Big Buddha Cheese Part Deux
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gr865
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Yeah, have folks that I give cannabis too tell me I should be charging for it. I do not believe in selling something that is a gift of nature and a miracle drug. I tell them, I enjoy giving and the Karma that will come my way is well worth it.
gr865
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Been 7 days since transplanting from Cloner to one gallon pots. Two watering's Sunday and Tuesday with <0.8 EC, Great White and SubCulture II, one watering with <1,0 EC on Thursday, then started twice a day watering on Saturday and Sunday with <1.0 EC. This evening with be a hand watering with <1.0 EC, GW and SCII.
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Another week and hopefully should be at around 12 inches plus, so should begin flower then, but of not will wait until we are at least 12 inches.
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Now comes multiple question, when do I begin trimming undergrowth, before start of flower, at start of flower, wait till day 21 of flower? Think I figured out from watching videos how to lollipop but just unsure of how high up to go.
Started using the auto drip system on Friday night, running manual till I get a feel of how much solution is needed to get adequate runoff. Will set timer after tonight's watering, two cycles @ 3 min. each and adjust as needed to get the needed runoff.
Found a home for the 10 clones I did not transplant, but will need to keep them in the Solo's for at least another week till they can pick them up.
GR
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1/23 1/24
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1/27 Another week and hopefully should be at around 12 inches plus, so should begin flower then, but of not will wait until we are at least 12 inches.
1/21
1/27 Now comes multiple question, when do I begin trimming undergrowth, before start of flower, at start of flower, wait till day 21 of flower? Think I figured out from watching videos how to lollipop but just unsure of how high up to go.
Started using the auto drip system on Friday night, running manual till I get a feel of how much solution is needed to get adequate runoff. Will set timer after tonight's watering, two cycles @ 3 min. each and adjust as needed to get the needed runoff.
Found a home for the 10 clones I did not transplant, but will need to keep them in the Solo's for at least another week till they can pick them up.
GR
gr865
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Question,
Should I use this entire space and spread the pots some or keep them tight together?
I would only spread them side to side as the depth from the front to the back is 3 feet and don't want the plant out of the footprint of the lamps. Could possibly shorten the depth a bit getting better light to all plants.
Any thoughts?
GR
Should I use this entire space and spread the pots some or keep them tight together?
I would only spread them side to side as the depth from the front to the back is 3 feet and don't want the plant out of the footprint of the lamps. Could possibly shorten the depth a bit getting better light to all plants.
Any thoughts?
GR
gr865
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Went ahead and spread the plants, I like it. Taking a space 48" x 32".
As suggested I removed that lower two nodes.
Plants are about 7 to 8 inches.
Love seeing the roots growing from the pots.
Until there is a full root ball I don't think I am getting total saturation of the pots but the roots are getting there.
Everything back in the tent. The Solo's should be picked up this week, they need to go into their final pot, the 1 gallon smart pots.
Am very pleased, 33 of the 34 clones transplanted and the 33 are doing very well. The only one that I don't think will make it is the one on the far right in the solo. It is the one that I broke the stem a few days before I took the clones from the cloner. It still may make it.
Hope to go into flower within the next 10 days.
GR
As suggested I removed that lower two nodes.
Plants are about 7 to 8 inches.
Love seeing the roots growing from the pots.
Until there is a full root ball I don't think I am getting total saturation of the pots but the roots are getting there.
Everything back in the tent. The Solo's should be picked up this week, they need to go into their final pot, the 1 gallon smart pots.
Am very pleased, 33 of the 34 clones transplanted and the 33 are doing very well. The only one that I don't think will make it is the one on the far right in the solo. It is the one that I broke the stem a few days before I took the clones from the cloner. It still may make it.
Hope to go into flower within the next 10 days.
GR
Smokey57
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Looking Fantastic. That is quite the success with your first crack with the aero cloner. will be keeping a close eye on this grow.Went ahead and spread the plants, I like it. Taking a space 48" x 32".
