I had to buy a minimum of 5 clones when I started my hydro experiment. I only had room in the grow tent for 3 of them, so I have two that were ‘extra’.
At first, I left them in the tent with the others and just put them into 1/2 gal DIY, cheepo hempy buckets filled with perlite, but when I started the scrog screen there was no room for the extras. I tried giving them away, but no one wanted them. I had almost killed them early on, and after they recovered so nicely, I just couldnt bring myself to toss them.
So, I stuck them in my bath room and left them mostly alone other than an occasional watering from the hydro rez. I figured if they died, oh well, at least I didnt toss them in the trash without giving them some chance!
The lighting in the bathroom is very weak compared to a grow tent, but it stays on almost 24 hrs a day. I pulled them from the grow tent about 10 days after switching to 12/12, and they had just started to form bud sites.
Its been about 10 days in the bathroom now and the darn things are mocking me! These stupid things refuse to die! In fact, they are growing (slowly), and they look almost as good as the clones in my hydro setup!
This is enough to make me wonder why anyone does fancy, complicated, expensive hydro setups when a simple poor mans hempy bucket does just as well - with a LOT less effort. Like 98.5% less effort!!
Anyway, these girls have thoroughly bashed my ego, but now I really cant bring myself to toss them out. The question is - what to do with them?
Im wondering if they will eventually re-veg if I leave them with the very weak lights on close to 24 hrs/day? If so, maybe they will live long enough for me to take some clones. Ive been wanting to try that, but it will have to wait till this fall.
Unless someone has some other suggestions, Im just going to keep doing what Im doing (occasional watering and lots of LITFA) and see how they do.