Holy's Garden (Part 2)

[Jetdro]

mine has like 4 more weeks looks smells excellent and is super sticky

[Jetdro]

Lil pots doing well for you ? Running Jacks still ? @schmarmpit

[schmarmpit]

They did TOO well! I was not prepared for their output. It’s been the easiest and heaviest grow I’ve had so far. Likely won’t be running 9 in the 4x4 again lol. 4 or maybe 6 would be plenty.

I never did Jacks because I wanted to see if it could be even easier. No switching types at different times and whatever. I ran AN PH perfect trio at 2mL/L (1/4 the suggested dosage) the entire time. Then just plain water starting week 8. No ph-ing, no changing feed. Turned out way better than expected. I won’t continue with that line though. It’s stinky and has some kind of sediment that settles out after a while.

Right now my outside octos are getting fed the Holy way: Maxibloom at 1/2tsp/gal, gypsum at 1/8tsp/gal, then PH up to get it right. They are looking great and I’ll see how long I can go with that same formula. I got to say, I love how Maxibloom turns the water pink lol.

[leetdood]

Similar experience here

Grew big plants in 6 inch pots with the dry salts

Had to water 2x a day when they got big… that’s a no thank you.

But people were surprised with the results, I’d say, myself also

[leetdood]

Was my first time using them, still learning. The benefit and drawback seems to be, essentially, immediate bioavailability. You’re not going to get a big buffer if you make a mistake and the plant can’t handle it.

That’s my experience anyway

Obviously the big upshot of that if you’re able to meet the plants needs perfectly that’s a BIG benefit

[HolyAngel]

@leetdood

Grew big plants in 6 inch pots with the dry salts

Had to water 2x a day when they got big… that’s a no thank you.

This is me for the last couple years. My last few runs have been in 1/4 gallon fabric pots. Including my current run. I’m hoping to setup those mini octo’s soon.

[HolyAngel]

@catapult here’s the mamilk f3’s

The bean pole on the left still isn’t showing yet but the other two are girls for sure
Right one is pretty bushy. Gonna be taking clones real soon here

Dank Zappa F2’s from @Torontoke

Doing good. Got 7 in seedling bags still. One that needs uppotted to a bag from the cloner, don’t think the other 4 are making it. That leaves me with 8 DZ F2’s and idk what’s leaning to what but they’re definitely some short bushy plants ^^

[leetdood]

Curious if you’ve heard of the easy2go kit for tray watering (essentially kinda ebb and flow but no drainage)

Haven’t used mine yet but the plan was to when I could.

[leetdood]

Was thinking the 8x4 flower tent would work well for that, it’s why I got the flood tray. You’d just need to make sure you never needed to reveg or take cuttings off a plant unless they were all known virus free. So I was waiting until I had my library properly backed up and could specifically clone for bottom fed runs. If that makes sense.

Edit: to those who don’t know, I take cross contamination as seriously as I can because of hlvd

[HolyAngel]

yeah that’s the only issue with the big trays. I was running big trays in veg and that’s part of why I had to toss everything from infection. So now it’s only flower that gets that at all and for the last run and now, I haven’t even been doing that either. Each plant in their own little container I can fill with at most ~500ml of water.

[leetdood]

Yeah it’s a big concern i take pretty seriously, or as seriously I can on my time and budget, after seeing it ravage gardens. Mine and others I’ve known like you. Just takes one hot plant and a transmission vector you haven’t blocked. People talk about it sometimes like it’s fake news but after seeing it happen, I’m good on having that happen again.

[HolyAngel]

Yeah I’ve had it happen 3 times now over the last 5 years. Tossed everything. Bleached. And started over each time. Plant HIV for sure. At this point if the cut doesn’t have a recent clean test, I’m not taking it in. Not that I’m planning on taking in any other cuts now. Done bothering with Sour. Have the TK and my SSDD cuts back. Now I can get back to doing what I was trying to do last year

Really just down the C5SensiStar girl at this point and I’m not sure these F4 girls are gonna be it. Think I might have go back to the NorthStar to pull out a girl like mom again. I think these are leaning to the NL5 and not so much the haze sadly. See what happens and if I can finish them out decently. Will get pics of the flower tent later tonight.

[leetdood]

I’m not surprised when people stop taking in cuts like especially without a test result

Personally on my end there’s a lot of knowledge and baseline plant info / effects I was missing out on, compared to some dudes i meet who (slight hyperbole) who have been smoking kush or chem since they’re like 8 years old and know what cut it is

But I feel like I’ve learned a lot. Once you know what meets your needs, you can narrow down your focus and work from seed and/or only the cuts you need. I feel like, even if I had to trash my library right now (don’t want to tho) I could start over with a limited amount of packs because I’ve gained a general understanding of what I like and what to look for.

[leetdood]

As an example I smoked some Corey and went to the dentist and laid there for 2 hours relaxed as hell the whole time. So I know what calms me down and keeps me happy, even if a little confused and sedated lol

Edit: It also let me realize people who were calling Corey the best thing ever made were over hyping it a little. It’s nice, it’s not number one nice to me. There’s better

[HolyAngel]

Yeah that’s why I took all those cuts in. A bunch I’ve smoked over the years already, but it’s nice actually growing the plant yourself and getting that baseline. Being able to put a face to the name and knowing it’s properties 100%.

I’d be hard pressed finding my favorite smoke again from seed though. Lost two cuts for good last year and currently 5 months into seeing if maybe I got lucky and found them again or if I have to search more. Trying to make more seeds with the TK and SSDD F2 #1 girl for the same reason.

[leetdood]

Out of likes

I don’t think it’d be easy to find a keeper from seed like that

And some people definitely have more specific needs than i do

But what I meant, I guess, was that I’d probably find a couple plants, or one plant, or even a couple traits, I liked out of say, 3 packs, and then go from there

So it’s like

If you had a gun to my head and said “OK actually do this”

I’d say top dawg stardawg ix, dirty taxi, and csi bubba x irene

Find the ones i liked or saw potential in

Then sift for gold like I’m in the great depression and owe a loan shark money

[leetdood]

Obviously you don’t need to bottleneck yourself like that

But what I mean by this hypothetical is, if you’re able to recognize what plants meet your needs, it’s possible to know what genetics to focus on instead of going so wide

Idk I’m pretty high

[HolyAngel]

Oh most definitely. if i was on a desert island type thing, I know what packs I’d be popping to get me through and going All of them would be stuff I’ve made though lol

[leetdood]

That’s kind of the point of making your own seeds right? Obviously there’s a skill and learning curve but the idea is, right, making stuff you like better than other people’s

[leetdood]

I mean you can also do it to save money but I’ve got enough to grow for years

I say that cause I guess a guy on here was reversing RQS gear so he wouldn’t have to buy more. I felt bad because that might not be the best so I sent him some fems that would help him out.