Lemon G⌠didnât that strain win the âDGC Cupâ a couple years back? Small competition in Colorado. I hope you go forth with the Cap Junky also, that ones on my wish list. Always happy to have another grower back in the game.
Good luck and Happy Growing!
Pics of the Cayo from Sat Apr 13
The leaves would sometimes droop down inside the cups and sit in the water. Didnât occur to me until tonight that I can trim that baby down so that the lower leaves wonât be a problem.
Would have saved me from a few blunders over the last week. Lessons incoming.
Spraying water on plants from too close can leave big water drops on them. Big water drops can magnify the light. Plants can get light burns from this 
One leaf of the Cayo got nearly bleached white on the middle edge and one Hot Mess seedling has a similar spot on one of its cotelydons 
Lesson learned: be mindful while misting my plants, donât leave them with water droplets with the lights on.
Had the bright idea of helping the clones take root if I fed them a mild foliar spray. Used my wifeâs fertilizer spray for a tillandsia air plant (0.02-0.03-0.05). Feed weekly? I donât see any progress that way and I love these plants dammit Iâm spraying daily, sometimes twice daily or more because I forgot to refill the tiny water mister bottle and Iâm lazy. Well I loved those plants alright, almost as hard as Lenny loved them rabbits George. Signs of possible nute burn on the tips of the Cayo, mild clawing. Stopped all nutes and clawing stopped shortly after.
Lesson learned: easy does it, LITFA and be patient
Mentioned before, seedlings and some cuttings are in a medium that has poor drainage (75% worm castings, 25% âcompost+biocharâ). Staying mostly wet, only a few places with dry-ish on top after 5-6 days.
Lesson learned: make âem work a tad to find water, try bottom watering
Humidity dome is too short so Iâm using a clear plastic tub turned upside down, sprayed on the walls of the inside. At first I sprayed the ceiling and that seemed to make the light burn issue worse. Also there are no vents so I prop up the bottom off the floor and turn up my fan. But I think that this is partly why the seed trays are staying so wet. I have a 7â humidity dome on the way.
Lesson learned: proper height is best, too tall a âdomeâ is harder to maintain environment
Lights too close at the start, 18-24â give or take. Caused issues. Moved lights up high at least 4â and that seems better. Also showed stress the first time I turned the light up to 30-40% range. Keeping lights at 20-30% is best for now. Again, too much too fast.
Lesson learned: when they say use low light they mean it. I might be better off with my old CFLs or the cheapo blurples that came with my too-short humidity dome.
Clone roots start out fragile AF. Had signs of roots on one Cap Junky. I moved the cup and the plant rolled along the rim. Tiny root was stuck to side of the glass and it ripped away from the stem. Waiting for signs of regrowth, trying to be optimistic.
Lesson learned: BE CAREFUL, use a big enough cup to support the plant stem
I think thatâs more than enough lessons for one day 
A few more recent pics
Pic of the yellowing Lemon G yesterday, Wed Apr 17
Also some good news: Frankie is working on her true leaves!
Clearly the plant wants to use up the nutrients stored in those leaves 
HAPPY 420 EVERYONE!!
Hereâs a tune to help start your day right.
Little Stranger - âCoffee and a Jointâ 
Iâve been slowly upgrading things in the Tuba Fort. Got a properly sized humidity dome with 7â height so the clones all fit under the lid. Got some Wonder Soil seed plugs âwet and expandâ to use as proper starting mix. It provides much better drainage than the mix the first seedlings and clones started in. And I picked up some Jackâs basic 20-20-20 fertilizer, with their Blossom Booster on the way. Slowly but surely I am getting more organized. Even a millimeter of progress is still progress.
The âdomeâ I was using before:
Compared to the one I have now
Also nabbed this handy dandy sprayer. This thing works great and creates a very fine mist.
Some plant updates. Last night the clones all came out of water cups and into seedling trays. Lemon G clones were removed from their old plugs and also put in the new Wonder Soil plugs. No roots had formed yet but one of the Gs didnât want to pull out easily.
I followed the planting steps in this method from GrowWeedEasy and used rooting gel & powder prior to planting them in the plugs.
