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11/26: Seeds set to be germinated via paper towel method
11/27: 3 out of 4 seeds popped and gave me a tap root, the 4th one was kept in the paper towel for another 2 days, but did not tap root. They were placed in their pods on 11/27.
11/30: Girls are going well, however they were stretching too much to reach the light, so I moved them closer to it so they could relax a bit. Although they stretched, I don't see any immediate stress/issue symptoms. Pods needed a few drops of water morning and night to keep moist.
12/1 & 12/2: Not much change, just getting taller and creating new growth as they should.
12/3: All three girls were ready for transplant into the 3gal pots, Happy Frog & Perlite was used as the growing medium & they got their first light watering.
12/5: Small fan was added for movement so they can grow strong stems nice and early.
12/6: The girls are growing steady, back right is by far the overachiever. They were ready for water today, so they got a light watering in the evening.
12/7: Growing nice and steady, they almost seem to be doubling in size already!
12/8: Not much change from yesterday - the very surface of the soil has dried, but right under it is still moist. Probably have to water in another day or two.
12/9: Girls are a bit bigger today! The front right for some reason did not produce its second fan leaf for its second node - hoping the third node will come in normally. They're looking a bit dry so they will get a light watering tonight. Even though they seem dry, they are extremely perky and honestly might be stretching a bit much, so I may have to lower the light. Other than that they are growing great!
12/10: Very happy with our progress this morning! I am still waiting to see what the front right does - if it creates a second fan leaf for the second node or if it skips it completely. Gave a light watering last night.
12/11: Not much to report, girls are still growing and working on those 4th nodes.
12/12: Girls got a bit bigger overnight & did a slight position change since I gained more room in the cabinet.
12/13: Looking good this morning! The middle girl should be ready for her first topping soon - that 4th node is growing quickly! The other two girls will need a bit more time before topping, but they are not far behind. We will be mainlining with these girls to maximize space and yield, but only doing two toppings. They'll get a watering this evening.
12/14: Checked on the girls this morning to find that the front right did some serious stretching compared to its sister beside her (they've been identical in growth height until now). I realized I still had my light at 25% so I bumped it to 50% in hopes they won't stretch as much to reach the light. Other than that, all ladies look great. All have their third nodes and will be topped and trained within the next week since I want to do them all together.
Some plants even from the same pack of seeds are just different, I would not be surprised if the one showing deficiencies has a bigger root ball vs the other two. thus eating up all the food faster. I'm not seeing any measurements of your watering system like PH EC or PPM on your diary??
I see you have not feed them till week 5 of the grow according to the diary, just the happy frog medium. This is a bit late into Veg for its first feeding, normally its week 3 or 4.
I'm going to guess this was early signs of needing some CaMg, and you applied it, so problem solved.
The damage is already done and can not be reversed but the new growth should not see any more of it as long as you keep up your weekly feedings.
Here is the feeding schedule for lotus
https://lotusnutrients.com/pages/easy-guide-and-recommended-hydroponic-feeding-schedule
Would be good to check it out and see how that fits into your feeding habits.
I would advice you get a TDS pen if your mixing dry crystal fertilizers into water for feeding. Best be done by weight vs spoon fulls and should always be verified by a monitoring tool.
You could get away with out use of TDS or PH pens if you use RO water and the stuff your using is PH balanced for RO. Weighting it out would be a must vs scoping I feel.
Over all your grow is looking good despite this little setback.
Keep your girls fed and they will give your great results.
Best of Luck and Happy Growing!
jwesty
