Perpetual Ghetto Dungeon - AKA The Snake Farm

Grow Update

I'm early with my weekly update. I will be working the next three nights. I used my phone for the pix instead of my camera to see how it would do. It has much better focus on close ups but the HPS kind of wigs it out. I will try to get pictures before the HPS comes on next time.

Gotta leave them for a few days but they should feel fat, fed and happy after a good feeding tonight.

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Here's my first gen clones from each plant at 5 days 12/12:
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Here are the surplus clones that were put into flower when re-potted to 8" pots.
This one is my desktop background tonight :)
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And lastly a few random bud shots of the big girls:
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They are starting to get their personalities and smelling great. Getting excited now.


Keep checking back er'body. I'll be visiting y'alls yards when I can!

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Well my job fell through for tonight so I decided to do the weekly update again since I wasn't happy with the pics from my phone.

The big girls are 5 weeks 12/12 now and starting to look and smell nice. The first round of clones on the other side of the tent are 1 week flower now and in the stretch. All are looking healthy so far. I'm really excited this round after the last few sucky grows. I have spent more time with these than I spent on my last 3 or 4 grows. I'm so ready for a harvest as my stash is getting very low.

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Here's the clones 1 week into flower (numbered) the other plants near the fan are the "surplus" clones I threw into flower in 8" pots rather than waste them.
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Now it's time for the gender reveal party for my wild child growing outdoors at the old home place. I checked on it today after 2-1/2 weeks ago when it was still not showing sex. I got my surprise today.

:party: IT'S A GIRL !!! :party:

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Wild Child has about 2 or 2-1/2 months before we usually get a hard frost/freeze.


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Congratulations on the "BIG" baby girl G.G.!:laughtwo: Looking good!:thumb:
 
AY GG
Your yard looking tip top man.
You are gonna have a bunch of smoke bro
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Thanks Stage, finally shaking this depression some and getting off my lazy ass and tending the grow daily and it shows. This is my best grow since I started back a couple years ago. I have got my perpetual setup timed right with the AK47. I will review and log the whole routine when I harvest in 3-4 weeks. I have generation 3 rooted and in the cups on the veg table. They will be ready to go in the tent after the big girls come down. I expect to chop 1 side of the flower tent (5-6 plants) every 4-1/2 to 6 weeks.

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Grow Update

TGIF Er'body! I went down and made pictures just before the lights came on tonight. I need to use a better camera. My pics look blurry lately or either it is just my eyes.

The big girls got a good heavy feeding last night. I will be flushing from here on out getting ready to harvest. They are really starting to grow fatter now. My favorite this week is Girl #5. She has a sweet berry like smell and rock hard buds.

I've had to stake up a few of them. Especially Girl #3. Girl #3 has some weird spots on her leaves and her stems are like wet noodles. I've had a time trying to support her branches working in the tight quarters of my tent. The other #3 clone in the 8" pot is showing the same symptoms as the mother. No more cutting from her will be taken.

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THe first generation of clones are about through the stretch and thriving under the 1000w.
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Here's the next generation of clones. Both cutting from girl #2 have not rooted in 14 days now. The first round of cuttings took 14 days to root while all others were potted in cups by 10 days. Girl #2 doesn't want to be cloned so I'll not take any more cuttings from her.
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I deserve a bong now. Relax!

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Thanks Smokers. Yep, number five is my fav. I can see them getting fatter by the day. They got their first flushing with straight water last night. They are getting close to done.

I checked on Wild Child today. Can you believe one of these little magic beans can just be put in unprepared dirt and grow to 12 feet with hardly any attention...wow I just hope she can finish up by mid November. That gives her 2 more months and she looks to be about 3 weeks into flower.

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One of the tops bent over for picture:
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Bonus Video
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Yo GG,
I'm diggin how you got your perpetual back on lock sync.:thumb:
Tip top yard mane. Cool vid. She's a tree!:Namaste:
I would love for you to try Doc's kit with some Dynasty beans someday.
 
Thanks Stage, I've been watching all you brix guys with the mega frosty nugz. I'm sure your pineapple and cookies will satisfy your sweet tooth.