I also ensured that the plugs are wet to the touch but not overwatered. I have a very hard time with watering. If itâs a tad under watered that is probably better than overwatering.
Pics of the clones this morning when I opened the tent. At this point lights had been on for 8ish hours at 30%.
All clones together (L-R Cayo, Cap Junky, Lemon G)
Yellowing continues on the Lemon G
Closeup of yellowing. Iâm not too worried yet bc this one has a strong stem.
CJ clones give me the most worry. Back one has a big lean, and front right has leaf stem turning purple.
Cayos all have strong strong stems. Could maybe use a trim to get rid of lower leaves. These obv are drooping significantly. Probably stress from new plug / less water than before, or also could be from having light at 30% power overnight when itâs normally at 20%.
Gave âem all a good misting this morning and put the dome back on with the vents wide open.
Here are the seedlings today. These are still in the slow-draining media (75% wc, 25% compost+biochar w/mycorrhiza). I donât want to mess with these until theyâre strong enough to transplant. Their soil keeps staying very, very wet so I am keeping this tray outside of the humidity dome where hopefully the moving air from the fans will help it to dry quicker.
Frankie and SBxSCBD are both reaching above their label sticks. Reaching for the sky
Praise the Sun
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Rose City Band - âSlow Burnâ
(RIYL cosmic Americana, early â70s Grateful Dead)
Have a great 420, everybody!
Quick update: all clones and seedlings are still alive (somehow!)
Realized that my garage is getting too cold at night so I moved a space heater into the tent. Yesterday I got things set up mostly how I want them for temperature control, just need to tweak it a bit.
Ordered this AC Infinity heater (pre-order), hoping it gets here while I still can use it but if not then itâll come in handy when the weather gets cold again.
Also ordered a shelf to fit inside the tent for seedlings & clones, using T5 lights mounted to the bottoms of the shelves. Should take up approx 25% of the space inside Tuba Fort with the remaining space available to use for vegging.
More updates & pics to follow soon
Temps went from lows with frost warnings last week to high of 80s during the past few days, keeping the garage and Tuba Fort very warm. I would think almost too warm but the plants have responded well. For now thatâs a good thing. In the near future Iâll need a solution to keep it from getting too hot in there.
A couple nights ago I pulled a bonehead move 
Normally I turn off the grow light when I open up the tent at night. I donât want the bright light shining so obviously through my garage door windows. The other night I checked things just before bed and forgot to turn the lights back on, didnât realize until late the next morning 
Not to worry, a nine hour dark period wonât mess anything up.
The important part is that the plants are healthy. (Most of the plants, that is.) Seedlings have been growing like heck. Probably overdue for a transplant. Itâs getting crowded in their little 12 cell tray.
Seedlings as of this morning:
This following pic shows the height differences, same order from L to R:
SBxSCBD is tallest while Frankie is a close second and also has the biggest leaves. The three Gran Champagne are shortest and all have a nice herby musk to them this early.
Clones are looking less uniform than the seedlings. Some are excellent, some are fair, and a couple probably need to be culled.
Good news first: two of the Lemon G have been solidly holding up their leaves and look happier by the day. The third LemG will need to be culled, it no longer has any full leaves so it wonât be able to photosynthesize even if it establishes roots.
All three Cayo Huesos are looking nice. Leaves standing out on all of them, practically no more drooping at all.
Unfortunately the Cap Junky three are all looking worse than the other clones.
Iâm planning to do a lot more with this space very soon. The next major focus is on transplanting the seedlings & Lemon G. I also have some hot pepper seeds on the way. Thatâs a great motivator for me to get the seedling / clone shelf set up. Plus I have a few more strains of cuttings safely stored in the fridge and I am eager to start working with them too 
Leaving off with one of the songs I was playing for my plants the night I forgot to turn their lights back on.
Looking good in here.
Those clones will bounce back for ya.
You will soon have some dam good weed to smoke. 
Finally transplanted the seedlings. All six are now in 0.5 gal pots. All looking healthy considering i neglected them for the last few days. Frankie & SBxSCBD both showing signs of N deficiency in their lower leaves, partly from me keeping them too dry in the lead up to transplant. Pics of them to come tomorrow, for now I am whooped.
