On Jun 3, 10:21 pm, Mariah Kaze
bresnan.net> wrote:> On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:28:43 -0700 (PDT), Mycoloteur
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gmail.com> wrote:>>On Jun 3, 8:23 pm, Mariah Kaze
bresnan.net> wrote:>>> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:44:24 -0700 (PDT), Mycoloteur
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>>>>On Jun 2, 9:40 pm, Mariah Kaze
bresnan.net> wrote:>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:27:06 -0700 (PDT), Mycoloteur
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>>>>>>On Jun 2, 5:52 am, Mariah Kaze
bresnan.net> wrote:>>>>>>> On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 21:06:52 -0700 (PDT), Mycoloteur
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gmail.com> wrote:>>>>>>>>On Jun 1, 6:58 pm, Mariah Kaze
bresnan.net> wrote:>>>>>>>>> Please have a look at a new photo?
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>>>>>>>>Definitely a girl. Congrats...
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>>>>>>>>Love and Light
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>>>>>>> Yes. Thank you.
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>>>>>>> MK
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>>>>>>Now, the next thing you need is patience.
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>>>>>>Patience is probably the most important skill of all. Its easy to
>>>>>>think they are done, long before they really are. Wait at least 8
>>>>>>weeks from now before you harvest.
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>>>>>>Love and Light
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>>>>> That soon? I was thinking September - I am a patient person :)
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>>>>> I am hoping to clone two babies from her. Before she flowers?
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>>>>> I really have to read more about this - and watch youtube again.
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>>>>> MK
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>>>>Well, as I said, patience is good. Still you dont want to wait too
>>>>long either. There is a really good section in MJ Botany that covers
>>>>the issues related to harvest timing. Whether it is 8-9 weeks or
>>>>12-14 weeks, will depend on the variety. Did you mention what strain
>>>>this is supposed to be?
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>>> Generally, Sativa but it is seed that came in a bag of pretty good
>>> smoke. Red hairs and nice crystals. I got about a dozen seeds and
>>> hoarded them til this Spring. Also have some from some Mexican dirt
>>> weed that wasn't too bad for what it was. Thought I try
>>> cross-pollinating the mothers :)
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>>>>Re: clones, Strictly speaking you really should take clones while she
>>>>is still mostly vegetative. Healthy clones can be got at just about
>>>>any time, but fresh tissue from a strongly vegging plant produces the
>>>>best results. If she gets any more into flowering it may take a while
>>>>for the cutting to regenerate into veg mode. They are vulnerable to
>>>>various problems during the rooting/regen so you want them to root as
>>>>quickly as possible, and if possible you want to entirely avoid the
>>>>need regenerate by taking cuttings from vegetative mode plants. Either
>>>>way, in your case, its too late for that, so just get them as soon as
>>>>you can.
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>>>>Love and Light
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>>> This plant looks awfully small compared to the male, which I chopped
>>> down.
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>>Well, I would suggest you keep them under 18+ days for a longer time,
>>before you try to induce flowering in the future.
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> I'm sorry, I don't understand. I'm really not inducing flowering with
> artificial lights or anything. I'm keeping this very simple. I
> sprouted the seeds and put them in a mixed potting soil after the
> sprouts "look" viable. Then put them in a sunny window sill and run a
> small desk fan for most of the day. I water them when the soil feels
> fairly dry. I fertilize with 20-20-20 at about 6 weeks, then every
> two weeks. Between waterings, I mist them once a day. Then, I just
> watch them grow - all by themselves :)
Hmm... Seems a bit early for them to be flowering already.
Nevertheless, it does sound like they need more light than they are
getting.
Exactly how tall/old is the plant in question?
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>>> Think I'll just watch this one for a bit and see if more veg
>>> develops before flowering.
She is already flowering.
> She's so little, I'm fearful of damaging
>>> her by cutting. But the male flowered before I expected so I'll
>>> probably wait too long.
Yeah, well don't. Just
find a nice lower branch that is good and green,
snip off the last three nodes.
Dip cutting in rooting gel.
Insert the cut and gelled end into a moist 1" rockwool cube or some
other starter plug.
Its usually a good idea to cut any large fan leaves present on the
clone in half to reduce the amount of moisture that is lost initially.
Place it in a clear covered container. (large soda bottle cut in half
works ok)
It needs 2 or three days of 100%% humidity to get comfortable and start
to root.
Then start reducing the humidity a little bit at a time over the next
few days.
After ~ a week it can be removed from the chamber.
Once roots start to grow out of the starter, you can transplant it.
The mother will be more or less unaffected.
>It is encouraging to know that one can learn
>>> as you go and I have more started.
Well, yes, though mistakes can still cost alot.
Either way, I can relate in a way.
The last grow op I started, I just planted seeds. I didn't start
buying lights or any gear until after they sprouted. I am really lazy,
so that was my way of getting myself kickstarted. The point is that I
was always one step behind the plants. The results were far from my
best, but still quite good.
Love and Light
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>>> more in the beginning but I'm being stingy with the seeds.\
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>>> Went to the website you suggested but am having a hard time finding
>>> one that ships to the US. As you can tell, I don't know enough yet so
>>> I may stumble and hesitate rather than ruin her.
>>>What website? Perhaps someone else suggested?
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> Oh, sorry. Someone suggested a site with loots of links and I picked
> a packet of seeds to buy - but they won't ship them to me. I'll keep
> looking.
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>>Either way, I would not worry too much. You are only going to take a
>>few inches off one of the side branches typically.
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> Have never tried it - and of course, I'm wanting to smoke this later -
> that's why I'm chicken :) I'll watch some more YOUTube - LOL. If you
> are a YOUTUBE fan, I suggest "Gorgeous Tiny chicken Machine Show"
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>>> Just now hearing that Obama has won the nomination = now all he has to
>>> do is beat the "war hero". Then, maybe they'll change the stupid
>>> laws.
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>>> MK
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>>That would be something...
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> It would indeed. If he does half of what he thinks he can do, it will
> be an improvement over Dubya :)
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>>Incidentally, what exactly is your grow op (Light types/wattage, sq
>>footage and what growth medium are your using.
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> I'm just using sunlight. The medium is a mix of Miracle Grow Potting
> Soil, perlite, a little sphagum moss, a little vermiculite and Top
> Soil from Wal-Mart.
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> I used a flower pot to measure, 1 and 1 and so on. Started the seeds
> in little seed starter disks and then put the sprouts in 2 gallon (?)
> pots when they look like they need it. I pretty much leave them alone
> after that until they have four or five sets of leaves then fertilize.
> Some didn't make it, so I kept starting seeds about a week apart and
> now I have three growing plants, only one of which is for sure a girl.
> One has three sets of leaves and one is just getting going. The
> biggest one is now the Girl = about 10 weeks old. My success rate is
> about 50%%. Oh and I have this little clone going that is finally
> putting out a new set of leaves too. Four growing plants and one
> killed male. My theory is that as one plant matures, the next one will
> be coming along Not big time and Not very scientific, huh?
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> I'll probably go to some kind of lighting this fall so I can keep
> growing through the winter but I have to get ahold of more seeds soon
> - or clone, so that's what I'm studying now :)
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> MK
