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It was super exciting to see the little "tails", when I checked the next day. They germinated within 24 hours. I started with three seeds, sadly only 2 germinated.
Hansel and Gretel (yes I name my plants) were first put into small containers. I didn't know at the time, that it is a big NO-NO, to transplant an Auto. You will see in the next post, that I transplanted Hansel and Gretel into 5 gal terracotta pots. They grew so quickly within two weeks.
During the course of this week, I noticed that there was a bend in Hansel's stalk. It doesn't appear to be effecting the plant's growth. As you can the foliage is really starting to fill out.
It's amazing to see how much and how fast these plants can grow. They seem to really enjoy the grow nutrients that I began adding to the water. I know a lot of people say not to add nutrients to the water for Autos, but it was suggested by the owner of White River Grow Pro, in Vermont. It appears to be making Hansel and Gretel quite happy.
This is the problem with cannabis, even in such a modern time theres so much misinformation and so many ppl misstating information..
yes they need nutrients. Period.
In most soils there is enough nutrition for 1st 3 to 4 weeks so you can get away with ph ranged water. When the nutrition has almost depleted out of the soil you start adding nutes to the water. In soiless mediums you need nutrition basically from the start. Hope this helps.
I didn't take any regular pictures of Hansel and Gretel this week. I was having WAY too much fun, using the zoom lens that I had purchased for my last grow project (White Rhino). It allows you to magnify the images to a higher degree. I love it, and I love how well my plants are doing.
I swear I cause the majority of my own problems-- both growing, and in my personal life. I had spoken with another grower about how water seems to pour out of my plants after I've watered them. Well, had I stopped and thought about it, I would've realized that, that is perfectly normal. It happens, especially if you are pouring (roughly) a gallon of water onto each plant...water is going to go into the saucer under the plant-- that's normal. For some reason, I had it in my mind that, that was a huge problem. Since I'm not there to time how long it takes before you see water in your saucer, I don't know if it is a problem or not. Does that make sense?
I've noticed within the last 2 1/2 weeks, that Gretel is bushier than Hansel. Hansel seems to be taller than Gretel. I think it's pretty cool that two plants of the same species, and strain, can act/grow differently-- even though both are grown in the same medium/soil, both watered approximately the same amount, and they're given the same nutrients, and light. Maybe the secret is in the "approximate". I don't know. At any rate, it is pretty intriguing. The flowers are getting "hairier", and some are starting to turn orange.
I noticed that on Hansel, some of the leaves started to curl up. I did research, and came up with a bunch of wild theories. The one that made the most sense, and checked most of my boxes of concern, was over-watering. To remedy this, I put a spacer underneath Hansel, so that he won't sit in his own stew. Hopefully this will solve the curling problem. Gretel is still the shorty of the two, but she is getting bushier every day. I am seeing dense buds on both plants. I can't help but compare how the autos seem to be much shorter than their photoperiod counterparts. It could be the strain and whether the plant is auto or photo. The White Rhino that I grew before was much, much taller than the Blue Dream autos.
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A few years ago I met a professional photographer who shot marijuana for advertisements. They start with a perfect looking bud. Sometime bud is grown specifically for it's color. They will mess with the nutrients, temperature and other conditions to force the plant to produce the desired colors. Then add in some professional lighting and time in Photoshop turning up the colors that are currently popular. So, these days most professional photos will be more frosty or purple than occurs naturally.
Substrate, nutrition, experience, temps. All play a roll. Plus in some cases I think they grow just a few colas on a strong plant to get a big fat bud on picture. Cor morphing happens late flowering. Especially if a proper flush and fade time is given.
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