I knocked a couple weeks off this diaries because of slow growth while I was away for 2 weeks and had my lights too far but I have edit this to reflect reality. I’m not trying to be deceptive but wanted to give an accurate picture of where the plants should be at, but I am realizing nature has a mind of its own when it comes to time and there is no “should be” just what is. Better to just report history because it explains the present.
I did some creative pipe cleaner LST and mild and gradual defoliation to shape, while continuing to top.
Each plant has been getting an individual diet based on how the leaves are looking, but I have kept nutrients minimal because they are just on their 3rd week after transplanting and should be using what’s in the soil. This plant has had some cal-mag deficiency which is clearing up nicely with Cal Mag.
Preflowers show she’s likely a girl!
Using bottled spring water with CalMag and using about 1 tsp of homemade plain green tea kombucha as acidic ph down when needed. I intend to tranplant into 5 gal equivalent air pots in the next week or two. I do like the smart (fabric) pots, though. They don’t retain water , drain really well, and make no mess. All the soil stays in the bag when flushing. We’ll see how the roots look!
I had to raise the lights another 1” due to plant growth.
Foliar spraying with SM90 plus neem oil about 1x week and Safer soap spray (only soap, no pyrethrins) every 3 day due to some mild bug munching, I believe, or maybe I’m being paranoid. Just say no to bugs!
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, It was looking beautiful until it went from 78F-100F for about week. I was not using anything but mycorrhizae, microbes, humic, mild cal-mag & ro water because the soil has nutrients. I had just transpanted though and that’s also when the bugs moved in. I will be extra gentle next time though! Thank you. I’m doing airpots through my entire next grow because transplanting from them is really easy. I went from cloth pots to the large air pot and it wasn’t easy to extricate the plant (but I was gentle!).