As suggested I removed that lower two nodes.
Plants are about 7 to 8 inches.
Love seeing the roots growing from the pots.
Until there is a full root ball I don't think I am getting total saturation of the pots but the roots are getting there.
Everything back in the tent. The Solo's should be picked up this week, they need to go into their final pot, the 1 gallon smart pots.
Am very pleased, 33 of the 34 clones transplanted and the 33 are doing very well. The only one that I don't think will make it is the one on the far right in the solo. It is the one that I broke the stem a few days before I took the clones from the cloner. It still may make it.
Hope to go into flower within the next 10 days.
GR
Got my new pump (just like yours) pressure not volume was my problem. The sprayers are working great now.
How do I decide how many time a day to feed my ladies?
smokey
gr865
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I do it by weight, I just lift the pots to begin with, if they are lite water if not wait. Once you get a feel of them you will know when/how often they will need to be watered. '
Know that is not a good answer but every grow is so different, one grow to the next. Will be adding a third time to these in veg, so every 8 hrs. Right now I am at 3 minutes, when I go to 8 hours it will be 1.5 to two minutes and one cycle will be 3 plus minutes to make sure I get one good DTW daily.
Smokey57
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Video not working for me. Cut and past doesn't work either.
gr865
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Well I can't post a video w/out using my name, not a good thing.
I am post the still again, at least you can see how it works, and I am getting about that same look from all 24 plants, it's a good thing!
They are in day nine of veg, 7 to 9 inches tall, roots growing from the bags (I love it when that happens), drinking well, and the color is very good. I am running 200 to 225 ppm of A&B, less is more.
Will begin raising this to 350 to 400 ppm gradually over this week, prior to flipping.
Looking forward to watching this grow, I believe it will be fun. Not a lot of work, just more plants to look after.
I am post the still again, at least you can see how it works, and I am getting about that same look from all 24 plants, it's a good thing!
They are in day nine of veg, 7 to 9 inches tall, roots growing from the bags (I love it when that happens), drinking well, and the color is very good. I am running 200 to 225 ppm of A&B, less is more.
Will begin raising this to 350 to 400 ppm gradually over this week, prior to flipping.
Looking forward to watching this grow, I believe it will be fun. Not a lot of work, just more plants to look after.
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gr865
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Here are four of the 24 clones, approx. 8 inches tall. Hope to flip them this weekend. My question is each photo has stems that I am unsure if I should remove them, they are marked 1, 2, 3.
Can someone please advise on removal of these, as I will remove these same stems from all 24 plants. I have marked them by plant and if you could give the plant # and which if any stems 1, 2, or 3 to remove.
I am use to doing trimming but have not grown this method before so am very unsure of what to and what not to remove.
Plant 1
Plant 2
Plant 3
Plant 4
If you grow or have grown a SOG please reply.
GR
Can someone please advise on removal of these, as I will remove these same stems from all 24 plants. I have marked them by plant and if you could give the plant # and which if any stems 1, 2, or 3 to remove.
I am use to doing trimming but have not grown this method before so am very unsure of what to and what not to remove.
Plant 1
Plant 2
Plant 3
Plant 4
If you grow or have grown a SOG please reply.
GR
Smokey57
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GR
I have never grown a SOG, but i will put my 2c in anyways. I think you should remove ALL of the stems you have marked. I believe you have to give the main cola all the help it can get in a SOG,
Again I have never grow a SOG. My opinion is just that, my opinion, with no facts to back it.
smokey
greencropper
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here's a Big Buddha UK Cheese cross ive had going since circa 2005, scored the seeds in the first ever drop of Big Buddha Seeds onto the market in regular seed form, Big Buddha didnt have them in regs for long no doubt cos people like me were breeding killer shit with them lol, this is still in the top 3 in potency ive got in the seed locker, good to see your grow there with the UK Cheese! in fact i planted some of these seeds again today
gr865
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Thanks Smokey! But not much advice on trimming so guess I will just play it by ear.
