Northern Lights in the South

[tricome]

Tri
They were actually tied down with wire for LST and keep wanting to turn upwards. They were not supported at all. Very strong branching. Preliminary test bud quick dry yesterday. Not much taste, but very nice mellow high. Letting her go till the tri's turn mostly amber for more of a couch lock stone, I hope.

Nice!
I hope my branches are that strong, so I don't have to mess with a bunch of stakes. I'll be looking for about 25% amber. So, I'm thinking 8-9 weeks.

I checked the clones on Monday 11-29, and found that the male clones in the S.T.G. storm clone plugs had dried out. I just read that I should have been misting them even though they are in a cloner. It helps to read the directions! I think STG's storm series is best suited for a top feed or ebb & flow system. Oh well, that's why I used male clones.

Yesterday I transplanted the rooted female clones into FF Ocean Forest in keg cups.
These will be going to a friend.

Today, the remaining clones are doing well. The females in my cloner look real good and the males in coco are ok but a bit droopy.

 

[tricome]

Quick Clone Update
Hey, hey! I got roots in 5 days! The females have rooted and are looking good as ever.

The males in coco are not as successful. They are drooping more. I'll mist them tomorrow.

The transplanted clones are getting along nicely. They'll make a sweet Xmas gift for my friend. Sorry no pic, but they look the same as last pic.

 

[Hash Hound]

Northern Lights 10 weeks plus

Looks like my buds are still stretching if you can see what i mean in the pics between the red lines, and notice how swollen the upper pods are

and the LST is sure helping her fill out

 

[Tmac12]

OMG That is some good lsting!!! Clones look good too!

 

[swedsea]

Your main plants look great, Nortern Lights is my fav by far with the most amazing taste especially when cured good. I got some plants a couple weeks behind yours I will be cloning a mother plant out of soon. Strain Dutch Treat.

I cant wait to see this harvest, I dream of the day I can get a hold of this strain to grow. It isn't a hard plant to grow either and with the techniques of today you can make these girls make you so happy.

 

[tricome]

to 420 and thanx, swedsea!
I always wanted to try Northern Lights ever since I heard about it years ago. The first time I did, it was from a plant I grew. Very nice. Now I want to see what I can do to make it even nicer.

OMG That is some good lsting!!! Clones look good too!

I know, right?! Thanx, Tmac.

Looking great, HH! Those foxes' tails are getting long. I'm still amazed at how you got so many tops that are the same size as a main cola. I haven't tried lst yet. I guess I'm a topper guy. I topped the girl in flower twice and ended up with 6 tops. I think I'll try lst on a future clone.

Question for y'all. Is NL a heavy feeder?

 

[tricome]

A couple of days ago, I checked the clones and found that the roots had gotten longer and they had grown new leaves!
12/08/10 Check the difference from the last pics.

I transplanted the clones from the cloner to a DWC bucket and a Water Farm. About a third of the clay pebbles in the Water Farm are reused. I tried washing the reused pebbles with dish soap. Don't Do It! This was a mistake. I rinsed and rinsed and soaked and rinsed. I thought I got all the soap out, so I filled the WF and sterted it up. The next day I checked it, the drip ring was making bubbles. The bubbles have stopped, but the plant is suffering.
12/08/10

12/09/10

Today

The other clones are alive, but no growth. One of the rooted clones is showing a problem that I'll have to figure out.
12/08/10

Spots

Male test clones. I cut off the lower droopy leaves.

In the flower I discovered how thirsty this girl is. I didn't check on her for 6 days and she had totally dry coco, and looked really hungry. Her lower leaves turned a bright yellow. I fed her, and hopefully she's on the road to recovery.
12/09/10 Sorry for crappy pics.

I also took some pollen from the male and cut him. I kept a couple of branches, and have them in a glass of water. I'm going to see if the pollen I collected will keep, and I will pollinate a lower bud with fresh pollen from the branches to make more seeds.

 

[Tmac12]

Hard to tell from the pic of that clone, but with my eyes it almost looked like leaf miners.

 

[budster9]

are you using any cloning boster?

 

[tricome]

Na, Tmac. It's more like water spots. I''l be changing the res out tomorrow. The spots on the clone in the keg cup are from over spray from the Water Farm.

Welcome, budster9! I am using Clonex rooting gel, and cloning solution in the cloners. For the coco clones I used Rootone powder.

 

[tricome]

I checked the veg room yesterday, and found this.

I changed out the res and put plain PHed water but, she still looks the same today. i don't think shes coming back.
Since it's almost Christmas I'll quote Ralphie "It was soap poisoning!"

The other clone in the DWC bucket is doing well.

The male test clones in coco are still alive, although they are starting to look hungry.

 

[tricome]

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Mine was busy; both in and out of the garden. This flu and tooth ache have been slowing me down, so I haven't been able to keep up online. Feeling a little better now, so here's an update.
In the veg room the mother clone in the DWC has grown a bit. She is looking healthy even though she is still working on her initial 1/4 strength res. When she sucks it down some more, I'll freshen it up.
Here's a shot of her a few days ago right before I topped her.

