The Gee Spot - You Finally Found It

[Gee64]

Here's The Gals this morning.

RV1 on the left half, Ikky in the top right quarter, and RV2 in the bottom right quarter.

I found this last night on RV1. It's the junction between the bottom left cola and the top left cola in the pic above. The bottom left cola split away.

I knew they were stiff from their abused childhood, so I was gentle when I tied them down but not gentle enough apparently.

Lifting the cola all the way back up to put the split back together would have meant that cola would have to point almost straight up, so it would be way too tall.

My options were
1) remove the cola.
2) cut it to height.
3) leave it strapped down.

I didn't like option 2 at all, so I figured if I wrap it in tape without putting it back together, then it will either work or not, leading to option 1 or 3.

So thats what I did. I wrapped the immediate split just as it looked in the top split, to seal it up from dirt and disease, then I wrapped a sloppy 2nd layer of duct tape over the band-aid, with the sole purpose of holdind the 2 limbs from both splitting or moving closer together.

The cola never got droopy or anything like that.

This is the cola this morning. Fingers crossed

Ikky.

Ikky above, RV2 below. The 3 mutant tops are apparent.

 

[JiggiLotus]

Dang! What a split! The plant doesn't seem to notice? You probably did good wrapping the split before it 'dried'.

 

[StoneOtter]

It's not always about quantity. Once you have more than enough, quality becomes the goal. I bet it's cool stuff.

It's unusual for sure! You'll dig it I think. The plant could have gone at least two more weeks so there's more to discover for you!

Garden's looking sweet! Nice doctoring!

 

[Bill284]

Here's The Gals this morning.

RV1 on the left half, Ikky in the top right quarter, and RV2 in the bottom right quarter.

I found this last night on RV1. It's the junction between the bottom left cola and the top left cola in the pic above. The bottom left cola split away.

I knew they were stiff from their abused childhood, so I was gentle when I tied them down but not gentle enough apparently.

Lifting the cola all the way back up to put the split back together would have meant that cola would have to point almost straight up, so it would be way too tall.

My options were
1) remove the cola.
2) cut it to height.
3) leave it strapped down.

I didn't like option 2 at all, so I figured if I wrap it in tape without putting it back together, then it will either work or not, leading to option 1 or 3.

So thats what I did. I wrapped the immediate split just as it looked in the top split, to seal it up from dirt and disease, then I wrapped a sloppy 2nd layer of duct tape over the band-aid, with the sole purpose of holdind the 2 limbs from both splitting or moving closer together.

The cola never got droopy or anything like that.

This is the cola this morning. Fingers crossed

Ikky.

Ikky above, RV2 below. The 3 mutant tops are apparent.

I'd add a ziptie to all those vulnerable branches my friend
Once of prevention or something.
Garden is fantastic Amigo.


Stay safe
Bill284

 

[Gee64]

I'd add a ziptie to all those vulnerable branches my friend
Once of prevention or something.
Garden is fantastic Amigo.


Stay safe
Bill284

Not a bad idea

 

[Gee64]

Dang! What a split! The plant doesn't seem to notice? You probably did good wrapping the split before it 'dried'.

I hope so.

 

[Gee64]

It's unusual for sure! You'll dig it I think. The plant could have gone at least two more weeks so there's more to discover for you!

Garden's looking sweet! Nice doctoring!

It's slowly getting there. I have a bit of a drastic plan formulating in my brain. We will see how the next couple days progress.

 

[Gee64]

So here is a little tip/trick/tidbit of info about watering, and about those goofy water sticks you get for a couple bucks at a dollar store, that tell you how wet/dry your soil is. Ever wonder if they work? Well here is what I found with 3 different brands of water sticks. And they all read the same.

I'm getting ready to clone, some cuts in an aerocloner, and some in a solo cup with a low nute organic potting mix. I like my soil mix dry/wet enough so that when you grab a handful and squeeze it hard only a few drips come out. After 30 seconds of squeeze you can see 2 drips forming on the bottom of my hand, and one between my ring and middle finger. Thats perfect.

And when the whole bucket of dirt is at that moisture level, it reads a perfect 5 on a 1-10 scale on the water stick. These probes work better than you would think. I've tested this many times and it's always a 5. So if you are wondering how wet soil should be, for growing or cloning, now you know. Spend the 2 bucks.

18 solos for 6 cuts of each plant.

My DIY clamshell incubator.

This soil is the soil I will use. It's called "The Answer". It's a mix of composted forest products and CSPM. It comes at PH 7.0 and right out of the bag the moisture content was perfect. So let's see how it works for clones.

That's my mission for today/tomorrow. To cut 24-30 clones and keep the best of each as a possible candidate for next grow or as a mother plant for a clone run. Smaller cuts get soil, larger get the aerocloner.

It's RVDV1 that I'm really looking to protect. Her structure is perfect, so a clone grow from her has a lot of potential.

The other 2 are mutants, so I will clone them for fun, but I'm not really interested in perpetuating mutant genetics, even though they are pretty cool to see and watch, they seem to fizzle in flower.

