I am only on page 3 but will get caught up.
Ok, GG so I got my GDP and starting my second journal and hoping mine come out like yours
I see you got the clones in there. Have they rooted or any signs of roots yet? As long as there still alive I guess right
Sorry about the problems with your knee man. Rough month youve been having hope it all turns around soon. I see the clones finally took root. Thats a good thing now that the journal can continue now. Im still amped to see how it works since I'm also going to be using ultra CS. Had to give you reps GG. Those GDP plants are tree's. The stock is the size of a fist
PHOTO UPDATE 02/03/13
Long Overdue Update on the Project
First of all, I wanted to explain why it has been so long between updates...
Some background...
I suffered a pretty major knee injury back in 2004 and have been dealing with the after effects of this injury on and off ever since. About three weeks ago my knee started really acting up so I went down to the city for an MRI. The MRI found over a half dozen significant issues with my knee that basically added up to the need for knee replacement surgery. I am still evaluating my options with this diagnosis, since this will be a major surgery and put me out of commission for several weeks afterwards. There is no going back after this is done, so I am not taking this lightly.
I have been unable to put any weight on my left leg for weeks and the pain has been through the roof, so obviously I was in no position to be able to do anything with the plants or post anything on this web site. Last week with the help of a like-minded neighbor, we transplanted the 6 surviving GDP cuttings into 1.5 gallon AirPots after they started to show roots poking through the bottom of the Rockwool cubes. I am using my usual Black Gold Waterhold Cocoblend soil soaked in Liquinox B1 transplant solution.
Not a bad result in the end. We only lost 2 of the cuttings during the rooting process and we ended up with 6 viable clones as I had hoped.
Today is the first day that I have been able to hobble around without the need to use a walker, so I could finally carry a watering can from the kitchen sink to the grow rooms. I gave the clones their first feed of FoxFarm Grow Big this morning and took the following photos of everything.
As you will see in the photos, all of the plants are doing really well. A few of the clones are on the small side, but they all have a decent root structure and I am sure that all of them will start growing rapidly now that they are in actual soil. I am currently leaving the light cycle at 17 hours on, and will leave this setting in place until the new plants are about a foot tall.
GDP #1
GDP #2
The New Clones
So... That is where things stand at the moment. Will probably be another 4-6 weeks before we can resume the CS experiment. The only possible hitch will be if I end up scheduling my surgery between now and when these plants are in flower.
I also plan to use the GDP pollen that TG sent me to pollenate some of the bud sites on GDP 1 and 2, so regardless of the CS project results, I should end up with some GDP seeds from the pollenated bud sites on 1 and 2.
Thanks again to Tactical Grow for sending me some of the pollen from his Ken's GDP male plant! Really appreciate it man!
I will try to keep you guys posted on a more regular basis barring any unforseen issues with my knee between now and the next update.
Feel free to post your comments!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Cheers.
Better late than never! Subbed! Good luck with your knee and this experiment
Glad I was able to help you out! Hope all goes well with the knee. If you need anything let me know. The plants are looking great! I had to move my grow for a little bit but all is well in my neck of the woods right now.
Cool! I'm glad that you are having such good results with the Liquinox B1! I've been using that stuff for nearly a decade now on our peppers and tomatoes as well as any other plants we transplant. Using it on my Cannabis crops was a no brainer and it really does prevent shock and also gives clones a nice little kick of extra nutrients without damaging their young roots!
That is always a concern after a long cloning process when the bottom leaves are turning yellow and the young clones really could use some food, but something like Grow Big would be too strong for them. The B1 is the perfect solution to this early feeding delemma.
The best part of all is how freaking cheap the stuff is!
I don't use anything but that on new clones. I've honestly never saw the need since the B1 makes a noticeable difference in early growth as you are now seeing yourself first hand! I recommend the stuff to everyone who does cloning, and for any transplanting you do regardless of the plant species involved. It works great on anything green!
Since you are going to be following me along with the CS process, I hope that you don't mind having to wait all this time to get started! Hopefully, once we get the ball rolling the remaining part of the process will go quickly. I fully expect that it will since the big time suck aspect of cloning out the experimental plants is now behind us, and we just have to wait for the clones to get big enough to flip over to the 12/12 and begin the flower cycle/
I have no problem at all with waiting until your plants get to 12/12. Ive been waiting this long. Also I like to watch your journals for great info and to see you grow.
I use the B-1 every other feed threw veg as well as transplants. I moved some of my plants from coco to DWC hydro and the roots got settled in quickly and grew nice and white. I add it to my res every res change. The big fact that it has iron it is a major plus and is a huge building block for when the plants get into flower since iron is a major mineral thats needed that growers look past. Id like to share some of my veg photos with you if you dont mind or you can take a trip over to my first journal to take a look at the plants ive been vegging since using it.
