Dark Star Diary

08 March 2021 The plant has started growing new branch above the original large leaves. All of the large leaves have red stems, but I don’t believe that means anything. They look healthy, just blocking a lot of light. I decided to remove all of the large leaves in order to provide more light to the new branches. I have also decided to start Low Stress Training (LST) the plant by lightly bending it over to one side and securing it as to not stress or damage it. I lowered the light to 14 inches above the plant for even light distribution. The hope is that it will do what is expected; for the branches/stems to reorient themselves upward toward the light. 09 March 2021 I’m going to keep track of watering, nutrients, and pH of water and run off water. Today fed the plant water with 1/3 of the recommended nutrient amount due to some possible nutrient burn from a previous feeding. The water/nutrient pH was 6.23. The run off water was about 5.9. It took the whole gallon of water for the first time. In 24 hours the branches/stems did exactly what I had hoped. The plant had initially looked like a plant that had been turned on its side. All of the leaves, branches/stems were flattened to one side. Today, all of the leaves, branches/stems have oriented themselves upward and once again provides a canopy. The plant looks great! 13 March 2021 Fed the plant with 1 gallon of water with 2/3 the recommended amount of nutrients because we will be out of town for the next few days and no one will be around to check the plant. The pH of the water +nutrients was adjusted to be 6.5. The run off was tested to be 6.05.