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Super cropping? You can stop anytime soon. Definitely wouldn't want to damage an emerging bud site.
Organic is easier for me to manage so I put a flounder or a couple scup under each plant. Then I mix the backfill soil with 1/2 kitchen compost. Further feedings will be fish emulsions enriched with 1/5 molasses. So, during the vegetative state we need a lot of nitrogen.
 
Jade Dragon said:
They can be a pain. Those varieties are basically all the super hots, and I have had issue with growing them myself. For them to flower, you need the warmth for quite awhile. So far we haven't had a warm enough, or long enough growing season here. The tarp is used to lay on the ground, to transfer the suns heat to the soil. As far as shelters go, I know Owl grows some using a shelter called a hoop house. Where she lives it's needed.
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Yeah, I just can't grow peppers -- either sweet or hot -- here unless I keep them in the hoop house.
 
Rune said:
Super cropping? You can stop anytime soon. Definitely wouldn't want to damage an emerging bud site.
Organic is easier for me to manage so I put a flounder or a couple scup under each plant. Then I mix the backfill soil with 1/2 kitchen compost. Further feedings will be fish emulsions enriched with 1/5 molasses. So, during the vegetative state we need a lot of nitrogen.
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Thanks! What does the molasses do?

I've grown edible herbs for years. With the perennials the less fertilizer the better, to slightly stress them and increase the oils in the leaves that give them flavor. And you always snip off the flower buds before they get going. That's the best time to harvest as well. I always let a few go to flower because they are super attractive to our pollinator friends. So are you saying with MJ that once you see buds, you stop feeding them?

Thanks for your knowledge.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Thanks! What does the molasses do?

I've grown edible herbs for years. With the perennials the less fertilizer the better, to slightly stress them and increase the oils in the leaves that give them flavor. And you always snip off the flower buds before they get going. That's the best time to harvest as well. I always let a few go to flower because they are super attractive to our pollinator friends. So are you saying with MJ that once you see buds, you stop feeding them?

Thanks for your knowledge.
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Big buds!
 
Phone got wonky and I lost a long post.
In summary, molasses is a good source of organic potassium.
Feeding gets more complicated after the vegetative state.
 
Rune said:
Lots. Cloning is easy, but the reasoning can be a little complex.
What did you have in mind?
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For now, being a rank newbie, I have taken cuttings from my two ladies and am rooting them for eventual transfer to larger pots. I've cloned other herbs with good success; have two rosemary plants that are huge, that have been going for over 20 years now. But does the holy herb work the same way?
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
For now, being a rank newbie, I have taken cuttings from my two ladies and am rooting them for eventual transfer to larger pots. I've cloned other herbs with good success; have two rosemary plants that are huge, that have been going for over 20 years now. But does the holy herb work the same way?
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Some type of rooting hormone is generally used.
In fact when the time is right, if you continue this path you will likely buy a cloner which hastens the process. For now though whatever you do is fine.
The question is whether your genetics are worth cloning.
That question aside, you will need to move then inside and under lights, before flowering begins.
Just because they are little, they are the same maturity as their parents.
If they start flowering they will no longer be able to produce clones and they will die.
When treated correctly, a clone mother can give off clones for many years.
 
Rune said:
Some type of rooting hormone is generally used.
In fact when the time is right, if you continue this path you will likely buy a cloner which hastens the process. For now though whatever you do is fine.
The question is whether your genetics are worth cloning.
That question aside, you will need to move then inside and under lights, before flowering begins.
Just because they are little, they are the same maturity as their parents.
If they start flowering they will no longer be able to produce clones and they will die.
When treated correctly, a clone mother can give off clones for many years.
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Thanks, dude. I copied your brief post and saved it both for future reference and for further research. Our outdoor growing season here is pretty short, so I had figured that any clones would need to come indoors for the duration. Can you recommend any books or on-line resources?
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
For now, being a rank newbie, I have taken cuttings from my two ladies and am rooting them for eventual transfer to larger pots. I've cloned other herbs with good success; have two rosemary plants that are huge, that have been going for over 20 years now. But does the holy herb work the same way?
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Cuttings is what "cloning" is. The term, "cloning", is a misnomer.

How are you taking cuttings? How are you rooting them, exactly?
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Thanks, dude. I copied your brief post and saved it both for future reference and for further research. Our outdoor growing season here is pretty short, so I had figured that any clones would need to come indoors for the duration. Can you recommend any books or on-line resources?
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Anything by Jorge Cervantes, or Ed Rosenthal.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
For now, being a rank newbie, I have taken cuttings from my two ladies and am rooting them for eventual transfer to larger pots. I've cloned other herbs with good success; have two rosemary plants that are huge, that have been going for over 20 years now. But does the holy herb work the same way?
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Pretty much the same...it’s an herb, too :)
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
For now, being a rank newbie, I have taken cuttings from my two ladies and am rooting them for eventual transfer to larger pots. I've cloned other herbs with good success; have two rosemary plants that are huge, that have been going for over 20 years now. But does the holy herb work the same way?
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Pretty much the same...it’s an herb, too :)
 
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