 

[Wastei]

So here is a little tip/trick/tidbit of info about watering, and about those goofy water sticks you get for a couple bucks at a dollar store, that tell you how wet/dry your soil is. Ever wonder if they work? Well here is what I found with 3 different brands of water sticks. And they all read the same.

I'm getting ready to clone, some cuts in an aerocloner, and some in a solo cup with a low nute organic potting mix. I like my soil mix dry/wet enough so that when you grab a handful and squeeze it hard only a few drips come out. After 30 seconds of squeeze you can see 2 drips forming on the bottom of my hand, and one between my ring and middle finger. Thats perfect.

And when the whole bucket of dirt is at that moisture level, it reads a perfect 5 on a 1-10 scale on the water stick. These probes work better than you would think. I've tested this many times and it's always a 5. So if you are wondering how wet soil should be, for growing or cloning, now you know. Spend the 2 bucks.

18 solos for 6 cuts of each plant.

My DIY clamshell incubator.

This soil is the soil I will use. It's called "The Answer". It's a mix of composted forest products and CSPM. It comes at PH 7.0 and right out of the bag the moisture content was perfect. So let's see how it works for clones.

That's my mission for today/tomorrow. To cut 24-30 clones and keep the best of each as a possible candidate for next grow or as a mother plant for a clone run. Smaller cuts get soil, larger get the aerocloner.

It's RVDV1 that I'm really looking to protect. Her structure is perfect, so a clone grow from her has a lot of potential.

The other 2 are mutants, so I will clone them for fun, but I'm not really interested in perpetuating mutant genetics, even though they are pretty cool to see and watch, they seem to fizzle in flower.

The simple analog soil meters are a hit or miss and eventually stops working. The main problem is they don't compensate for temperature and salinity of the soil.

A better more accurate approach are the ones that uses hydrostatic pressure sensors to give you the reading instead of conductivity that may differ widely depending on medium and plant food.

Here's one from Blumat.

Cheers!

 

[Gee64]

The simple analog soil meters are a hit or miss and eventually stops working. The main problem is they don't compensate for temperature and salinity of the soil.

A better more accurate approach are the ones that uses hydrostatic pressure sensors to give you the reading instead of conductivity that may differ widely depending on medium and plant food.

Here's one from Blumat.

Cheers!

Oh for sure expensive technology is better, but for 2 bucks you can go from having no freakin idea how wet soil should really be, to right into the ball park, and it's the same moisture level you want for your cloning medium and for cooking your mixes.

Most will find that their soils are too wet, their cloning medium is also too wet, and their cooking tubs too dry.

But if you can afford to buy the BluMat probe, definitely do buy it.

Look at all the BluMat probes 1st before buying. Some can activate irrigation to maintain levels, and some are just for reading levels. Make sure you don't buy the wrong one for what you need.

 

[Gee64]

Here's a morning webcam shot.

 

[Gidorah]

Plants are looking fantastic Gee!

 

[Gee64]

Thanks G. Lets see how they look after a haircut.

 

[Carmen Ray]

I didn't like option 2 at all, so I figured if I wrap it in tape without putting it back together, then it will either work or not, leading to option 1 or 3.

Good thinking.

So if you are wondering how wet soil should be, for growing or cloning, now you know. Spend the 2 bucks.

Thank you for the demo.

That's my mission for today/tomorrow. To cut 24-30 clones and keep the best of each as a possible candidate for next grow or as a mother plant for a clone run. Smaller cuts get soil, larger get the aerocloner.

 

[Keffka]

If I see you pay 90$ for a soil moisture meter then we need to have a talk @Gee64 about some gorgeous ocean front property in the wonderful state of Idaho I have for sale

 

[Gee64]

If I see you pay 90$ for a soil moisture meter then we need to have a talk @Gee64 about some gorgeous ocean front property in the wonderful state of Idaho I have for sale

Does it come with a bridge laying beside a boat?!!?

 

[Gee64]

Here's the veg tent today.

The BK manifolding Gang has bitten into the new pots today. It's day 9 since leaving the solo's and they all have "The Look".

They aren't quite ready to be topped to 8. Tomorrow it should happen.

But they all stood up tall today. The roots are rooting.

 

[Gee64]

I cut 6 RVDV1 clones into cups of The Answer potting soil. I used a light dose of Stim Root #2 rooting hormone powder.

It went pretty well.

Her mains still have some beautiful side branches.

All larf and runty, dark, or poorly placed side branches were removed from her. She's ready for flower any time now.

Here she is sprawled out on her half of the tent. Tomorrow I will cut a few more for the aerocloner.

 

[Gee64]

Next I moved on to Iklwa to thin her out and cut some clones.

And found this. Her whorled phylotaxy has turned into fasciation, so I decided not to clone her. No point cloning mutated genes. She got a heavy delarfing. She's ready for flower.

 

[Gee64]

RVDV2. The other mutant

Large fasciation.

It's pretty cool with the pink stems.

But then I saw this. 2 plants split. I repaired this one a bit different than her sister. I decided not to cut any clones from this mutant either so....

I fixed the split.

Gave the Bobo a Band-Aid.

And here she is.

All thinned out. Her side branches are really short. It's a weird plant.

She's ready for flower.