LegacyMarketFarm commented2y ago
JANUARY 9TH 2024 - Well the plant's finally have begun to grow again and come out of root boundness. This update is going to be covering the mistakes and lessons learned so far for anybody else looking to raise moms.
So the original 6 plant's got moved out of their cups too late. The ragekiller was least affected by this, But right from the first transplant they where rootbound & I completely forgot to break up the rootzone during transplant. Secondly, Having little time with this MARS HYDRO LIGHT, I am used to the SPECTRUM KING's and having to use them from the roof of the tent due to their penetration. When we raised up the MARS HYDRO light, The plant's where seeing such a low amount of PAR & the plant top temp's where not at the place they needed to be. I really had to get the light a lot lower down on the plant's & the growth rate through some of the earlier to mid weeks have been much slower than they should have been.
When I transplanted them out of the 1 gallons, They should have gone into a 3 gallon before all the way up to a 7 gallon bag and again, I forgot to break up the root zone. So once they got into these 7 gal's they really just kind of shut down growth. I made the choice instead of throwing them out and starting again, I was going to learn from my mistakes and correct this or at least try. So I removed each plant from their 7 gallon bag & meticulously broke apart the root zone of each plant then put them back into their bag, Gave them a watering with hydrogen peroxide to get rid of the dead roots and raised the light down closer to encourage more rapid growth and root development. Now we are at a point that they are finally breaking out of it and recovering and beginning to grow again.
So for our clones, We are going to rely on the F.I.M technique to produce only tops for our clones. That way the uniformity will be much higher in our crops & the top's of plants are always the best clones. To this end, We are stripping away all lower growth and focusing on making the plant direct its energy into making us more top's. Right now each plant is working on making their set of 8, Then 16, and so on. This will require more time so in the mean time we are making multiple's of the rage killer tuna and if need be, We will run a large percentage of rage killer clones this crop. This strain is known to struggle to create a bushy plant so turning them into mom's will be a little more of a challenge but the genetics will be well worth it.
This weekend, We will be taking clones from both lamb chops and sexxing them, Hopefully they both turn out to be female's they really look like they could be. They represent the perfect transplant timing 0 issues. They will be going into 3 gallon's next, Not 7's. As we embark on this journey of production these learning curves are all part of the process having never made mom's before, Or had to size up plant's into different pots. I hope sharing this with you all in a candid way helps anybody else having these issues ! Next week, We should see the ladies looking much better :) They are kind of naked now that we have stripped away all lower growth to begin production on the top's for cloning.
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