A bit of a boring photo really - I’ll get in there and take some photos in a bit.
I plan to pull them out and defoliate and generally tidy up the bottoms of the plants to increase airflow around the stem. It Should also direct the energy where I want it to be - the tops.
The two that i planted into the AutoPot XL’s seems to be loving it. I will most likely buy two more of the XL’s and take away one of the normal ones for the next round.
That way I could get 4 large plants and three smaller ones.
The nutrition this round is much much better as well. Last time I used it, by this time and this EC, it was precipitating out and literally going down the drain so it’s much better. Hopefully it will stay the same throughout flower.
I will be changing the res today and adjusting nutrition for early flower. I will also probably back off the EC just a little bit. One of the plants started looking a little stressed the other day. It’s not awful or really noticeable that much but I have a feeling it’s a weak reaction to the high EC.
I’m hoping over the next two or three weeks they will stretch nicely into the space I have for them. They look to be going well. Lots of the side branches (I’m talking generally about all plants now) have actually caught up or even overtaken the growth of the main nodes. I think that was a reaction to topping which is nice. They are all looking much more bushy rather than vertical.
I will most likely 1. Wait for them to stretch. 2. Tidy up their legs and make sure there is not a lot of foliage near the bottom. 3. Start LST’ing to allow more light into the canopy and generally spread them out even more.
I really admire peoples diaries when I see them LST’ing and tying down branches before the plants have even stretched and they kind of grow into the LST’ing. That must take a huge amount of plants grown to be able to anticipate where they are going to stretch out to.
I’m going to update with more photos in an hour or two.
UPDATE - So I just had a pretty major leak lol. 20l of prepared feed solution went all to the bottom of the tent and ultimately the mop then the toilet. Whoops.
I figured out what it was. I dislodged one of the aqua valves when I was extending the pipe so I could move the res to an easier location to move and fill up.
It’s been refilled and mopped up now but was pretty annoying.
On the plus side I didn’t electrocute myself so separating the power above the lights and anything that has water below worked well.
I think maybe I flipped the lights a little early for some of them but oh well.
Funnily the tallest one so far is one of the kalini Asia plants and they are the most ‘indica’ so it’s interesting.
The cheese plants have the most visible growth nodes though so swings and roundabouts I guess.
Hi! Nice choice of strain, im currently growing the same strain in organic living soil to get maximum taste out of my flower. What do you think of growing this strain so far? Has it been without problems or have you encountered some issues with the strain in particular?
Anyway, have a great day and happy growing. 😎 🌱