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re: Sqwheels' Garden - Bonsai Style
Hi Folks
This weeks update, a day late...
been a bit under the weather, litterally I think. It's been mid to upper 90's for days...weeks... I've lost track, something like 23 days in the 90's the weather man said yesterday. Wow.
My girls are out of control, bonsai is demanding, it takes a commitment to diligence with training and trimming...I've not kept up lately and the girls are showing it.
The seedlings and small clones are growing big...soon I'll have to rethink my space. I didn't get a pic of the veg room this time but heres a few of each. Somehow I missed AI...sorry
Blue Widow, clipped from the original seedling that's in the the big room, and put into a cup of water on 6-21, and retopped, ubt style 7-17 because she was getting too tall
Northern Lights x Big Bud...same scenerio as BW, only she was a broken stem, put in water on 6-19
Blueberry Gum seedling, popped 6-8, she's been a weird one from the beginning, some of her growth is really looking good, but she's got a few branchs that just won't grow. it's stunted and twisted, and there are a couple of varigated leaves that just do not belong on mj. I think I'm gonna end up pinching out the stunted stuff and hope for the best with the rest...
w/ flash
her canopy looks healthy
after some training, if that inside growth doesn't improve with a little more light, I'm gonna pinch it outta there
White Rhino...she's long and leggy, I clipped her growing tips last week and we should see some new growth on her branchs shortly
the 2 Wonder Woman bonsai in training...there 2 pics of each, sorry I can't remember which is which now
Blue Widow (L) and Northern Lights x Big Bud (R)...you can see how much they've grown *over grown* I really need to chop them back down some, I can't flower until the heat breaks sometime around Oct I hope, that way I can get 2 flower cycles and harvests this winter.
can you see my grow buddy, yoda, on the shelf?
A closer look at each
Wonder Woman...she's about 6 months old, was a clone from last years bonsai, the one I entered into potm in June. She is so overloaded with growth I think next month I'll chop out all the tiny growth in prep for flowering in Oct. I'm going to try to eliminate some of the popcorn buds from this one, and just leave those that will produce the thumb sized nugs that I'm looking for.
It's not a very good picture...I watered before pics (I usually do it the other way) and she was too heavy and dripping so I only took this one.
I finally got to the $ store...remember I need small containers for nutes, that way I don't have to lift a gallon jug(s) over and over...the only thing I could find... baby bottles, I just removed the nipples and used the cap and ring to keep them air tight, it's funny but it'll work for me.
Ok, some thoughts to address
I've been keeping a record of each water/nute feeding including in and out numbers
Since starting with BPN 3 part Elite I've been mixing their nutes using equal amounts of micro/grow/bloom since I'm just vegging for now, atm the seedlings and small clones are getting 2.5ml/1/2 gal of RO which amounts to 530-540 ppm and registers 5.1-5.2 on my new pH meter. The bigger girls are getting 10ml/gal of RO = about 930-940 ppm and 5.1-5.2 pH.
The pH out varies widely (at last feeding)
I cut the big girls back to 7.5ml/gal of RO because they are getting too big, they got 751ppm @ 5.2pH
WW ...1010, 6.1 out
NLxBB...1170, 6.0 out
BW ...1120, 5.8 out
2 - WW in 4"... a- 1170, 5.8 & b- 1060, 5.8 out
seedlings and clones got 538ppm @ 5.2pH
NLxBB ...506, 6.4 out
WR ...584, 6.6 out
AI dosed twice ...522, 6.9 another 6oz flush gave 586, 6.6 out
BW top dosed three times...385, 6.9 - #2 gave 441, 6.7 - #3 gave 500, 6.4
BbG ...571, 6.6 out
The method I use to collect the sample is to overwater by a couple ounces, let them sit/soak in that for a few 5-10 minutes, then I lift them and tip them to collect the runoff in a clean dish, usually just enough for testing...that last little bit of runoff is what you're leaving the roots to work with. Learned this technique from Corey, along with a bunch of other stuff I barely understand...
thank you, but I'm working on it.
I was experimenting a little with this because of the pH out #'s, that's why some got extra. I'll wait and see what happens and tomorrow I may flush them all with light nute mix until the pH is 5.8 or close to it. bid said BW likes it around 5.5 so I've got some work to do...as far as I can tell, because I use a perl/verm mix the pH changes easily with a few flushes...BW will get the first test of this soon.
