Da WiFi in Coco, CO2, 1k Dual-Arc, 4th Grow Log!

nMEEKS · Mar 29, 2012

kushluvr said:
thx meeks..........it may be the soil?......its really on point! i did add Co2 this run also......i have noticed my ladies are bit ahead of some gardens running the same schedule as I.....IDK........environment maybe, i got that dialed this run also, third times a charm, hahahaha?

it looks leafy, but its not at all, very lanky OG stucture.....ez trimmin!!

dont worry dude, your ladies will be fine, they look perfect!!

.......maybe ill be done in 63?

Yea, my theory after spending some time really thinking about it, is that when you had the pH swing a couple weeks ago, you must have locked out the N for a couple days, and temporary N starvation will trigger flowering almost instantly! Since I have been cutting back on my veg feeding and more slowly moving into my flower feeding regime, I think the plants took their sweet time to transition into flowering!

Another trick for getting the plant to flower sooner is temporary drought stress! A day or two longer than normal without watering and you will have pistils everywhere soon after!

Those are two little tricks I picked up in one of my classes this week!

superog said:
Keep killing it homie! Everything is looking great!!

Very much appreciated SuperOG! I am so stoked to see your FPOG girls flower, it is crazy! These WiFi are just starting to become puff balls of pistils, and hopefully they will put on a second coat of frost in the next couple days!

-Meeks

kushluvr · Mar 29, 2012

The only thing is the wifi never had an issue, I figured out the minor technicality before they even got to get acclimated!! They've been rocking since day 1! Never had an issue!!

nMEEKS · Mar 29, 2012

Hmm. . . well then maybe it really is just a faster genotype! I can't wait to see if it matches my cut in quality! I have some pics I think I will put up later, gotta go grab some free flowers from one of my classes first though!

kushluvr · Mar 29, 2012

Right on and I gotta go mix the soil up....!!

kushluvr · Mar 29, 2012

nMEEKS said:
Hmm. . . well then maybe it really is just a faster genotype! I can't wait to see if it matches my cut in quality! I have some pics I think I will put up later, gotta go grab some free flowers from one of my classes first though!

either way, itll just be cool to watch them grow up together and see how were doing!!! hope u got some killer flowers at school...

peace

kushluvr · Mar 29, 2012

nMEEKS said:
Yea, my theory after spending some time really thinking about it, is that when you had the pH swing a couple weeks ago, you must have locked out the N for a couple days, and temporary N starvation will trigger flowering almost instantly! Since I have been cutting back on my veg feeding and more slowly moving into my flower feeding regime, I think the plants took their sweet time to transition into flowering!

Another trick for getting the plant to flower sooner is temporary drought stress! A day or two longer than normal without watering and you will have pistils everywhere soon after!

Those are two little tricks I picked up in one of my classes this week!

Very much appreciated SuperOG! I am so stoked to see your FPOG girls flower, it is crazy! These WiFi are just starting to become puff balls of pistils, and hopefully they will put on a second coat of frost in the next couple days!

-Meeks

but, this is some more great info to have on deck....again, its nice to hear some cool facts from your class as im getting more n more involved in other plants.........

thx meeks!

nMEEKS · Mar 29, 2012

Thanks Kush! I def got some amazing flower genetics at school! Our class was able to visit a display garden put on by an ornamental flower breeding company, and the company does all their propagation by cutting! So that means that in a given year, for a single variety, they will take over 10 million cuttings for production! And all this is done over in Nigeria, and then put on express shipping planes to get the unrooted cuttings sent to greenhouse growers here in the US, that buy them by the hundreds and put them into plugs in the US!

The really cool part about getting the opportunity to see this companies display garden, is that because this company only sells cuttings to growers in the US (not consumers), these varieties on display were all unreleased genetics that were being advertised to growers to buy next year and sell next year! So when I stayed late to help tear down the potted plant display garden, I was allowed to pick a plant to take home free! I chose a new petunia cultivar called Midnight Cowboy, and the flowers are as close to black as an obvious purple could ever get! The plant it roughy 3 feet wide, and only 20" tall including the pot, and has easily over 300 flowers in full bloom on it right now! I will take a picture in the morning when the light in my house is better, and when the plant has perked back up from the wilted state it is currently in. The company had allowed the plants to go without water a day longer than usual to make them easier to move when the display was over this afternoon, and they didn't look to happy after the 20 minute drive in a very hot delivery truck back to campus. . . but it has been watered now and should be ready for pictures again in the morning!

