Hplar
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Upper Musquodoboit
Celt’s 2020 Grows
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The Celt
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Ah cool, that’s not far from some of my old stomping grounds when I was a younger man lol
Hey hows it going friends. I've been reading and following alone for the last few weeks here. I recently tried my luck with colloidal silver on an auto. Just doing some test runs now. Really like the info you have to offer. I'm also not too far away from you.
As for you competition you have going there I would select 4 and 11 maybe 13.
Cheers!
As for you competition you have going there I would select 4 and 11 maybe 13.
Cheers!
Hplar
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My guess will be 4 and 13
Bob Loblaw
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Hmmm? Well you know I'm no expert here but I'm thinking that they are all sativa dominant
.Did I win yet?
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10 & 11 
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The Celt
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Evening all,
The pots and watering system were finished today and the 18 BD girls potted up to their new homes, 11.5gal fabric pots.
As @MrGreene requested, here are a couple videos of the irrigation system in action and a second of the girls in their new pots with the water running.
So here is an explanation of the irrigation setup that allows me to be away for weeks if need be.
Where I live, the water table is above the basement floor about 8 months of the year, so we have a sump pit with a float operated pump to pump excess water out and keep it from flooding the basement. In this pit, I also have a pond pump on a timer.
In the first video, I was measuring the flow through my halo ring so I could judge how long to leave the pump run. It worked out to about 1/2 gallon (2 litres) every 5 minutes.
In the second video, you will see a braided vinyl hose (1/2”) running up either side of the centre row of plants. This is tee’d into the line from the pump and acts as a manifold to even the flow between plants. Into the vinyl hose, threaded irrigation fittings are installed with a tee to split it between 2 plants, and repeated until all halo rings are connected to the hose.
Each halo ring is suspended about 1.5 inches from the edge of the pot and has 8 holes watering the edge of the pot.
This works well for me as I use organic super soils and I know my plants well enough to predict their water needs. Big pots also help for this kind of setup.
I am not a nute user, but I suspect you could set up a similar system for nutrients if you had to be away and not had someone able to tend them for you.
Plan for these girls is to let them adjust and grow for 10 days and then into flower, but that depends on how they do for that 10 days, may extend it, may shorten it.
The pots and watering system were finished today and the 18 BD girls potted up to their new homes, 11.5gal fabric pots.
As @MrGreene requested, here are a couple videos of the irrigation system in action and a second of the girls in their new pots with the water running.
So here is an explanation of the irrigation setup that allows me to be away for weeks if need be.
Where I live, the water table is above the basement floor about 8 months of the year, so we have a sump pit with a float operated pump to pump excess water out and keep it from flooding the basement. In this pit, I also have a pond pump on a timer.
In the first video, I was measuring the flow through my halo ring so I could judge how long to leave the pump run. It worked out to about 1/2 gallon (2 litres) every 5 minutes.
In the second video, you will see a braided vinyl hose (1/2”) running up either side of the centre row of plants. This is tee’d into the line from the pump and acts as a manifold to even the flow between plants. Into the vinyl hose, threaded irrigation fittings are installed with a tee to split it between 2 plants, and repeated until all halo rings are connected to the hose.
Each halo ring is suspended about 1.5 inches from the edge of the pot and has 8 holes watering the edge of the pot.
This works well for me as I use organic super soils and I know my plants well enough to predict their water needs. Big pots also help for this kind of setup.
I am not a nute user, but I suspect you could set up a similar system for nutrients if you had to be away and not had someone able to tend them for you.
Plan for these girls is to let them adjust and grow for 10 days and then into flower, but that depends on how they do for that 10 days, may extend it, may shorten it.
Bob Loblaw
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Nice
That room looks pretty full how do you manage trimming? Pull the pots out?
That room looks pretty full how do you manage trimming? Pull the pots out?
THC Onlyfans
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Id like to guess on sativa dominant but how exactly are they numbered lol
Edit: i was looking at the sippy cups trying to figure out numbers....4 & 5....cmon biiiig money!
