The Making Of A Monster!

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #101

I'm on a tight budget so i am using the paper towel germ method. these are 2 ply so i am splitting the 2 sheets apart.

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #102

now add some quality genetics

these are thanks to my fine pals at nirvana

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #103

and to let you know i have done these misty plants and i was impressed. i lost all my sun leaves early but resin production was top quality.

here are 2 seeds and below that a finished misty bud from the same seed pack

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #104

and a cured bud from misty

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #105

i want to tell you this was a very popular batch, it was a nice varation on thenormal white widow we have had for the last year.

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #106

so aside from these i put my wake n bake in water last night and this morning all 5 cracked

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #107

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #108

so all our seeds and potential momma's start off in the dirt. this batch i am brewing up the mix a little different.

here are the key componets

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #109

so that is soilless mix for lots of airration
and the fox farms for taste and nutes

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #110

top it off with some super coarse perlite

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #111

here is a shot of todays 60.00 pile of dirt

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #112

and after mixing we are ready to pot and hydrate this soil and soilless mix

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #113

now i have filled my post and watered them till they are fully wet. these seedsare barely cracked so we want wet medium for the first few days

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #114

so now a take a pencil and make a small hole for this little seed to go into and only abut 1/2 in or 1 cm down

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #115

now we need our cracked seeds we want them to have a nice trap root. i suggest not touching the seeds and roots if possible

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #116

so after i get the tap root facing down i cover the hole up.

since i have used a lot of soilless mix i am adding big bloom (earth worm casting and bat guano)

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #117

now we have all 5 repotted

since they have not sprouted we want to keep them dark

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #118

covering these pots with a bigger pot will promote the seedling to strech tall right after preaking soil. we want about 3 inches to out first nodes

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #119

So we have spent all this time focusing on getting the dirt side moving, and we have the trays full of dirt but we want to focus and HYDRO

this seems scary for alot of growers. lets jump right in.

first the media

this is clay and provides good airration.

 

abudsmoker

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• Aug 25, 2007

• #120

Next we have cloned our plants in rockwool this clone is 8 days old and just started rooting