Mixed my own soil for the first time. Will need to mix more tomorrow. The Lemon G clones are ready to be transplanted as well. I checked their roots for the first time and they have more root growth than most of the seedlings. 
Oops! Waited too long on those.
Hereâs how the Lemon G both look right now. Iâm a little confused by the leaves. There are signs of N toxicity from the clawing & slight nute burn, while the lower leaves seem to be showing N deficiency? This stuff is hard to figure out. 
The Cayo Hueso clones are doing something similar but to a lesser extent. All in all Iâm happy with them but this had me baffled earlier today.
Happy Sunday night
âNother track from music the plants listened to today
Babe Rainbow - âBlue Hourâ (Live)
Transplanted all six of the seedlings into half gallon pots late Friday night. Iâm counting their uppotting date as Sat 5/4 so thatâs my official start of veg for these babies.
To recap, I have four strains being grown from feminized seeds:
In the future I would germinate either in Root Riot plugs or a light potting mix. That should increase my success rate compared to the mix of worm castings & compost/biochar that I used this time around. All 11 seeds germinated in paper towels but Gran Champage is the only strain to have all of them make it above ground.
Hereâs all six of them on Sat 5/4 early afternoon, around 12 hours after transplant. Back row is Frankie & 2x Gran Champage, front row is SBxSCBD & Hot Mess & last GC.
Compared to today, Sun 5/5 around 10pm (just under 48hr since transplant). Four out of six are forming some nice prayer hands 
One of the Gran Champagne is forming a spiral shape with its leaves. I think thatâs pretty neat.
Also did some work on a few of the clones today. Didnât plan on it but the roots showed me that it was past time. Fingers crossed that thereâs no root rot, and for healthy growth to come 
Both of the Lemon G and the one biggest Cayo Hueso were moved to small grow bags with soil. The clones had been in Wonder Soil âplugsâ in plastic trays - big mistake on my part! The wonder soil didnât drain for shit in the trays. Itâs a âwonderâ that these are still looking as healthy as they are. A few days later and I think it would have been worse, they were starting to show signs of root rot.
Overall healthy but leaves showing some weird signs. Again, hoping that some time in these new bags with soil will help them out. I massaged the roots to get the wet wonder soil to loosen up and mix with the regular soil.
The rest of the clones have been moved to Root Riot plugs.
All had wet almost mushy tips in the wonder soil. Barely any roots on any of them. I trimmed some down before going into the Riot plots. Weâll see what happens there, time will reveal.
Evening OG on this Wednesday night.
We got good things a-growinâ here at Bullfrog Garden. Spring is in the air, everything outside is getting greener while everything in my garden tent âTuba Fortâ is getting larger. The tent is starting to give off a nice smell when I open it and weâre barely out of seedling phase and into veg over here.
The seedlings arenât seedlings anymore. All six have taken well to their new 0.5 gallon pots. Iâm happily surprised by the amount of growth theyâve shown so quickly after going into new pots.
The first two are both Gran Champagne, second row two are Gran Champagne and Hot Mess, third row of two are Strawberry Banana x Santa Cruz Blue Dream and Frankenstein.
I had my lights a tad too close and maybe too strong. Viparspectra manual says to keep them around 10-11â away and at 50% for veg. I kept them at 50% and about 9-10â away from the tops. As a result you can see the white tips on Frankensteinsâs upper leaves, and also the SHxSCBD behind it.
I moved the light up an inch or two and going to back it down to 40% intensity for now. The rooted clones of Lemon G and Cayo are showing signs of too much light (they may also need a light feeding).
Got them all in small grow bags with soil, and after a day or two I gave them a bottom watering until the top was slightly moist. Roots are growing by the day. I forgot to take pics but I can see the difference just from morning to afternoon.
Finally, there are two more Cayo Hueso clones taking root under the dome. The dome is covered with a 90% shade cloth. Both of these are showing signs of root action in the Riot plugs.
Wonât be long before these are also in tiny grow bags next to the others! Everything is moving along sometimes faster than I expect. Thatâs what happens when you blunder your way through it all like I do!
