All of these look really healthy except for #4 which seems to be slightly stunted. They're all receiving the same care so possibly in the genetics. This week starts the cycle of foliar treatments cycling between IPM and nutrients. I'll also be introducing compost teas to keep the soil happy.
8/8 - Watered with plain filtered tap water. Growth is looking really good.
8/9 - Started brewing a compost tea I'll be feeding them tomorrow. The compost tea recipe I'm using is the following.
5 gal De-Chlorinated Filtered Tap Water
1 tbs Fish Hydrolysate
1 tbs Unsulfured Black strap molasses
2 tbs Homemade EM5
1 tbs Down to Earth Kelp Meal
1 tbs Down to Earth Alfalfa Meal
2 cup Homemade Worm Castings
1 tbs Extreme Gardening Mykos
1 tbs Down to Earth Bio Live
Mix everything together except for the last two ingredients and aerate for 16 hours.
8/10 - Just before feeding the compost tea I added the Mykos and Bio Live, mixed it in and aerated the tea for an additional 10-15 minutes. Diluted the tea 2:1 with more de-chlorinated filtered tap water and gave both of them a good soil drench. Applied the rest to the garden outside, the other two plants from my other grow, and the raised bed.
8/12 - They're starting to get thirsty and drinking more requiring more frequent watering. I plan on transplanting them to larger pots next week and getting them on the Blumat Classics to keep the soil moist and reduce the amount of work for myself. Today I applied a foliar of water, aloe, and neem oil and watered with filtered tap water.