Trials and Errors

In the process of testing a soil-less hydroponic system I used several plants as guinea pigs and they in turn turned out feeble. Remnants of Hindu Kush Mother was cloned and set in garden soil to grow over the summer.  With sunlight duration of 12-13 hours these plants didn't flower till the beginning of September.   Meanwhile other strains were growing in coco medium to serve as mother plants for the clones that are now in the system.  Originally I took cuttings from an M13 strain and was only able to produce one rooting clone.  This set me back over a month and eventually the mother plant was cut down.  Now two mother Chemdog strains are in coco mix to provide several cuttings but results are mixed with maybe 25% successful clones.

Nutrients levels for clones for 2-3 weeks:

Botanicare Pro Grow: 7ml/gal
Botanicare Liquid Karma:  5ml/gal
Super Bat Super Tea Mix: 5ml/gal
Super Thrive: 5ml/gal
Botanicare Silica Blast: 30ml
Light: 600w high pressure sodium

Nutrient level for mothers:


Botanicare Pro Grow: 10ml/gal
Botanicare Liquid Karma:  10ml/gal
Super Bat Super Tea Mix: 10ml/gal
Super Thrive: 5ml/gal
Lights: 400w metal halide

Outside plants are nearly harvest and recieve weekly a liquid mix of 1 cup fish fertilizer with 1 tbsp/gal unsulphured black strap molasses.

Clones remain in chamber under high humidity and sprayed with club soda.

Three strains outside are automatics - Critical,, Northern Lights & Blueberry with the latter only seedlings that should be ready in December.  The Northern Light was stunted as a seedling but recovered under coco mix and 18 hour metal halide light and resulted in a bush with over  50+            "1-bowl-hit" flower heads.   Harvest time is 2-3 weeks.

The remaining outside strains are three Hindu Kush clones with an expected harvest in 2-3 weeks.

The hydroponic setup was constructed from PVC hollow fence post with drilled holes for tubing that feed straight into the pot of the clone which receive 10 minutes of nutrients every 5 hours from a 2000 gal/hr water pump in a plastic barrel with 10 gallons water.  Currently there are 7 clones in the setup: 1auto critical, 1 auto M13, 5 Chemdog.  Clones are rooting in organic plug surrounded by clay balls in a 3 inch netted pot.  A neoprene disk stabilizes the plants.  Rooting is promoted by dipping cutting in "Clonex" rooting compound.