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G.S.C. Root Ball monitoring

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3 years ago
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Girl Scout Cookies
spider farmer Light Emitting Diodes/300W
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sugar leaf daddy
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Indoor
Room Type
Soil
Grow medium
Perlite
Grow medium
Vermiculite
Grow medium
Expanded Clay
Grow medium
Other
Grow medium
2 L
Pot Size
0.2 L
Watering
0
Germination
3 years ago
Nutrients 1
water 1000 mll
A growmie friend of mine had one plant turning hermaphrodite and triggering seed production to several of his plants toward the end of the flowering stage. Harvest has been good and the buds are big and juicy; however, seeds are to be found in several buds. He gave me one seed (supposed to be girl scout cookies) to play and experiment with. Decided to have a rootball monitoring grow diary. Check the coming weeks for its development😎
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Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
3 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
No Smell
65 %
25 °C
25 °C
23 °C
2 L
0 L
45 cm
Nutrients 1
water 1000 mll
a growmie friend of mine had a plant turning hermaphrodite and a good chunk of his plants started giving seeds toward the end of the flowering stage. Harvest was pretty decent; however, several buds had seeds in them. Of all the seeds collected after harvest, he gave me one to play with and I decided to cut a plastic pot in half, add a sheet of glass and start monitoring the root ball development :-) I'm using black cardboard onto the glass to screen direct light hitting roots, I remove it briefly to take photos. 22/05/2022 seed in water for 48hours 24/05/2022 seed with taproot into medium 25/05/2022 already sprouting out! 29/05/2022 GSC at 3cm and roots are quite visible...
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Week 2. Vegetation
3 years ago
5 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
No Smell
65 %
25 °C
25 °C
24 °C
2 L
0 L
35 cm
Nutrients 4
epsom salt 10 mll
brown sugar 5 mll
cal mag 5 mll
Not as tall as I'd like her to be but, hey... That's the price for experimenting with a standard pot (very little aeration of the soil/medium), cut it in half, putting a sheet of glass and monitor the root development... by the end of next week I should be starting some LST... let's see what happens 😜
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Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
5 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
No Smell
65 %
25 °C
25 °C
24 °C
2 L
0 L
35 cm
Nutrients 4
epsom salt 10 mll
brown sugar 5 mll
cal mag 5 mll
probably a bit of overwatering here given the short size. I'll hold back for few days and see what happens. this is still an experiment so I'm not expecting a record crop 😎
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Week 4. Flowering
3 years ago
5 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
No Smell
65 %
25 °C
25 °C
24 °C
2 L
0 L
35 cm
Nutrients 3
epsom salt 10 mll
brown sugar 5 mll
cal mag 5 mll
roots keep developing but I guess the not so ideal conditions are starting to stress the plant a tad too much. Already showing early flowering developments, short but sturdy. this is totally a fun project with no expectations on yield... why not?😁
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Week 5. Flowering
3 years ago
7 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.5
No Smell
65 %
25 °C
25 °C
24 °C
2 L
0 L
35 cm
Nutrients 2
epsom salt 5 mll
cal mag 2 mll
so pretty 😍 and so cute and... so small!!!! obviously this girl didn't like this prolonged stress... this less than ideal environment just for the sake of monitoring the roots development has been a interesting project nonetheless 😎
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frankterpenes
frankterpenescommentedweek 33 years ago
Interesting to see the rooots.. good job and wish you all the best with this gsc
sugar_leaf_daddy
sugar_leaf_daddycommented3 years ago
@frankterpenes, thanks growmie 😎 yes, experimenting is fun!
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommentedweek 13 years ago
Happy Growing, Buddy! 🌱🌱🌱
agora
agoracommentedweek 53 years ago
Super photos and perfect idea!
sugar_leaf_daddy
sugar_leaf_daddycommented3 years ago
@@agora, thank you. Yes, I agree, it is a fun project to have on the side 😎
Metatronix
Metatronixcommentedweek 53 years ago
Great idea 💡 thank you for putting it on GD really interesting 🤓
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