OlympusMons
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Hi all!
So, last fall I started my first medical grow from Mr. Nice seed, going with some older NHS seed (2008? 9?) generously contributed by a forum member here. Of the 20 beans I started, about 11 germinated and went into a dwc setup that I'd begun to experiment with. Now, last summer/fall the heat in my grow space was simply extreme, and everything in hydro did not fare well. In spite of my best efforts, root rot took hold. The weakened root system problem was compounded by a root aphid infestation and, over the subsequent months, nearly all of the plants died. Around the winter holiday I basically gave up on the batch, turned my attention to a great many other pressing matters, and left the survivors to die with the intention of starting afresh in the spring. I literally ripped dying roots off the plants and didn't bother to change the fetid water but about once every month or two, and I left the lights running 24/7. However...
...I had one plant that, no matter how many times I ripped the roots off back to the cup, no matter how much abuse the plant took, it simply wouldn't die. It would get wilty looking, and the leaves would brown and fall off, but would...not...die.
Separately, I've been working on a project to capture data from my grow with microprocessors and controllers, and so a few weeks back I decided to return to the grow to evaluate how to set things up. The sole surviving plant had flopped over in the tent, roots and reservoir wholly exposed to the light, it's 3rd or 4th batch of newly sprouted roots lying in a shallow puddle of water with no nutrients for the past month. The tent was full of dead leaves and dead bugs.
But the plant was thriving, doing better than ever!
So, I decided to get serious about this plant. Somehow, miraculously, the root aphid infestation had finally run its course, as had the root rot. So I put clean water into a new liner in the tank, propped the plant back up, put new GH Flora into the tank suitable for flowering, and dialed down to 12/12. Within a week, it became evident that this was a girl! I'm keeping the nutes pretty trim, for this plant seems to *like* harsh conditions. Anyway, here she is:
Now, I've never grown out MNS before, so I wonder what NHS pheno I'm looking at here. Can anyone help me with that? The leaves max out at a total of 5 pinneate. I had FIM'd her a lot in the early go, so there's a fair amount of branching. And when she flopped over, she had started to grow sideways. But now she's a sprawling beast. I've trimmed her back a bit and will do so again soon to take many clones. And while this one can take A LOT of abuse, I'm anticipating that she's a switch that can give as good as she gets, so I'm naming this cut Venus in Furs. Strike dear mistress, and cure my heartl
Thanks in advance,
OlympusMons
So, last fall I started my first medical grow from Mr. Nice seed, going with some older NHS seed (2008? 9?) generously contributed by a forum member here. Of the 20 beans I started, about 11 germinated and went into a dwc setup that I'd begun to experiment with. Now, last summer/fall the heat in my grow space was simply extreme, and everything in hydro did not fare well. In spite of my best efforts, root rot took hold. The weakened root system problem was compounded by a root aphid infestation and, over the subsequent months, nearly all of the plants died. Around the winter holiday I basically gave up on the batch, turned my attention to a great many other pressing matters, and left the survivors to die with the intention of starting afresh in the spring. I literally ripped dying roots off the plants and didn't bother to change the fetid water but about once every month or two, and I left the lights running 24/7. However...
...I had one plant that, no matter how many times I ripped the roots off back to the cup, no matter how much abuse the plant took, it simply wouldn't die. It would get wilty looking, and the leaves would brown and fall off, but would...not...die.
Separately, I've been working on a project to capture data from my grow with microprocessors and controllers, and so a few weeks back I decided to return to the grow to evaluate how to set things up. The sole surviving plant had flopped over in the tent, roots and reservoir wholly exposed to the light, it's 3rd or 4th batch of newly sprouted roots lying in a shallow puddle of water with no nutrients for the past month. The tent was full of dead leaves and dead bugs.
But the plant was thriving, doing better than ever!
So, I decided to get serious about this plant. Somehow, miraculously, the root aphid infestation had finally run its course, as had the root rot. So I put clean water into a new liner in the tank, propped the plant back up, put new GH Flora into the tank suitable for flowering, and dialed down to 12/12. Within a week, it became evident that this was a girl! I'm keeping the nutes pretty trim, for this plant seems to *like* harsh conditions. Anyway, here she is:
Now, I've never grown out MNS before, so I wonder what NHS pheno I'm looking at here. Can anyone help me with that? The leaves max out at a total of 5 pinneate. I had FIM'd her a lot in the early go, so there's a fair amount of branching. And when she flopped over, she had started to grow sideways. But now she's a sprawling beast. I've trimmed her back a bit and will do so again soon to take many clones. And while this one can take A LOT of abuse, I'm anticipating that she's a switch that can give as good as she gets, so I'm naming this cut Venus in Furs. Strike dear mistress, and cure my heartl
Thanks in advance,
OlympusMons
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