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you see 2 sunset sherbets in hydroponics, but then I decided to transplant one of them into potting soil for outdoors. 24 hours in 5.5ph room temperature water and then into the growth plug they go. i will be using BluePlanets organic 3-part FarmersPride, with many other goodies
this is my first time transplanting from hydro to soil due to room/spacing issues, and let me tell you, this is NOT an easy task, and should be avoided at all costs, especially the bigger the plant. it almost seems impossible to remove all the clay pebbles without damaging some of those 2-3week old baby roots around those pebbles. i gently picked out as many clay pebbles as i could with my hand and then had to cut the plastic net pot to completely free up those roots without shocking the plant too much. the transplant was a success into soil 5gal, although I expected worse, and am expecting to be a few weeks behind to let her system reset/build. to make matters worse, its been VERY HOT in the midwest (90-100f). and here we go, later that same week, i accidentally left her overnight, and into the morning sun on a 100f day. as you can see from her burn marks, she clearly wasn’t able to defend herself against that type of extreme heat yet, and i was blessed to catch her before the afternoon heat, otherwise she’d be toast, lol. just a few of the upper leaves turned crispy. i know she wasn’t happy so i put her under more gentle conditions, now let’s see how she comes back
truly amazed by her powers and will to survive, almost as if nothing serious happened in the past few weeks. i was expecting MUCH WORSE, but she has exceeded way beyond my expectations. if you notice, i added a top layer of per-lite to help reflect some sun/heat which she will be receiving next week! she has yet to cover her own pot! finally into the 80's next week, this is going to be exciting!
feeding schedule, every 2 weeks
7-11-5
2ml Bvita
1ml cal-mag
1/2 tsp mycorrhizae
1ml enzyme
1/2 tsp soluble seaweed
enjoying herself in the 80’s ☀️ . watering every day if need be with 6.0ph water and give some bonus ice cubes (7.0) to battle against the heat of the day which will also cool AND boost plant metabolism, all while trying to balance out the the imbalances of the daily life of a Sunset Sherbet, if that makes any sense 😉 😜
J_Law
