Finally found the time (and batteries) to snap a few pics.
Pic #1 is a revegged plant. Revegging has really put a damper on it's vigor. Her clones don't root well and grow slow and small once they are started. She's going into flower one last time for the next run then to the compost heap.
Pic #2 is a different reveg that's now my official Bonsai Mom. This is it's
third time through reveg and she is still producing vigorous growth.
Pic #3 is a rooted clone from plant in pic 1. Looking good but growing kind of slow and took
for-fucking-ever to root. This and a clone you'll see in the flower box soon are the reasons pic 1 isn't a mother.
Pic #4 is a rooted clone from my mother. Compared to the last pic it should be obvious why I chose the mother I did.
Pic #5 is the only currently vegging seedling. She's going to get a pretty thourough LSTing before flower time. It's another bagseed, so it'll be fun to see how she grows and what she smokes like (assuming it's female lol)
Pic #6 is a full flower box shot. As you can see, I've remounted the lights. Previously I was using a power strip (like you'd use for your computer) with plug in light sockets, but the weight of the lights and the fact that I couldn't get the strips to hold onto nails very well was giving me nightmares of hot bulbs crashing down onto tender plants. So, I picked up some of those plastic, cone-shaped sockets, a spool of wire and some new wire strippers then hardmounted the bulbs. I'm much happier with the result and I no longer fear falling bulbs.
Pics #7 & 8 are a flowering clone of the plant from pic 1. Looks good, but growing and flowering slow. Clones from the other reveg went in at the same time and are flowering much better.
Pics #9 & 10 are of a bagseed. She's doing alright, but not as vigorous as I'd like to see, and she's not responding as well to the LST as some of my other plants. Lower branches aren't popping like I think they should.
Pics #11 & 12 are another bagseed. No training to this one, instead I went 12/12 from seed (same as next plant which was germed at the same time). Growing well with some very tight internode spacing.
Pics #13 & 14 show another 12/12 from seed bagseed plant. LSTing is still definitely my favorite way to grow, but no harm in experimentation. These two plants show me that height can be controled in other ways and will be informative to watch a plant grow "naturally".
Pics #15 & 16 are another clone from pic 1 plant. Again, slowish growth and not responding very well to LST. But she is frosty as hell and I hope this crappy camera can show that.
Pics #17 & 18 are a clone from the real mom. Solid, sturdy plant, great growth, flowering well. She should have bud all the way down to the soil.
And finally Pics # 19 & 20 are a reveg well into flower. Had some fairly major issues early on which I'm almost positive were pH related. A couple good flushes and she's doing great. This plant should be harvestable by New Years!
As far as my cloning issues I mentioned previously go, I'm fairly certain the causes were multifold. Between slightly low temperatures in the closet, taking clones from revegged plants (which, being very mature likely don't form roots as quickly), and generally experimenting with technique, it's a wonder I got any clones to root at all.
Final cloning solution seems to be the bubble cloner I built. A couple of drops of Superthrive in the resevoir, a couple of CD cases to raise it off the cold floor and taking clones from branches with greem stems (instead of mature hard, brown "sticks") will be the way to go. Perpetual is coming brothers and sisters.
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