I am always amazed that there is such a huge industry behind ornamental flowers, because most people can't even keep the plant alive for a few weeks after they buy it! But I guess that keeps the customer coming back for more, and that keeps the money coming my way as a horticulturist!

-Meeks

kushluvr · Mar 29, 2012

all i can say is... WOW.10 million cuttings....you would need an army!!!! that was sweet i beat!

nMEEKS · Mar 30, 2012

lol yea, thats just one variety! This company does 100's if not 1000's of varieties! And yea I am sure it takes an army and a ton of land, and that is probably why they do it in Africa!

lordjin · Mar 30, 2012

What's good, Meeks? How's the grow?

lordjin · Mar 30, 2012

kushluvr said:
for sure bro, im always down for your logs....great info, pic, and product, how does it get any better!!! i dig it!!

ok so i just checked....i planted those in my soil the day i threw them in there also.....no preveg in the soil ahead of time....i planted/started 12/12 my Wifi on march 11th....they've only been in 18 day..tonite!!

i just took this pic for this post, minutes ago!!!

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That Wifi OG is exhibiting classic structure. Very Nice.

nMEEKS · Mar 30, 2012

OK, late night update just for you Jin! I tried to take some shots from similar perspectives as the photos I see in your journal, because I really like your photos! I am not as far into flowering as you, obviously, so things don't look quite as impressive yet. . . but very soon they will!

All these photos were taken this morning shortly after lights on:

White Urkle B - 23 days after flip to 12/12 lighting, flowered from clone, zero days veg, transplanted from coco plug into 2 gallon coco pot! The 2 gallon pot is not propped up, it is on the same level tray as the 7 gallon pots the WiFi are in, and the clone stretched to be taller than the WiFi are now! If that doesn't sound impressive, go back a page and take at look at the size of the clone when it was a week into flowering! I will take measurements in the morning to make sure these numbers are not completely wrong, but roughly 5-6" tall when flipped, now roughly 22-26 inches tall!

Da WiFi - 24 days after flip to 12/12 lighting:

Hope you enjoyed! Stretch is basically over, they will be putting on frost and developing calyx over the next few weeks now!

-Meeks

Pancho-N-Lefty · Mar 30, 2012

Lookin good nMeeks!
Nice flower info to btw, lol and Nigerian army to do all those cuttings is unreal... That's alot of cloning.. Omg!

bigcheese510 · Mar 30, 2012

beautiful work. i see how all that bondage helps with the wifi. when i attempted to flower her out she shot past my light and had to chop her down. still got a few different flavors from ogr i need to run and white fire is definantly on the list.

kushluvr · Mar 30, 2012

ahhh yeah.......stackin the trichs now boy!! looking perfecto bratha!!! wow that WE did stretch huh? damn!

good vibes for you broskie!

Krasi · Mar 30, 2012

everything looks swell, nice short internodes distances, nice upwards leafstance and starting to whiten, i see those branches filling themselves with budz

kushluvr · Mar 31, 2012

Yeah I noticed mine are major stretchers.....gonna need to tie them over for sure!!!

I hope mine come out as bushy as yours Meeks!!!

nMEEKS · Apr 2, 2012

Pancho-N-Lefty said:
Lookin good nMeeks!
Nice flower info to btw, lol and Nigerian army to do all those cuttings is unreal... That's alot of cloning.. Omg!

Thanks PnL! Sometimes I wonder if there will ever be cannabis facilities that clone like that. . . . imagine that many clones of any of the elite strains. . . . !!

bigcheese510 said:
beautiful work. i see how all that bondage helps with the wifi. when i attempted to flower her out she shot past my light and had to chop her down. still got a few different flavors from ogr i need to run and white fire is definantly on the list.