I go through a good bit of dirt. I don't know if I would have space and place to prepare the kit before use. Doesn't it take a couple months to be ready to use? I need to read up more.
 
GG,
Nah bro... not at all. ;)
Please believe me when I tell you its too easy.
It takes 30 days to cook but you can use pro mix as a cut in the meantime.
Dr. Ziggy posted this updated info on Doc Bud's kit.
In The Lab With Doc Bud

Updated Instructions: August 24th, 2015

The Kit:

The End User will need the following:

3.8 cu ft bale of ProMix HP myco, or Sunshine #4 or Promix BX myco. Perlite can be added to the BX in order increase porosity for indoor growing.

20-40 pounds of organic worm castings that show an NPK of zero K. (1-1-0)

A proper growing environment, basic gardening skills, 7 gallon pots and a sprayer capable of putting out a fine spray.

The Products:

Drenches

Growth Energy: This product increases soil energy and provides vegetative growth energy and bulking of fruit and flowers once formed.

Transplant: This product, being organic, slightly favors reproductive growth of seeds, flowers and fruit. It is used to feed the microbial colony in the soil mostly, but it also boosts reproductive growth to some extent.

Cat Drench: This product increases soil energy, highly favors reproductive growth and provides cations and the ammonia form of nitrogen, which strongly stimulate fruiting and flowering, as well as seed production.

All drenches are mixed at 1/2 to 1 1/2 ounce per 6 plants(30 sq. feet of garden space for those in raised beds) Applications up to 2.5 oz can be applied without harm, but very few plants require this much. Heavy feeders might try 1 oz before mixing stronger.

Another practice some container growers are finding helpful is to include 1/4 strength Transplant with every watering.


Foliar Sprays:

Brix: Sprayed every week to 10 days, this product encourages reproductive growth and essential oil and resin production. Brix foliar should not be skipped, even if the plants look perfect.

De-Stress: This product helps plants heal, deal with stress and provides a broad spectrum of trace minerals. This can be sprayed 1-2 times per week when there are signs of plant stress. If the plants look "perfect" there is no reason to spray with De-Stress. Also, mixed at 50% strength it helps high brix clones root much faster.

DeStress is mixed at .5oz per quart while Brix is mixed at 1oz per quart of RO. Use Brix immediately after mixing. De-stress can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Soil Amendments

Amendment: this product is mixed into the bale of Promix, watered, and allowed to "cook" in a barrel for a minimum of 30 days in order to get the soil ready for planting. Please note that the most recent version of amendment has the old "conditioner" added to it already!

Re-Charge: This product is similar to Amendment, but has a few additions and ommisions. It is designed to be top dressed during the 3rd week of the bloom cycle. Outdoors, apply re-charge when buds have set. It's best to scratch it into the top layer of soil and gently water it in to avoid soil compaction.

Roots!: This is a microbial inoculate. A light dusting on rootballs during transplanting and a small amount at the bottom of the hole where seeds are planted is the proper use for this product. 1 Tablespoon per transplanted cutting sprinkled in and around the hole is perfect. More can be used when transplanting from the Veg area to the Bloom containers. Water with 1/4 Transplant for the first application of Roots!.

Tea: This is a liquid humate product loaded with beneficials. It is mixed with each feeding at the rate of 2.5 mil per 6 plants (30 square feet)


So, how does all this work together?

Upon acquiring the Promix HP myco, the worm castings and enough plastic barrels to contain 60 gallons of soil:

Carefully and thoroughly mix the following:

Amendment
Promix
Worm castings.

Place the above dry mix into barrels and water with 3-5 gallons of water. Stir it, mix it, turn it over....and let it sit covered for one month. Temps must be no lower than 62 degrees and no higher than 85 degrees. Lower temps can take another week to "cook" while higher temps might be ready sooner. 1 month is usually spot on.

Once the soil has cooked, it's now time to plant!

Seeds:

Using a gallon sized container of newly cooked High Brix soil, make sure the soil is still slightly moist from the barrel. Not soaking wet....but moist.

