Perpetual Grow - Blue Mystic Indoor

[Amsterdam28]

Hey 420,

This is my 2nd grow and I decided I wanted to do a perpetual grow. The idea behind this method is that all of the space in my grow area is being utilized all the time. When a plant is removed the flowering room to be harvested, it is replaced by one from the veg room, and a clone taken from the mother plants replaces the plant from the veg room. My slight modification to this is that rather than 1 plant at a time I will move 4 at once.

Each month I will harvest 4 plants that have been flowering for 60 days and start 4 more. Hopefully this diagram helps what I'm trying to explain...

I start topping and LST'ing early with the goal of keeping the canopy even under the lights as well as making the plant dense and filling up the area above the pot. Basically like in the diagram, I want the entire area to be covered in green rather than any dirt showing. I have been working on this setup for a little while so I have 3 of the 4 areas growing already.

Mother Plant

Month 1 Plants (freshly rooted clones)

Month 2

Month 3

The current full picture, just missing Month 4

So in 2 more weeks I will start 4 more clones (well, maybe 6 in case a couple die or I decide I just want to keep the 4 strongest) so they are rooted in time for the next month cycle. 2 months from now I will begin harvesting every month...hopefully I get about an ounce a month from it, but we'll see. Thanks for stopping by.

 

[WizHigh]

This is good stuff. Youll be able to harvest more if you veg longer and super crop every branch plus topping. Are you planning on veg for a month? Are since everything will be moving room to room its more like 2 months?

 

[Amsterdam28]

Exactly, it will be two months of veg. I need shorts plants though because I have a really small space to work with. Besides, this is just for personal use and even 4 small plants will already be more than I smoke myself. I'm thinking all the extra will be for experimenting with edibles. ;-)

 

[WizHigh]

Whats the update on the ladies? I havent seen you around the forum in a while? Im on my 5th week of veg right now going for 2 months. Got some new advanced nutes that I want to fully use on my ladies

 

[Amsterdam28]

Hey Wiz,
I haven't been on much lately. Not sure why really, but lately when I have had time to chill online I'm usually looking at fantasy football stuff ;-). My girls are doing good. I added a carbon filter and inline fan to try and get some more air circulation going as well as cut down on the smell, not that it has been much of a problem though. I am taking some more clones this weekend, I'll try and snap some pics then too so I can keep this journal going. I have definitely been slipping in that regard.

2 months of veg sounds like a good idea. How tall are you trying to get them?

 

[WizHigh]

Yea I'm waiting for you to upload some good pictures.

I want my plants to be bushy. I'm getting them have about 35 tops and that's not including the 13 branches and there side branching. So as much tops and branches I can get when Octobers over. Also I'm giving them a lot of carbohydrates and this advance additive Rhino Skin. They will be ready to hold huge buds.

Down side 2 of my plants are going threw zinc deficiency. So I'm working on them now. Ill be topping all of those grow sites tomorrow.

Hope all is well on your end.

 

[Amsterdam28]

LAST MONTH

THIS MONTH

OK, so it has been quite a while since my last update. On the plus side, it allows for the pictures to be more dramatic!

My mother plant continues to grow strong, in fact a little too well. I only need 4 cuttings from it per month (I take 5 in case one of the clones looks weak or doesn't make it) but this thing could handle way more than that. I'm thinking of using the extra growth to experiment with. For example, I want to try the whole flavoring technique of adding an extract such as vanilla just before harvest. I did recently start experimenting with some extra clones I had. I am going to see if I can get one of them to turn purple by stressing it with temps during the dark hours.

MOTHER PLANT

SOME EXTRA CLONES I PUT TO 12/12 THAT I AM EXPERIMENTING WITH

1 MONTH OLD PLANTS

2 MONTH OLD PLANTS

3 MONTH OLD PLANTS

THE WHOLE GROW (MISSING 0-1 MONTH OLDS)

CLONES THAT WILL BECOME THE 0-1 MONTH OLDS IN THE NEXT 3 DAYS

My clones are doing well and should be ready to plant this weekend. My first harvest from this perpetual grow should happen around December 5th and then every month going forward. In the mean time, I had one plant that was kind of an extra which I decided to throw into the flowering room (rather than throw it away) and it should be ready to harvest in the next 3-4 weeks. I have plenty in my stash already so this plant will strictly be used for some brownies.

Hmmm, do I need to cure bud that is going straight into edibles??

 

[WizHigh]

Were on the same schedule I see with the grow. Before christmas I will be getting my first harvest and then every month after that. Nice grow on the plants. Are you still under T5s

 

[Amsterdam28]

Now that's a nice Christmas present, lol

T5 for the flowers in veg plus 3 23w CFL's for the mother plant, 200w CFL plus a couple 23w CFL's for the plants in flower. So far so good using them. Here's the flowering shelf with half the plants up there plus a couple experimental clones on the side.

 

[WizHigh]

Nice, I see your keeping them all short. Hows the yield? Or what are you expecting? Im vegging for 2 months also.

 

[Amsterdam28]

Yeah, I have to keep them short because of my limited space. You should see how many string each of these damn plants have on them to keep them all about the same height. I have broken at least 3 branches just from trying to bend them too far.

As for the yield, I won't get my first harvest from this type of grow until the Dec 5th one. My last 2 harvests were around half an oz each but that was 1 plant in a circular pot rather than this setup. If I got half an oz per month that would be enough for my personal use, since I only vape occasionally. I would be happy with 1 oz per month though since that would allow me to do more experimenting. I'll definitely weight it up though once it is dry and let you know. What are you targeting/expecting?

 

[WizHigh]

A pound per plant. Im growing them out and topping x10. Ive also been using AN additive enhancers that will boost the carbo and silicon in the plants to be able to produce such weight. Then I have additives for the flowering stage.

 

[Amsterdam28]

1lb. per plant? Holy shit man! Nice!

 

[WizHigh]

I have the new set up so I have the room. Besides the nutes im using is helping.

 

[Amsterdam28]

Still, that is crazy impressive. I have been actually going the opposite route and using less and less nutes. I have been feeding the plants mainly just ph'd water for 2 waterings, then nutes and water every third time. I can't even imagine having a plant that could put out that much weight...your harvests are going to take forever! lol, but in a good way.

 

[WizHigh]

Pretty much im vegging longer and more nutes so that i can use up all my base nutes that I have now so that i can get new base nutes. I want to try out this new nute line called Jacks LX & Pro. it has trace minerals like calcium,boron,copper, zinc. There like 3% and up. So you figure there wont be any need for PH'd water because it works as a PH its self. Plus its high in NPK. No more deficiencies

 

[Amsterdam28]

Interesting. You'll have to let me know how those workout for you

 

[WizHigh]

I will def. let you know. What nutes are you using now? What strains you have also?

 

[Amsterdam28]

I only use Bio-Bloom in terms of nutes, and am only growing Blue Mystic. I might try a sativa in the future, but I like the results of this strain so far so no plans to change anything. I would like something that is more of an upper though, compared to this one which has me couch locked most of the time lol

 

[WizHigh]

Your in the right place for getting the goods. I want to try a couple strains my self. I dont know the strains I have now but I smoked the leaves from the 3 I have and one of them made me very uppity.