One of the male coco clones grew, too. I decided to keep him around, so I transplanted him.

The other male clone is still struggling.

I fed the lady in the flower room X-mas eve, and on Christmas I found she had completely fallen over. Luckily her stem was flexible enough not to break. I had to retrofit her with a tomato cage. Other than that she's bulking up nicely, and eating like a horse. I have given her 4 straight feedings, and no nute burn.

Also, I pollinated the lowest bud with the NL male to make more seeds.

 

[Tmac12]

Nice looking Tricome~~ Hope that cage holds, she looks like she is gonna be a handful!!

 

[trailblazer]

sweet, i really like the paper clip idea that worked a treat! your cloning method looks a fool proof method may have to try it at some point! What nutes are you using? peace! ;-) im in for the ride on this one!

 

[LiveTour]

Hi tricome, so far so good eh? Hey what pH are you at in your hydro? I'm also curious about your plants in coco's pH? Looks like the spots on the clone could be a slight nutrient lock out due to low/high pH. You're female is looking good and phat! Keep it up brother

 

[PetFlora]

Good info, but I noticed you BOLDLY posted your state, which is not a legal one. Hope you don't draw unnecessary attention to yourself.

HTH

 

[tricome]

High gang! Sorry it's been so long. I've been real busy with the holiday season. I hope everyone had a great one!

Nice looking Tricome~~ Hope that cage holds, she looks like she is gonna be a handful!!

Thanx, Tmac! Yea, even with the cage, I still had to tie some branches on. Unfortunately, I think the buds would be even bigger had I not subjected her to two droughts. The last one being due to the holidaze.

sweet, i really like the paper clip idea that worked a treat! your cloning method looks a fool proof method may have to try it at some point! What nutes are you using? peace! ;-) im in for the ride on this one!

Thanx, motionman! I'm really glad my ideas worked for you. I'm using Dutch Masters on this grow along with CalMag and superthrive. I just added SilicaBlast to the mother to help make strong branches to clone. Good luck with your cloning endeavors!

Hi tricome, so far so good eh? Hey what pH are you at in your hydro? I'm also curious about your plants in coco's pH? Looks like the spots on the clone could be a slight nutrient lock out due to low/high pH. You're female is looking good and phat! Keep it up brother

Thanx, LiveTour! I PH my hydro solution at 5.5. When I changed out the res on the 1st, the previous solution had been in the res a while and was at 5.7. I just checked it and it was 5.2, and about half gone. So, you may be onto something. I'll have to keep track of it.
I PH my coco solution to 6.0-6.3. The coco has a PH of 6.0. I checked the runoff a couple of times, and it was 6.0.

Good info, but I noticed you BOLDLY posted your state, which is not a legal one. Hope you don't draw unnecessary attention to yourself.

Thanx, PetFlora! Yea, I was pretty worried about it at first, but then I figured F it! There are quite a few others from FL and other not yet legal states. I keep my grows very small for personal use, and have no intention or desire to go "commercial". Right now, Florida's biggest drug problem is with prescription drugs and all the "pain clinics" down here.
Someday all the states will be united in cannabis; until then, we'll keep fighting for it!


Here are some pics from 1/3.
Mother

The little male clone got a little growth, but I decided I didn't need him.

Other "male?" clone. More on that later.

open yet immature male flowers on bottom

female flowers on top

Flowering lady

As you can see there are some yellow leaves from the drought. I fed her on the 1st; 8 days after her previous feeding. Two days too late. Coco holds water very well, but when it drys out , it goes bone dry.
Here are some leaves I removed. Nice shades of Autumn.

Despite that, she has some nice buds.
Top

Middle

Fresh pics and info coming soon!

 

[Mr. Krip]

Looking good Tricome! I'm not sure how I missed this grow so far, but I'm definately subscribed. I've been struggling with my first grow using STG & waterfarm plus a DIY cloner, so I'm sub'd for this one. Best wishes!

 

[tricome]

and thanx, Mr Krip! I just checked out your seedling; looking good! Yea, the STG can be hard to keep moist. The Water Farm can build up salt deposits that can clog it, so when you start feeding full on, flush it regularly. Hope this helps. I dig your DIY stuff. Feel free to ask ?s, we can probably learn a lot from each other.
on your grow!


UPDATE (a little late) PIcs from 1/9/11.
Mother

Transsexual male clone
This is under 24hrs light. Lower immature "balls".

Upper female flowers.

Flowering Lady

I'll be cloning tomorrow, and will take pics.

 

[Mr. Krip]

Thanks Tricome...looking good and definately look forward to trading knowledge & ideas. Which brings me to what may be a dumb question regarding your hermie...

Since the lower part of the plant is male and the upper is female (so to speak), if you were to top it and clone the top (female) section, is there ANY chance you'd get a female plant?

Technically, they would have the same genetics, so I would think you'd get another hermie (or highly prone to hermie) plant, but IF you're cloning a female part of the plant, maybe you can get a female?

Anyone have any experience with this???