Using a pencil, or chopstick or a non-functioning vape pen, make a divet in the soil about 1/4 inch deep. Add a small amount of ROOTS! in and around this hole, in which you deposit the seed and lightly cover with surrounding dirt. Gently water with 1/4 strength Transplant if needed to keep the soil moist, but not wet.

Clones:

Pretty much the same as seeds, but use enough ROOTS! to completely dust the roots and put a small amount at the bottom of the hole. Water with 1 pint of water, or 1/4 strength Transplant drench.

Watering Tech for Vegetative Growth

Try to let the containers go completely dry between waterings. What I mean by completely dry is that the first physical signs of "wilting" are present. Droopy leaves, loss of turgor, etc. When the containers are bone dry, do this:

Prepare a tub/bucket of water such that when you submerge a dry container from above, the water level is 3/4ths up to the level of the soil. If using a drench, mix it TWICE AS STRONG AS NORMAL.

Submerge the containers and let them soak and wick up the drench for 5 minutes or so. When removing the containers from the soaking bucket/tub, tilt them this way and that in order to drain as much liquid out as possible.

The draining will draw air in from above which the plants absolutely love. This method will result in stronger stems, much better roots, shorter internodal spacing and better leaf to calyx ratio.

Upcanning of larger plants:

Vertically score the roots, dust all roots with ROOTS!, place some in the bottom of the hole, gently position rootball and soak the medium with water and 1/4 strength Transplant.

Water All seeds, all newly transplanted clones and newly tranplanted vegging plants with 1/4 strength Tranpslant

Use of Foliar Sprays:

Spray Brix and De-Stress 1 time weekly, not on the same day! De-Stress can be sprayed twice a week if the plants continue to exhibit signs of stress.

Mix DeStress at 1/2 oz per quart of RO and Brix at 1 oz per quart of RO, using a fine mist try to get the underside of the leaves.

Using Drenches:

Tea: All drenches are "served" with 2.5 mils of Tea, with two exceptions.

In High Brix growing, drenches do far more than feed the plant. They signal the plant to grow or re-produce, and they keep the biology in the soil happy and productive. This is where the magic happens! Water with straight water plus 1/4 strength Transplant between drenches with one exception.*

Growth Energy: used nearly exclusively in veg. This is where strong stems and healthy leaves come from. It is also used during the latter half of the bloom cycle to bulk up fruit and flowers. Mix at 1/2 to 1 1/2 oz per 6 plants. Stronger doses can be used if needed, but generally you'll just waste product. Finishing the growing cycle on Growth Energy results in a sweeter produce.

Transplant Should be used during the bloom phase alternating with Growth Energy. It is used at 1/2 to 2 oz per 6 plants (30 square feet.) Some growers have found that essential oil and resin production can be increased by using 1/4 oz of Transplant evenly distributed to every plant with each and every watering....whether with a drench or with just plain water. Please note, this does not mean 1/4 TO EVERY PLANT, but 1/4 oz divided equally to all plants.

**Cat Drench: This is used right when buds set. It is strongly reproductive in effect and if used at the wrong time will result in stunted growth and lower yields. Used at the proper time, unprecedented resin formation takes place. It is used twice in a row (no water in between applications). Using Cat Drench late in bloom may increase certain flavors and smells, but it also results in a more "gamey" flavor in produce.

These are the basic instructions for using the kit! A few pointers:

When in doubt about which drench to use, use Growth Energy.

If the plants seem weak and need a boost---almost never happens unless you made a mistake or there has been some environmental issue or circumstances beyond your control---try this:

1 oz. Transplant per gallon of water with 6 mils of Tea. Feed a solution with this composition to all the plants. It will re-colonize the roots and get things back on track. Do not do this if you aren't having any problems.

For certain plants a Super Drench is beneficial in the middle part of the bloom cycle:

1 Cup (yes 8 oz) of Transplant plus 10 mils Tea per 5 gallons of water. Give each plant 1 gallon of this.

There is also the "OG Drench" for certain strains:

1 oz OG Drench plus 1 oz Transplant plus 2 tblspn Epsom salts plus 10 mil Tea per 5 gallons of water.


