OG Cup Challenge Idea 🏆

do what 2-4 days after flipped? they took over a month before starting to flower i don’t think the plants were mature enough yet

my men aren’t ready yet i don’t think. they’re flowers are very underdeveloped and none are open. so i just tried to make the two have physical sex lol not sure if it’ll work but a few pods broke off inside the female flowers. will go get a picture of the studs.

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Take your cuts. :scissors:

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would they still be super vigorous like monster cropping or only when taken fully in flower? these little solo cup plants are so small lol i didn’t want to cut any of it off i kinda wanted all the yield :joy:

It is very normal for plants to nearly double in size before the flowers actually form. This is also a time when the “chemical” messages in the plant tell the plant to grow quickly, and spread root quickly, to support the flowering process.

This energy works well in rooting cuts. If you take them before the first week, and after they start to stretch, they form nearly perfectly. These are on the edge of late.

I am dominating this thread. Let’s move this to a cloning thread or something??

C99 will reveg very well.

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More drainage. see if you can open up the bottom and flush out any salt build-up. :eyes:

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I am using ferments and top dressing, and watering with mostly ro water. My problem is PH diving if i use too much ferment. The contest is over in a few weeks. The best i can do is not make a mistake before it is over.

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The roots must be bound up. A little improvement in drainage alone might go a long way?? Can roots extend beyond the container or would this disqualify someone?

It would disqualify me. Next time i have an idea for my soil, i think it will allow me more feed and biology for PH balance.

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This is really a great exercise. One of the issues I face on every flip is that the root systems become bound up after about 2 weeks into flip. So I put them in their final container then. It would be nice to re-pot, flip and forget (other than routine maintenance of course).

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When i was young i learned NOT to transplant in flower. I don’t know when that changed but i stick to leaving them be during flower. Both ways work i assume if you learn the method.

i think you would only be required to prune them.

i made maybe 1mm x 1mm holes around bottom edge (not on bottom so as to be blocked when standing) and also made slits all over the outside of the cup in hopes it would air prune. requires frequent watering. if i had found my soldering iron i would have burned small holes all around the cup like an air pot.

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I thought of that. I should of put more holes for sure. I made several mistakes in hindsight. Next time i hope to do better. :relaxed:

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Without, I get dying leaves such as you see at the base of the plant in the dixie cups.

I ran this plant out 8 weeks, never did a leaf die. This is harvest day!

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If outdoors, it is total shock to a plant. with the root ball nearly bound up, it wants to go into dirt more than you will want to move it, guarantee you!

99% of the time.

Beautiful! Dixie cups? That is a big difference, i always use big pots. They are my normal but i notice a lot of people prefer smaller.

I am just kidding around.

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Where / when is the vote?
@MadScientist, cut those dead bits off :scissors: and those are looking very nice!

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It’s gonna be a poll here at OG. When? I dunno, we all need to finish first.

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i suggest starting new competition either with new year or maybe when 50% of entrants are done? we could start new one every 3 months maybe (jan 1st, apr 1st, jul 1, oct 1) and have poll once every1 is done maybe? or would that get too confusing

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