Hey JD thanks man. From what I studied the CS tech seemed to be pretty reliable
and effective. Rodelization never was an option for me, but seemed that it might pass
on the hermie trait if you left the offspring to go to long.

I never like the option of just spraying one branch or flower on a plant though. I think by
using a separate clone and pollinating the female should limit the amount of triggers for
hermaphroditing.

eastcoastmo said:

Yeah bro, planning on growing out at least 30 to find the one I want to reverse, will be lots of fun mate

It's weird how the crit didnt put any pollen out last time but did this time, at least you finally got some though!!

Will definitely keep you posted bro!!

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Ya man I am definitely interested to see how that turns out for you.

I had a Holy Grail Kush that did the same thing as my crit from last round, lots of
male flowers but no pollen even when crushing sacs. I think if I were to start with
solid clones and not have to hurry things to keep my timeframe in order with the main
plants, the success rate would be better.

I will certainly consider your words when I think to
make a new flipped plant.

Thanks for sharing bro.

JD

Things are going pretty smooth heading into day 39. Got
a little aggressive with the koolbloom and there is a bit of tip burn on the
OG and PC. The OG seems slightly sensitive.

I've been rotating them all around trying to even the lighting out. Here is a side
shot of the 3 in the scrog. From L to R - PC, OG, Crit


Some more random, in the cab shots.

Looking amazing as always Stoney, but hey, I've come to expect that from you now

When you reversed the plants, did you start spraying a week before the flip and then continue until you saw balls?

eastcoastmo said:

Looking amazing as always Stoney, but hey, I've come to expect that from you now

When you reversed the plants, did you start spraying a week before the flip and then continue until you saw balls?

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Yessir just like that. Went slightly longer as they started throwing flowers really quick, about day 7.
I kept spraying through day 18 according to my notes.

Sweet man, looks like it did the job! I'll be doing it exactly like that myself

Critical at day 39 is looking very good. Flowering time is 50-60 days but she
seems to favor her skunk side more than the afghan. I'm thinking more around
9 weeks on this one.





Some more random canopy shots in thumbnails. I'll post the OG tonight and PC tomorrow.

Woo hoo, nice man!! Looking pretty fat bro

Yeah, nice and frosty!

What he said , very frosty. When I look at your scrogs SS, it reminds me of the christmas tree farms I saw in Washington in the late 70's.

eastcoastmo said:

Woo hoo, nice man!! Looking pretty fat bro

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Ya buddy! They are starting to bulk up some finally, this Crit should fill out nicely. She is
quite a bit more lengthy in bud formation than the last round's was. Alot more skunky and
funky smelling too.

Javadog said:

Yeah, nice and frosty!

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She's neck and neck with the other 2 in the frost department. Some nice
genetics I've got this round. I've tried the Power Flower from Royal Queen also
and was impressed. I may have to check some more of their offerings.

I looked over Connoisseur Genetics library and I must say I like what I see. So many
fucking options!
This is my kind of hybrid!
Connoisseur Genetics Seeds Oj's Haze Flower Time: 10-12 Weeks Environment: Indoor/Outdoor Here we have the joint project from Connoisseur Genetics and Reservoir Seeds, multiple 1st place cup winning SSSDH (Super Silver Sour Diesel Haze) meets Soma's amazingG13/Haze male to create a saliva lovers dream. Excellent vigour and yields make her a pleasure to grow and with beautiful smells of sour candy haze and flavours to match she is even more of a treat to smoke.

WattSaver said:

What he said , very frosty. When I look at your scrogs SS, it reminds me of the christmas tree farms I saw in Washington in the late 70's.

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The Crit really lends itself to your analogy nicely Watts. She is nice and even in her bud size,
with only a few small stragglers. She has a nice cone shape budset which I like.

Pulled the 3 out for a group photo. PC in the back, Crit front left, and OG front right.