Ok, I suppose that's it for now...if ya got any suggestions about all this, please don't hesitate to speak up, I need some experienced input
Sq
Hi Folks
This weeks update, a day late...
been a bit under the weather, litterally I think. It's been mid to upper 90's for days...weeks... I've lost track, something like 23 days in the 90's the weather man said yesterday. Wow.My girls are out of control, bonsai is demanding, it takes a commitment to diligence with training and trimming...I've not kept up lately and the girls are showing it.
The seedlings and small clones are growing big...soon I'll have to rethink my space. I didn't get a pic of the veg room this time but heres a few of each. Somehow I missed AI...sorry
Blue Widow, clipped from the original seedling that's in the the big room, and put into a cup of water on 6-21, and retopped, ubt style 7-17 because she was getting too tall
Northern Lights x Big Bud...same scenerio as BW, only she was a broken stem, put in water on 6-19
Blueberry Gum seedling, popped 6-8, she's been a weird one from the beginning, some of her growth is really looking good, but she's got a few branchs that just won't grow. it's stunted and twisted, and there are a couple of varigated leaves that just do not belong on mj. I think I'm gonna end up pinching out the stunted stuff and hope for the best with the rest...
w/ flash
her canopy looks healthy
after some training, if that inside growth doesn't improve with a little more light, I'm gonna pinch it outta there
White Rhino...she's long and leggy, I clipped her growing tips last week and we should see some new growth on her branchs shortly
the 2 Wonder Woman bonsai in training...there 2 pics of each, sorry I can't remember which is which now
Blue Widow (L) and Northern Lights x Big Bud (R)...you can see how much they've grown *over grown* I really need to chop them back down some, I can't flower until the heat breaks sometime around Oct I hope, that way I can get 2 flower cycles and harvests this winter.
can you see my grow buddy, yoda, on the shelf?
A closer look at each
Wonder Woman...she's about 6 months old, was a clone from last years bonsai, the one I entered into potm in June. She is so overloaded with growth I think next month I'll chop out all the tiny growth in prep for flowering in Oct. I'm going to try to eliminate some of the popcorn buds from this one, and just leave those that will produce the thumb sized nugs that I'm looking for.
It's not a very good picture...I watered before pics (I usually do it the other way) and she was too heavy and dripping so I only took this one.
I finally got to the $ store...remember I need small containers for nutes, that way I don't have to lift a gallon jug(s) over and over...the only thing I could find... baby bottles, I just removed the nipples and used the cap and ring to keep them air tight, it's funny but it'll work for me.
Ok, some thoughts to address
I've been keeping a record of each water/nute feeding including in and out numbers
Since starting with BPN 3 part Elite I've been mixing their nutes using equal amounts of micro/grow/bloom since I'm just vegging for now, atm the seedlings and small clones are getting 2.5ml/1/2 gal of RO which amounts to 530-540 ppm and registers 5.1-5.2 on my new pH meter. The bigger girls are getting 10ml/gal of RO = about 930-940 ppm and 5.1-5.2 pH.
The pH out varies widely (at last feeding)
I cut the big girls back to 7.5ml/gal of RO because they are getting too big, they got 751ppm @ 5.2pH
WW ...1010, 6.1 out
NLxBB...1170, 6.0 out
BW ...1120, 5.8 out
2 - WW in 4"... a- 1170, 5.8 & b- 1060, 5.8 out
seedlings and clones got 538ppm @ 5.2pH
NLxBB ...506, 6.4 out
WR ...584, 6.6 out
AI dosed twice ...522, 6.9 another 6oz flush gave 586, 6.6 out
BW top dosed three times...385, 6.9 - #2 gave 441, 6.7 - #3 gave 500, 6.4
BbG ...571, 6.6 out
The method I use to collect the sample is to overwater by a couple ounces, let them sit/soak in that for a few 5-10 minutes, then I lift them and tip them to collect the runoff in a clean dish, usually just enough for testing...that last little bit of runoff is what you're leaving the roots to work with. Learned this technique from Corey, along with a bunch of other stuff I barely understand...
thank you, but I'm working on it. I was experimenting a little with this because of the pH out #'s, that's why some got extra. I'll wait and see what happens and tomorrow I may flush them all with light nute mix until the pH is 5.8 or close to it. bid said BW likes it around 5.5 so I've got some work to do...as far as I can tell, because I use a perl/verm mix the pH changes easily with a few flushes...BW will get the first test of this soon.
Ok, I suppose that's it for now...if ya got any suggestions about all this, please don't hesitate to speak up, I need some experienced input
Sq
