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After 2 days of germ in a napkin, planted in washed and buffered coco, 2 days later it's above soil level approx 1 in. it has shed the seed hull. coly leaves are not separated. - 0.7 EC/350ppm 6.0PH each 48hrs
Honestly, it is a learning experience for me and COCO. Watering struggles in week 2. I've learned to NOT BELIEVE that COCO CANNOT BE OVERWATERED. I can see that being the case once the roots are established. But, definitely not in the seedling stage. Watering to runoff almost drowned the seedling. I transplanted the seedling to a 10oz cup to increase drainage/O2. (Should've done that from the beginning) Totally my mistake for not using my growing common sense and strictly adhered to the can't overwater advice. Not saying they are wrong, but it didn't work for my setup. Even after I transplanted to a well-vented small cup, watering to runoff continued to "drown the roots" = pale droopy leaves. I have significantly reduced the volume of fertigation while maintaining ppm/EC levels. I made the mistake of "waterlogging" I'll keep growing and learning and hopefully harvesting.
I abandoned the Coco-only method. I was killing the seedling with too much H2O. 100% my fault. I transplanted to a living soil that I had been nurturing for a few months. It began showing signs of recovering within 12 hours. I buffered and prepped the coco as well as my knowledge allowed. But, I mistakenly believed the notion that coco "can't be over-watered".. maybe after a few weeks in veg that is true. But, 100% false in my situation. Live and learn.
Continues to grow/stretch vigorously. I skewed the NPK ratio to a heavier P-K. Defloiated again due to continues leaf development/growth. This should be the last defol before harvest. Will add Signal to the ferts this week.
Chugging along. Leaf tip beginning to curl up. (light stress?). Diagnosed as Mg lockout from excess K (1st time using Signal) - flushed and rebalanced nute ratios + Ca/Mg foliar feed. Not overly concerned at the moment.
Progressing nicely. Last week I noticed a deficiency showing in leaves. I flushed on Day 73. (Runoff @ 455ppm. I believe an excess of P/K was locking out Ca or Mg (or both). I re-fed TPS @ 355ppm/6.2ph, to rebalance nute ratios. Foliar fed Ca/Mg mix.
Day 78- Fed 1liter - H2O(7.0ph)+2ml Kelp + 1 liter H2O(6.5ph) + TPS/Signal @ 225ppm. Progression of leaf symptoms appear to have halted.
This is looking like a 14+ week harvest window opening. Budlets popping all over. removing small "new" buds popping up on the bottom 1/2.
The heavy lifting is over. Now it is just keeping them happy with dry air and lower temps. Still showing lots of immature calyx, trichs are milking up. But I expect at least 7/10 more days.. I want to push for 14 more days. After 4 grows, I am just now getting a good feel for what the experienced growers refer to as being "ripe" fully swollen calyx(s). My goal is 40-50% amber & 100% engorged trichs.
JUst waiting and plumping up.. patience really does pay off.. everybody is too scared of amber. I was too. but not now.. let them ripen, throw away the "expected flower times", only molas H2O until ripe.. less than 1% amber now.
DAY 113 chop.. she has given all she's got... probably +/- 10% amber.
I really pushed this to grow to true ripeness. approx 9 weeks of flower. I pushed it 3 weeks past my typical harvest. By harvesting early on previous grows, I missed out on the full development that was gained by not being afraid of "amber trichs / THC degradation". I've come to believe that the forum obsessions of "missing the harvest window" misguide many growers toward immature harvest.
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