Sadly, I had to toss the Cap Junky clones. Big lesson learned on damping off / root rot. None of them had any green left in their leaves, and two of them couldnât stand up anymore. They taught me a lot of lessons considering that this has been my first time working with snips. And I had all but ONE take root so 8 out of 9 rooting ainât so bad for a first try.
Sending off the anniversary of 5-8-77
Scarlet 
â Fire 
Crank that bass and blast off to the Phil zone 
Thanks for checking in at my pad
Lookin good!
They are picking up now!
Happy Friday to all you OGers! (And to any ogres out there too 
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I found this cool album yesterday. Dude is from a company called Plant Wave making devices to âlisten to plantsâ by turning their natural electrical signals into sounds. I havenât listened to this myself just yet, but the plants got to hear it last night 
Joe Patitucci - 420hz: Plant Music from Cannabis Plants
I think this stuff is just too cool. Few years back I saw someone on YouTube making âmushroom musicâ by plugging things in to his grow tubs and connecting them to modular synthesizers.[VIDEO LINK 
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This PlantWave thing seems very similar.
Laziness has been getting the better of me over the last few weeks. Scratch that, not laziness - life stuff happens and thereâs only so much energy that can be used in a day - physical and mental. Always trying to catch up leaves me feeling exhausted. This has been a reminder to be more kind to myself and to set realistic expectations.
Finally tried out my new pH pen [LINK ] that I ordered awhile ago. Fairly easy to calibrate and within about 20 mins I was measuring the pH of my tap water. Turns out the plants have been getting water at about 7.9 I knew that my tap water is pretty hard but this is more alkaline than I was expecting.
This actually explains some things Iâve been seeing lately with the plants, specifically the clones. Nothing has been too bad yet but there are signs. Some leaves on the clones are getting yellow spots, and one clone has yellowing near the margins. Some reddish/purple petioles. One leaf with brownish spots. Slight clawing at the same time as other leaves look like they have an N deficiency.
I found some good info on this page. Several of the items in the âpH too highâ section are in line with what Iâm seeing in my plants.
Plants are all getting a good watering later tonight. Already have the water prepared at 6.2, using white distilled vinegar to bring down.
Quick pics, nothing fancy. I can hardly believe how well these are all doing in the new soil. It might need a tad more drainage but the plants are loving it right now. Theyâve been in these pots for six days now and the top inch of soil is just barely starting to feel dry. Next batch of soil will have extra perlite and sand.
The clones hanging out under the shade cloth with my makeshift support post. The two Lemon G are in front and you can see some of the leaf issues I mentioned above. All three of these are impressing my with their root growth, I think these could move into solo cups or small pots any day. And the two clones under the dome are showing roots 
One is ready for soil.
Next up Iâll need to install the shelves to make space management easier on myself. The shelf will take up 1/4 of the floor space, leaving plenty of room for the vegging plants while also letting me use up to three humidity domes at once. Plans are in the works to also set up a flowering tent but that is less urgent at the moment.
Quick Monday morning update
The plants have been pretty & happy lately. Thereâs a nice smell when I open the tent 
Picking up distinct aromas between each of the strains. Nothing crazy yet but Iâm surprised by how strong a few of them are this early. The Gran Champagne has a sharp citrus fruit smell, almost sour with a little stink to it. Reminds me very much of the strain Mimosa.
Iâm thinking that the 0.5gal pots were too small and that these could have all gone straight into 1 gallons instead. Itâs been about nine days since they were transplanted and they will need to move up again soon. Makes me hesitant to do any HST on them if thereâs a chance theyâll be up-potted in the next few days. All of these plants are at five leaf nodes so theyâre ready for topping. But I may wait for these to get bigger so I can take a snip at the same time as topping. These babies are growing all over their neighbors with leaves overlapping. When I lift one pot I have to be careful not to snag the leaves from the other plants, already had a few tips get crushed or torn off.
These all received a light watering with some DynoMyco Spark the other day. This is my first time using any myco products.
Remaining clones are all perking up. I up-potted all five of them late last night (technically early this morning). 2x Lemon G and 1x Cayo Hueso are now in solo cups. The other 2x Cayo went from Riot plugs into tiny grow bags, held in styrofoam church coffee cups.
Thanks for stopping by my lily pad! More to come soon
Bonus pic of the northern lights from this past weekend
