Duc's Spring run, it's a mixed bag.

So true Lvs so true. Reusing Solo cups from one strain to another round after round makes it too easy to forget to cross off the old labels when planting clones. I'm going to do myself a favor & splurge on different color cups for each strain and try break the cycle.. lol

 

OK who's the wise guy who slipped past security & sprayed one of the Dabney's with Round up... Yay a new problem! lol. 7 weeks in and out of nohere what looked like a healthy Dabney wilts and dies almost overnight all while the rest of the garden is banging on as usual. When watering I always heft a least half of the pots in the group to make sure they're all using water at about the same rate or to keep track of the ones that use more water to avoid an super healthy one from going dry. Well last watering this Dabney was still quite heavy so I let it sit a few days before watering, I didn't think much of it until it began to wilt a day or so later. Just two days later she was dying.

I pull it from the garden this evening & tossed pretty much the whole thing in the trash saving a few buds here and there for the hash bin.. It's a mystery

A few shots of the deceased, viewer discretion is advised.

 

Meanwhile the rest of the garden looks like this..:smileys-passing-joint:

 

I'm going to chalk it up an operator error/ mystery because I really have no clue as to why this one stopped drinking 6 wks in to flower but there's no one to blame by me... They're flowered out in 3 gallon pots and they all get one gallon off water when the pots start to get light. In my garden when things are chugging away that's every 3-4 days. Every couple of days I heft the front row of pots and when they're light they get watered. The Dabney that died was in the back corner and hard to reach so it wasn't checked like the ones up front. I know water uptake slowed just not why or for how long before she kicked the bucket. Ultimately over watering did her in.

And WTF is with clones this year? Gong back to basics with Rapid Rooter plugs and a dome have saved the day around here more than once when the aero cloner produced nothing but very pretty green cuts with rotted stems lol

 

Lately using bottle water and replacing the neoprene plugs with a fresh set has help. Last round the aerocloner surprised with almost a 90% success rate. All the cuts that rooted had a goodly amount of healthy roots but it took almost 2 wks. I still prefer using rapid rooters with a dome tho because they alway root waaay before I see roots from the cloner.

 

Oh I'm certain that pot wasn't washed. I don't think I've washed out a pot in at least a year or so. Maybe you're on to something. Lol

 

Speaking from experience. I'd rather be throwing away clones than scraping for filler plants to put in the flower garden. Makes paying the bills even tougher when there's empty space or low quality plants in there.

 

I couldn't agree with that more, in a weird way it felt good to toss out 6-8 nicely rooted cuts when there just wasn't room for them.
Fillers & running short on clones will cost ya!

The same goes for trying for trying to rush Mother Nature by shortening a little veg time just to stick to a set schedule. Every time I've made that mistake it's cost me a solid 5 zips.

 

Guilty of that one myself on occasion.

 

Meanwhile behind door #2...
GSC 8 weeks in,

 

Time flies... It took some doing but the mites have been dealt with & the garden is humming right along. The predatory mites while amusing to watch attack spider mites they really weren't up to the task at hand. Azimax however kicks ass & with regular applications every 3-5 days those little fuckers were taken care of in a couple of weeks and I made to harvest. With the first mite free round about to be harvested I wanted post up a few photos..

First up, BB's Cheese at 8 wks.


Girl Scout Cookie. I run these for 9 wks.



Last but certainly not least a little Lemonberry GJcut


and one of the whole gang at 8 wks.