Plants shown are two Critical Mass started as clones in the two smaller pots; cloning was done in ‘hot’ soil watered with distilled water plus Hydrogen peroxide. The larger pot is a Skunk #1 started from feminized seed and grown in ‘hot’ soil. All three plants started showing hunger and were fed fish based Nitrogen. All three needed their soil adjusted for ph balance which was done with several waterings with citric acid added; now reads 6.5, was 7.5. Last N feeding was about two weeks ago and they got 0-10-10 on the Friday before the switch. All small sucker bud tips were removed yesterday. Suckers more than a couple of inches long had only the buds nipped and the fan leaves left by way of letting them support small business
Flipped the switch on Sunday for 11hours on/13 hours off…
Hot soil is prepared commercial potting soil that claims to have appropriate fertilizer added.
I clone into ‘hot’ soil in so called solo cups; one-use red plastic cups that will hold a full beer. I punch a slit into the bottoms so they can drain if need be. The nature of the plastic cup is such that they don’t breathe very well. Adding H2O2 oxygenates the water it is added to and using that ensures that there is ample oxygen for the developing root system. I use about 8 - 10 drops of 3% H2O2 per 150ml distilled water. I have better than 95% success rate cloning the way I do.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I ‘flipped the switch’ on my plants on Sunday. Since then, in the last couple of days, they are pushing out these spiky looking things with fuzzy hairs on them, some of which are almost white. Are those the beginnings of what are called ‘pistils’? I have to ask because this is my first planting ever of weed and I can’t seem to find anything 100 percent indicative online…
Yeah; my biggest hassle will be re-mounting the lights which are on wires right now. I’ll thread coat hanger wire through the wire mount holes and then hang them on the top bars…
