I wanted to start a new strain and decided to seed some Purple Kush from Canada. This was a very long and drawn out grow that ended up outside for the summer.
The seedling setup. This turned out to be a bad idea as these domes require a full slate of cubes to keep humidtiy balanced.
Watching via the camera.
Inside the tray
The sproutling.
The camera feed.
Around this time I also started generating my own compost tea.
Decided to flower out the hermi’d plant. In the end this turned out to be a mistake that effected future grows with stray pollen. Went through the standard harvesting process.
The plant pulled from the closet.
Up close flower.
First branch.
Curing above the light was a rookie mistake but I had no other options.
Getting close to the end of the first plant.
Flower up close. Still every green.
Well developed hairs.
Some very sad plants.
The plant finalized.
Tricomb development a little lax.
As happens at least once to every cultivator, lack of knowledge on understanding lead to a shocked plant. I first noticed the male sex traits around the 20th but continued growing for the experience.
Male flowers started growing due to light shock.
Still grew the flowers out 5 days later.
The plant expressing the flowers.
In the first attempt at innovating cultivation technology, single tube T5 fixtures are added to the edge of the trestle.
The added lighting projects a more full canope to the plant.
The first flower had started to form.
The fixtures were projecting the light inside the plant.
Under the light.
The clones were ready to be repotted but haven’t never done it before a single one was attempted first.
Setting up to repot a single clone.
The root zone has developed enough to grow in soil.
Planting the first clone. Notice the green algee issue I had with the rockwool.
Repot completed.
2 days explosive growth after repot.
After getting close to the light again the plant needed a trestle in order to bring the branches back down.
Plant needing tressling
Laying out the materials. Bamboo for the sides, mesh netting for the middle.
Threading like it’s sowing.
Tressle completed.
Hung below the light.
Moving the plant in and through.
The plant began to grow close to the light and it was time to start training it to grow within the space it had.
The plants setup.
Drilling the holes for training.
With the core branches pulled downward.
Early signs of flower growth.
A project going into homemade supplemental CO2 manufacturing. Creating some CO2 generators using yeast and sugar. Placed in a grow with bad air flow they can increase growth by replacing the CO2 the place consumes.
Just add hot water to sugar and yeast.
Perfect water temp is key.
Mixed and bubbling
Placed inside the grow.
By late January began the first attempts at cloning. Propagation of your strain for repeat results is an important aspect of cultivation. Supplies were ordered off Amazon and a small space was setup in a different room for the clones to root.
Choosing the stems for cloning.
A first clone attempt in a hydroponic bucket.
The tools needed.
The first cut.
Post cut spray.
The new clones under a new light
