Candy's Crystal Palace

Diary Legend: 💧- Watered 🌱- Seedling 🥦- Vegging 🌷- Flowering 🌲- Cut Down 🍃- Defoliation ✂️- Topping or FIM'ING 🚂- Training (LST) 💩- Fertilized 🆕🏠 - New Home (transplant) Wk3 11/21/21: Day 15. No visible change from yesterday, but I didn't look very hard. I'm sure I'd see something if I compare pictures. I'm hoping to be able to water the plant normally in the next few days. I'm just glad it didn't die. Once pot is dry enough to be watered, wait another full day, just to be sure all water is gone, and allow the roots to air out a bit. I guarantee I stunted it, as it should be a lot bigger by now. Oh well, that tends to happen when you overwater seedlings. I can't believe I did it to be honest, I didn't even think about it as I watered the pot down. Kind of confusing though, because it's recommended to wet the soil first, before potting the plant. I guess it's a different story for me, as nothing has ever been easy. I think I'm going to take the long wooden skewers, and poke them in the dirt, to allow airflow down into the roots. This should help with the drying out process, as it's literally the same technique used on golf courses. Not surprisingly, the technique is know as "aerating". 5:45pm Aeration complete. I should feel a difference in weight shortly. Hopefully I can start watering soon, as I'm sure they would like something fresher than 2 week old mud. 11/23/21: Day 17. Aeration was definitely a good idea. While the pot isn't fully dry, it certainly sped up the process. I will be able to water again in a few days. Hopefully the plant keeps going strong. It seems to have slowed down it's growing, so I think it's going to be another little fella like it's older sister. This time I won't be doing any training though, as I don't care if it's a tree or a bush, not when it's this small. I don't see any pistils, so it's not like it's switching over to flower mode. Maybe it's on the verge, and will spit those pistils out soon. Oh well, still looking forward to see how this turns out. I can't remember how long I let the other plant go for, so I can't judge based on that. I know one thing is for certain, this plant will not be harvested until it is fully matured. No more harvesting early for comparison, that was a silly thing to try. 11/25/21: Day 19. Plant is now popping pistils, just as I had expect that it would. Pot is also now light enough to warrant some water. I will administer that later on this afternoon. The deep green colour of the leaves tells me it's absorbing the nutrients well, with no signs of issues. The marks on the lower leaves, I believe were a small sign it wasn't getting nutrients, as it was barely growing, not reaching the nutrient rich soil. Now that it's growing fast, it had time to absorb the goodness that Gaia Green provides. I will be topdressing with the bloom nutrients soon, as I need to keep to a schedule, and cannot rely on waiting until the plant tells me it's time. By that point, it will already have been too late. 11/26/21: Day 20. 💧 Watered the plant today, since I forgot to last night. Growth is looking great, definitely turning out nice. My next run will be grown in a smart pot, or an air pot. I will also be more careful, and make sure I don't stunt it from the beginning. 11/27/21: Day 21. Plant is doing great, the aeration definitely helped a lot. I watered yesterday, and today it's already much lighter. The dark green colour of the leaves is amazing, I love that shade. The plant has now switched over to flower, which was likely caused my the watering issue causing stress, and not the small pot size. Last time I grew it in a 5 gallon smart pot, and even that one was early flowering and very short. At least this time the size is relative to the pot size, so it doesn't look like a dwarf plant. I'm scheduled to give the plant some more nutrients in the next few days, so that should be interesting. I will be using a combination of nutrients, as I don't want to have the same issues as the other plants. I will also be adding some cal mag into the watering this week, just to make sure it has some. I believe that is a major factor what happened to my previous plants, so this time I'll be ready.