Edit: i was looking at the sippy cups trying to figure out numbers....4 & 5....cmon biiiig money!
This is awesome
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The Celt
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Nice
That room looks pretty full how do you manage trimming? Pull the pots out?
The tent is 4x8 with doors on both long sides so I am able to access the plants from both sides
THC Onlyfans
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Yep got it! Sticking with 4&5
Love the setup, looking forward to watching this one pan out!
Also obviously 12 and 18 are winners.
Also obviously 12 and 18 are winners.
Love the automated watering system @The Celt. I will keep an eye on #7 and #15.
Strainyourbrain
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Hiya Celt from SA
I have just cross pollinated 2 branches on 2 different plants
Both female Cali Orange
One I used pollen from a Stitched Up Kush auto
The other, pollen from a White Widow
I was going to use Coloidial Silver but now I want to investigate this option.
Thanks
I have just cross pollinated 2 branches on 2 different plants
Both female Cali Orange
One I used pollen from a Stitched Up Kush auto
The other, pollen from a White Widow
I was going to use Coloidial Silver but now I want to investigate this option.
Thanks
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The Celt
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@Strainyourbrain ,
welcome to my grow mate Any questions, just ask, always willing to help where I can
welcome to my grow mate
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Ok, time for a quick update and some canna porn
First up, Momma PC in the seed tent
The tall limbs and a couple bent over the canopy are the treated limbs.
Next up, I closeup of female ‘nuts’
Hard to get a good picture with 434w of LED (actual watts) just a few inches above the camera.
Lastly, a couple pics of bud showing browning pistils, sign of impregnation as it’s too early for them to be browning due to ripening.
You will also notice the bud looks “different” than seedless bud. The calyx look bigger and looser than normal smokable bud.
Thats about it for the seed tent. As for the big tent, had a user error this week with the watering system and flooded the poor girls. Whoops. Anyway, as a couple of them reacted poorly to the over watering and things weren’t drying up like I would have liked, the pots all got raised about 4“ (100mm) on plastic creates. This gave airflow under the pots as well. As such, and because one of them still doesn’t look great, I am waiting to see what they look like Saturday. If I am pleased with recovery, I will throw them into flower.
First up, Momma PC in the seed tent
The tall limbs and a couple bent over the canopy are the treated limbs.
Next up, I closeup of female ‘nuts’
Hard to get a good picture with 434w of LED (actual watts) just a few inches above the camera.
Lastly, a couple pics of bud showing browning pistils, sign of impregnation as it’s too early for them to be browning due to ripening.
You will also notice the bud looks “different” than seedless bud. The calyx look bigger and looser than normal smokable bud.
Thats about it for the seed tent. As for the big tent, had a user error this week with the watering system and flooded the poor girls. Whoops. Anyway, as a couple of them reacted poorly to the over watering and things weren’t drying up like I would have liked, the pots all got raised about 4“ (100mm) on plastic creates. This gave airflow under the pots as well. As such, and because one of them still doesn’t look great, I am waiting to see what they look like Saturday. If I am pleased with recovery, I will throw them into flower.
Strainyourbrain
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After reading your process and some information on the colloidal silver process, I realised that I am completely back to front and misunderstood the process.
The objective is to produce female pollen to pollinate another female.
Duh
I will have to start again
Will have to try in a month or so again
I put pollen onto 2 of my plants but the pollen comes from a standard male. I was then going to apply the colloidal silver, thinking that the seeds produced would be female
Now I see that I need to get a female to produce pollen and use that pollen on another female.
Does that sound about right?
The objective is to produce female pollen to pollinate another female.
Duh
I will have to start again
Will have to try in a month or so again
I put pollen onto 2 of my plants but the pollen comes from a standard male. I was then going to apply the colloidal silver, thinking that the seeds produced would be female
Now I see that I need to get a female to produce pollen and use that pollen on another female.
Does that sound about right?
Strainyourbrain
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So the best I can hope for from what I have done is to get cross pollinated bag seed. Defeating the object of femmed seeds