Thanks Big Cheese! This phenotype of the WiFi in particular really like to stretch! I wish I was running the Dehumidifier I just put in all round, the plants looks even happier now that the RH is stuck no higher than 45%. I guess round 3 will be even bigger!

kushluvr said:
ahhh yeah.......stackin the trichs now boy!! looking perfecto bratha!!! wow that WE did stretch huh? damn!

good vibes for you broskie!

Trichs are starting to produce again. . . they took a few days off for some reason, lol. The plants do look really great! Besides some calcium and iron deficiencies that I have battled in a very minor way, this run has surely been my healthiest overall!

Is there a difference between Urkle and Erkle? I think my seed pack says White Urkle, but I have noticed you call it Erkle, and WE. . . . am I making a fool of myself with a spelling error this whole time? And yea, this phenotype B I found is just amazing! Truly my favorite plant to grow right now! Practically grows itself, and looks more than great doing it! I am catering my nutrients 100% to Da WiFi, and the WU looks happier than Da WiFi has all round, with no special care or attention!

Thanks for the positive energy!

Krasi said:
everything looks swell, nice short internodes distances, nice upwards leafstance and starting to whiten, i see those branches filling themselves with budz

The upward leaf stance is something I was missing all last grow with the WMK. . . and this run has really been enjoyable to tend to everyday, looking happy and praying to the light all day! I don't know if the branches will fill in, this phenotype doesn't get especially large buds, or at least it didn't last time, but here's hoping! Thanks for you usual keen eye and positive comments Krasi!

kushluvr said:
Yeah I noticed mine are major stretchers.....gonna need to tie them over for sure!!!

I hope mine come out as bushy as yours Meeks!!!

Stretch, stretch, stretch. . . . .stretch a little more, stop and make you think she's done. . . stretch when you turn your back. . . haha the WiFi never stops I swear! But I love it! The day you think you are gonna start seeing them swell with no more new buds, the next thing you now, each cola has 4 new bud sites in it! I do wish they would get a little fatter though! My plants have just started to expand the calyx a little, and I think I am going to see some new beautiful buds here over the next week!

Picture update for Da WiFi and the WU clone coming later tonight, for now, here are the pictures of my new petunia variety, as promised, and as usual, 2 days late! I made a correction to the post about it above, but I am guessing most of you didn't notice, the actual name of this cultivar is 'Midnight Cowboy', not midnight violet as I said before. I photographed it in a few different natural lights, so please excuse the edited blurred edges, I didn't want to advertise what the outside of my property looks like.

Enjoy :D

Fun fact of the day: This petunia plant is caked in trichomes! The stems and leaves are super sticky and totally covered in fuzzy hair, which on the cellular level in proper botanical terms is actually referred to as trichomes! If you aren't familiar with petunias and cannot picture this, the same can be said for the stems of a tomato plant, or if you really don't garden outside of cannabis at all, an even more familiar example would be peaches, which are fuzzy because of little tiny hairs covering the fruit. . . those hairs are botanically referred to as trichomes! So you can tell someone you just picked up a dank peach at the store and it is sweet ass hell, and caked in trichomes! Fortunately, but unfortunately, only trichomes on the cannabis plant produce THC.

Time for a White Urkle budder rip from the Hurricane and then I will sort through and upload pictures from tonight of the indoor plants :cool:

-Meeks

nMEEKS · Apr 2, 2012

First day of what I call week 5 Update, but because that seems to be radically different for different people, today was 28 days after the plants were transplanted into 7 gallon containers and experienced their first 12 hour night cycle, beginning the 12/12 light schedule!

So the pictures I took tonight were all from less than 30 minutes before lights out, so these ladies are really sticking in there to the end of the day now, no droop towards the end like I sometimes see. The first couple are group shots, remember there are only 5 plants on the tray, 4 WiFi in 7 gals and 1 WU clone in a 2 gal right in the center. After the group shots, I shot some macros of bud tops, and soon to be (hopefully) beautiful colas of frosty fuely pine cedary goodness! I hope you like staring at these ladies as much as I do!