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I didn't catch on soon enough and start a journal last year, so I'll begin this year's journal with pictures of the September, '07 AK-48 harvest: http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/showpost.php?p=165052&postcount=1
Much to my surprise, I still have a month or two's worth of it left, even smoking it every day. I mourn the death of my friend's AK-48 mother plant.
I planted my new cuttings on May 25 this year, so here begins my journal.
My plan is the same as last year. I mixed a bag of the same potting soil I use for tomatoes and flowering plants, no special brand, with a generous heap of peat moss and another heap of mushroom compost(not Black Cow, it sucks). All of that goes into a 14" wide pot with generous holes in the bottom edge. Then I work about a teaspoon of the store brand version of Osmocote slow release into the soil, not too deep. Be careful with that stuff, it's easy to use too much. None would probably be okay too.
I buy everything at Lowes. I don't feel the need for premium stuff, we're just growing weeds anyway. I plant a rooted cutting pretty deep, enough to bury the lower leaves, and wet it thoroughly. I like to toss in a hand full of earthworms for good luck too.
After it gets nearly full sized (not too early, or it might grow a little leggy), I mix a weak dose of plant food, like generic Miracle Grow, with a half gallon of water and pour that on them every two or three weeks. I quit that a couple of weeks before harvest.
I hope this doesn't disappoint everyone who strives to use all kinds of fancy stuff, but it works for me.
Here are the first pictures. The small ones are Willie Nelson, which are sativas, and the larger one is Citralah, an indica:
I will upload a new picture soon of the Citralah because it showed the first sign of its sex today, and it's gotten a lot bushier and a few inches taller.
I put those oyster shells in the pot just to stop squirrels from digging in it. Plus the temp is over 100 this week, so they help keep it cooler and slow the evaporation.
The Willies will ready for the big pots when their roots get a bit bigger.
Much to my surprise, I still have a month or two's worth of it left, even smoking it every day. I mourn the death of my friend's AK-48 mother plant.
I planted my new cuttings on May 25 this year, so here begins my journal.
My plan is the same as last year. I mixed a bag of the same potting soil I use for tomatoes and flowering plants, no special brand, with a generous heap of peat moss and another heap of mushroom compost(not Black Cow, it sucks). All of that goes into a 14" wide pot with generous holes in the bottom edge. Then I work about a teaspoon of the store brand version of Osmocote slow release into the soil, not too deep. Be careful with that stuff, it's easy to use too much. None would probably be okay too.
I buy everything at Lowes. I don't feel the need for premium stuff, we're just growing weeds anyway. I plant a rooted cutting pretty deep, enough to bury the lower leaves, and wet it thoroughly. I like to toss in a hand full of earthworms for good luck too.
After it gets nearly full sized (not too early, or it might grow a little leggy), I mix a weak dose of plant food, like generic Miracle Grow, with a half gallon of water and pour that on them every two or three weeks. I quit that a couple of weeks before harvest.
I hope this doesn't disappoint everyone who strives to use all kinds of fancy stuff, but it works for me.
Here are the first pictures. The small ones are Willie Nelson, which are sativas, and the larger one is Citralah, an indica:
I will upload a new picture soon of the Citralah because it showed the first sign of its sex today, and it's gotten a lot bushier and a few inches taller.
I put those oyster shells in the pot just to stop squirrels from digging in it. Plus the temp is over 100 this week, so they help keep it cooler and slow the evaporation.
The Willies will ready for the big pots when their roots get a bit bigger.