OK, this AM I started with a Wake and Bake.
Followed this by emptying and cleaning the rez. Got about three gallons of nute solution, added 2 gallons of RO and nutes to bring the total EC to 0.95 and pH'ed to 5.8. Added Great White, 1 tsp/5 gallons and SubCulture II, 1 tsp/5 gallons, then treated all the plants with this solution, at about a 30% runoff. Checked the runoff, which I rarely do and it was 1,1 EC and 6.02 pH. I can live with that!
After cleaning the rez with Clorox and rinsing the rez well, mixed up a new batch of solution, 25 gallons, 0.95 EC. Will allow this to stabilize until this afternoons watering, at that point I will pH the solution.
Yesterday prepared the plant for flower by doing some minor trimming. Basically just trimmed the undergrowth and removed a few of the massive fans blocking light. Cut some lower stems off but know I will have to do more.
An example of the trim.
Before
After
A shot of the under canopy taken this morning.
Was very glad to see this when I pulled the plants out to work on them, most had about this much roots coming from the sides of the SP's. I do love me some Great White and SubCulture II.
I would add it to my rez for constant feed but I have no way to circulate the mix. Just have a small fan blowing on the surface of the rez to gradually move the solution to help introduce O2 in the mix.
So that's where we stand here. It has been 31 days today when I took the clones and started up the cloner and 12 days since they went into the 1 gallon Smart Pots.
Only two of the SP's have not rooted all that well as they stay more damp than the others, will be hand watering them for a bit allowing them to dry a bit more and hopefully establish a better root system.
Still looking for some recommendations on pruning.
GR
OK, this AM I started with a Wake and Bake.
Followed this by emptying and cleaning the rez. Got about three gallons of nute solution, added 2 gallons of RO and nutes to bring the total EC to 0.95 and pH'ed to 5.8. Added Great White, 1 tsp/5 gallons and SubCulture II, 1 tsp/5 gallons, then treated all the plants with this solution, at about a 30% runoff. Checked the runoff, which I rarely do and it was 1,1 EC and 6.02 pH. I can live with that!
After cleaning the rez with Clorox and rinsing the rez well, mixed up a new batch of solution, 25 gallons, 0.95 EC. Will allow this to stabilize until this afternoons watering, at that point I will pH the solution.
Yesterday prepared the plant for flower by doing some minor trimming. Basically just trimmed the undergrowth and removed a few of the massive fans blocking light. Cut some lower stems off but know I will have to do more.
An example of the trim.
Before
After
A shot of the under canopy taken this morning.
Was very glad to see this when I pulled the plants out to work on them, most had about this much roots coming from the sides of the SP's. I do love me some Great White and SubCulture II.
I would add it to my rez for constant feed but I have no way to circulate the mix. Just have a small fan blowing on the surface of the rez to gradually move the solution to help introduce O2 in the mix.
So that's where we stand here. It has been 31 days today when I took the clones and started up the cloner and 12 days since they went into the 1 gallon Smart Pots.
Only two of the SP's have not rooted all that well as they stay more damp than the others, will be hand watering them for a bit allowing them to dry a bit more and hopefully establish a better root system.
Still looking for some recommendations on pruning.
GR
gr865
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Did you have a lot of Fox-tailing? I can't get over the amount I and my apprentice had.
greencropper
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no foxtailing, what ive got pictured there is a Cheese cross, its not the original i had first, though i remember the original females & there was no foxtailing with those either? they were pretty stocky build like an indica with sativa-ish looking buds & not much branching with totem pole main bud, though i had planted them outdoors late in the season so they only got 3' high, got a good amount of seeds from them.
* its been a lot of years since Big Buddha's UK Cheese was first released, many banks find it hard to keep consistency over a long period, whether through different work practices, accidental pollination, or other reasons, hoping the recent Big Buddha offerings are as good as the first
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