Recycling Soil

After the first crop is harvested, put the soil, including the roots, mixed with fresh EWC, perhaps 20 lbs worth along with another bag of amendment back into the barrel and cook it for another month, then use as always.

After the second crop is harvested, take that soil, and add the 3rd Run Amendment to this soil, along with some leaf scraps from recently harvested healthy plants and a light sprinkling of Roots! on the leaves. Let this cook for a month and then use as always.

After the 3rd crop has been harvested from the soil, add fresh, unused Promix along with leaves and a light dusting of roots and re-cook.

I personally do not use soil after the 4th run. Others do so with good success and I suggest seeking them out and seeing if their methods work in your garden. I get my best results with the 3rd run of soil.
 
Grow Update

The big girls got their first water-only flushing 3 days ago. I will be checking the trichs tomorrow when I get a battery for my micro-viewer. Doh!

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Girl #1 - I snipped the tips of the colas about 10 days ago to do back-building. She had pointy conehead shaped colas. The colas are thickening up more below the tops now. I believe it helped. She is still very green and hasn't started yellowing up yet. About 20-30% pistils have turned red but still appears to be putting on more growth to the buds.

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Girl #2 - Number 2 looks and smells much like number 1, but has started yellowing and showing deficiencies just before the first flush. I will feed her clones Grow Big (N) a week longer into flower. I will not be taking any more cuttings from Number 2. She doesn't want to root. Fickle pheno I guess. The last 2 cutting took over 2 weeks to root in the aerocloner.

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Girl #3 - Has the rubber stems. Like trying to hold up colas with wet noodles. She has a great sweet berry smell but has been a pain in the ass to keep her branches supported. That's why I call her "Floppsy". She has about 50% red hairs now and looks like she will be the first to finish up. Her clones have the same traits of the weird spotting on some leaves and the rubber stems. I will take no more cutting from her either.

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Girl #4 - The more sativa dom looking girl. I snipped the tips of her colas for backbuilding 2 weeks ago and she is starting to foxtail out the sides of the colas now. She is starting to get some red hairs but still packing on weight. She has a very nice fruity/berry smell and dense buds. I will take 2 cuttings from her for generation 4.

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Girl #5 - My FAV! She has the most dense buds and looks to be the best yielder. She has a medicinal/eucalyptus kind of smell with a hint of Vick's salve. Her clone that is flowering in the 8" pot was pollinated by the male AK47 that I had collected pollen from. I will take at least 3 cuttings from her for generation 4. She could have been fed more than she was. I will up the nutes on her clones.

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Here is generation 2 on the other side of the tent. Through the stretch and starting to make buds.

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Here is generation 3 on the veg table. I will be mixing dirt and up-potting to the 8" pots tomorrow. Since gen 3 will be only 4 plants, I will veg them a little longer and flower in the 5gal pots opposed to the 3.5gal I have been using. Fewer but larger plants.

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Here's the Girl #2 cuttings for gen 3 that took over 2 weeks to root in the aerocloner. Since they are so far behind the other 4, I will probably just throw them into flower as soon as they are up-potted to 8" pots just to use them up.

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I will have a busy day tomorrow mixing dirt and transplanting. I will also be checking trichs on the first gen and getting psyched up for a harvest.

Yah Mon!

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Sweet update. Girl #5 looks like a winner and a keeper too.
 
#5 looks just like the one I had (I culled it due to TMV). The smell description sounds familiar too. I hope I get that pheno again.

Hi Chimp, is the TMV a genetic trait or environmental? Could that be the issue with Girl #3 having the weird spotting on leaves and floppy rubber-like stems?
 
After a long search through the FAQ section, a calcium deficiency seems to be a common cause of the weak stems and under developed buds. Though my leaf spotting looks a little different from ref pics I saw. Girl #3 has small spongy colas compared to all the other girls. I will check her runoff Ph when she gets her second flush in a few days. I have some CalMag that I haven't used at all on this grow. I will add it to Girl #3 clone that is 3 weeks in flower and see if it helps it out.
 
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