First Grow 8|

4/1/22 - Two of the plants are still impacted by the over-watering unfortunately, the 3 gal plant still has significantly drooping leaves, though the color is still a beautiful deep green. One of the 5 gal plants is also drooping a bit and the lower leaves are yellowing pretty badly. I'm attempting to save them both by letting the soil dry out and getting oxygen down to the roots, to that end I've tried to poke holes very gently all the way to the bottom, though I'm not confident this will work. The other 5 gal plant which has been the strongest from the beginning seemed to survive the water and does not have nearly as much drooping as the other two. I am starting to see some yellow spots on the leaves but nothing that looks too bad, will continue to monitor that. If any of these plants survive to harvest it will definitely be this one, so I will do what I can to keep this one alive and healthy. To that end, I did water this plant as it has been since Monday since it last got a drink; gave it a full gallon with a quarter of the recommended bloom nutrients. Hoping I didn't introduce those too early, but if so I'll at least be informed for the next grow. Main takeaway is that over-watering is insane, I made one mistake after being extremely careful and may lose two plants because of that. Just need to stay on top of it next time; they were doing well with 400-800ml. I've labeled this the flowering stage since I'm pretty sure the 5 gal plant that is doing well has more or less entered this phase, seeing the pistils poking up and out from the nodes. Temperatures are doing much better, though this may be because I've been raising the probe with the canopy as it grows. Currently registering 76F. I've also added a second fan to the interior to help circulate air inside the tent. Will continue to monitor and try to save the two plants that are struggling. Not sure if I should try watering them if they don't pick up, the soil is quite dry in the 3gal plant, so I'll try to make that decision this weekend. 4/4/22 - Just a quick update, the 3 gal plant is unlikely to survive, the condition has worsened and I'm not sure it'll recover. I gave it just a slight amount of water since the soil is bone dry at this point, just enough for a bit of runoff at the bottom. I'll likely have to compost it later this week. The other 5gal plant that struggled seems to be doing okay, though some bottom leaves are yellow and shriveled. I snipped the lowest and most dead looking ones to try and clean it up, will continue to monitor but hopefully can salvage that one. The other plant is doing fine, some yellowing on the bottom leaves but I've read that is normal. I'm going to hold off on watering out of an abundance of caution; it just got a gallon on Friday so I'll give it about 800ml tomorrow morning, then ideally another gallon on Friday/Saturday. Will give the other 5gal 400-800ml depending on how it's doing. 4/5/22 - Watered the 5gal that's doing well 1200ml, the 5gal that's struggling 800ml, and the 3gal 400ml. Honestly the 3gal is starting to perk back up, might be salvageable after all. The one 5gal is struggling and looking weak, hoping this watering will do the trick. If they both are doing well I'll introduce nutrients on Friday. Removed some more dead and yellow leaves from those two plants, the 5gal that's doing well still has some yellowing leaves on the bottom but otherwise looking good. 4/7/22 - 5 gal that's been doing well is in trouble unfortunately, bottom leaves are yellowing and developing brown spots, starting to curl, and these effects are making their way up the plant. From what I've read this appears to be both a Nitrogen and Magnesium deficiency, perhaps nutrient lockout as well due to ph imbalance? I've read that upping the ph a bit when in the flowering stage may be helpful since Ocean Forest is a bit low. I want to apply treatment but am afraid of over-watering at this point. I have no choice but to wait until tomorrow morning, where I plan to give it a bit higher ph water, around 6.8, along with N and Mag (either via Epsom salts or the CalMag formula I ordered). Oddly enough the 3gal plant is looking good, though it's been stunted I believe and hasn't quite hit flowering stage. The other 5 gal plant is in trouble and in flowering. Both are starting to exhibit the yellowing as well. The 5gal is drooping quite a bit and is in trouble, will just try to provide the same treatment to both these plants as my solid plant, with just a bit less water. Will have pictures uploaded tomorrow to review. Hard to say where things went wrong, the one 5gal plant has always been solid throughout the grow and is only now starting to show signs of serious trouble. My hope is that the diagnosis is correct and the treatment I apply will bring it back. If not, I'll at least be able to rule those issues out for the next grow. Been lots of ups and downs! Not sure if I can expect to have a harvest at all this time around, but I'm hopefully gathering good info and will be able to do better next time. I'll be starting some outdoor plants in the next month or so as the vegetable garden gets up and running for the season. Unrelated but happy news; I'm starting to see garlic shoots come out from where they were planted last October, very exciting :)