Hunting for Old School
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916DanFan
In Bloom
Unless some plants had me completely fooled, this is where I'll end up on the female plant count:
- Ten (10) Bitchin' Slymers
- Three (3) Richard Williams Seed Company Deep Congo's (or possibly Deep Chunk but more likely Congo)
- One (1) Richard Williams Seed Company Back to the Congo
- Two (2) Joey Weed AK47 f2's (culled another one that was clearly a hermie once pre-flowers shot)
- Two (2) Cinderella 99 F?'s one each from peakseedsbc and FleurduMal
- Ten (10) Bitchin' Slymers
- Three (3) Richard Williams Seed Company Deep Congo's (or possibly Deep Chunk but more likely Congo)
- One (1) Richard Williams Seed Company Back to the Congo
- Two (2) Joey Weed AK47 f2's (culled another one that was clearly a hermie once pre-flowers shot)
- Two (2) Cinderella 99 F?'s one each from peakseedsbc and FleurduMal
Good call, and looking out for your grow bro.
I've got one I'm watching close too, not pulling it atm as I'm not sure of it yet. If it was for other than personal though I'd pull her into quarantine to be safe, or the axe to be safer. Lol. Taking my chances for now. ???
916DanFan
In Bloom
Super nice guy but way younger, stronger, and more "hip" than I ever was (but couldn't i.d. even the most popular Steely Dan tunes
)... but I think seeding his crop might upset him... YATHINK?!
916DanFan
In Bloom
I didn't have any "alternaters" when I topped them so all the tops got tossed. I purposely left eight arms per plant thinking I'd take the lower four as clones "when they alternate". No more than two weeks to flip, probably a day or two less.
AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACK? This project will be for naught if I don't get my clones cut/rooted!
GthaEnigma
Canna-Arborist
why toss the tops?? those are totally clonable and usually the only ones I take.
916DanFan
In Bloom
Seed plants that didn't have alternating nodes yet (immature?) and I needed to get some sort of training in on these or they;ll be finishing on the second floor
Those lower arms aren't good for clones?
GthaEnigma
Canna-Arborist
Oh they are, was just saying for thrift sake that the tops don’t have to be tossed and that they could, if one chose, be utilized.
916DanFan
In Bloom
even before they are mature (alternating nodes)? i read years ago they would stop maturing when cut. fake news???
916DanFan
In Bloom
Bumping that last question cuz I really need to clear this up in my mind. I plan on several more hunts after this one so I'd like to be clear on this process. Thanks in advance!
GthaEnigma
Canna-Arborist
totally fake news.
916DanFan
In Bloom
Alrighty then... I have two opportunities to cut clones between now and the second week of flower. Those lowers are coming off first, then I "may" top the tops depending on how they're looking (or tops first and then the lowers). I'm sure I'll get good directions when that time comes ?.
IME it will def slow them down on sexing when you top them, but will encourage lower growth. The tops that are cut are great for cloning imho, and you can have rooted clones before they've sexed. No need to wait for alternating nodes to clone IME.
916DanFan
In Bloom
For the fact-checkers wondering why I didn't wait for alternating nodes and instead topped early... I'm balancing training and growth so as not to be "too far" behind the production plants in the room when it flips in about two weeks. I left eight arms on every plant and intend to take the bottom four from each as my first set next week. I needed that recovery/growth time working for me and alternating nodes were taking too long to show. I'm sure they'll be showing before the first cuts are taken.
916DanFan
In Bloom
It was so friggin nice I wanted y'all to see it. The funny thing is we get to a light where "in the oncoming left turn lane" there's the new mid-engine Corvette in the front of the line but "we" get the light and the Vette has to watch this McClaren cruise by. The Vette looked so "wannabe" by comparison it was sad... and I LOVE VETTES!
I like (looking at) supercars ?.
I like (looking at) supercars ?.
916DanFan
In Bloom
Lineup change... THREE CINDY'S! The last Fleur du Mal threw pistils ?, "and" another Deep Congo did the same so that's four Deep Congo's, along with one Back to the Congo, two AK47'S, and ten Slymers... total of twenty. I only had eighteen "spots" but I'll squeeze in the extras I'm sure.
916DanFan
In Bloom
Deep Congo was originally released in 2006 by little known Richard Williams Seed Company up in Canada. A cross between Deep Chunk (Tom Hill) and some Congolese sativa. The few threads I've found spell KEEPER GENETICS but who knows. "Number 5" was born a runt but oh boy has she grown out of it and looks the best now by far...
I was just trimming mine up this morning. Lol.
I do a fairly constant trim here and there throughout the lifespan to expose bud sites, and promote growth where I want it.
In particular throughout flower I do it.
A main one at the flip to get arms growing and bud sites galore. Lol. Then a few here and there as bud sites become grown over as needed, and trimming out larf sites as they appear. Helps promote airflow as well, and reduces chance of pm if the canopy is kept thinned out a bit.
I'd say at least once a week during flower I'll clean up each plant.
