Hi guys,
...10 days later :P
So it's been a bit more than a week but I already see how the plants in hydro respond to organic nutrients + I can see under the hood aka see their roots and it's not the nicest look because the residue is sticking to the roots like glue and make it a lot more difficult to absorb Vital Minerals (in case you didn't know that's what's called vitamins ;) )
All plants in Coco+Perlite (which is also considered hydro but we'll call it soil for now) are already bigger which should normally be the exact opposite case if there was no issue with the residue in the hydro reservoir.
Karel's Herer Haze had the smallest roots thus far and she took the most hit because of it. I have no idea if I can bring them back on track, it's definitely going to be a challenge but I decided to start another backup run of the hydro beans just in case. If I can bring them to full happiness, I'll dump the backups (probably).
I decided to take out each plant from the hydro setup and try to carefully wash off as much of the gluey residue of the roots with a stream of bubbly water. Hopefully I won't shock them as much, they survive and we live another happy day :P If it's too much for them, then well, I tried my best but I'm on the optimistic side so everything is going to be great :D
Stay tuned because that's going to be a rescue mission of a lifetime :D
BTW. I'll be posting an all around overview over the next couple of weeks because it's still to early to focus on each and every strain.
XOXO
Cremo
Hello. Good to see we are in the same contest. That blacklisted left me a very negative message on my diary too. Nice to know why he's so angry. Good luck on your grow. Chuck.
@Cremo, Hello. This is how I see it. Some of the original land race strains had some hermaphroditism in them. The good breeders will put their selected females through hard stress tests to make sure they don't go hermie. And if they do the breeders will try to find the best females. I think SSSC is a good breeder and would have stressed their females so I would look to the environmental conditions. Is there a small bright light on during the dark period or a light leak near the plant, is there a big swing between daytime temps and nighttime temps. I've read that nutrient and ph imbalances will play a role in making some strain going hermie. So, I can't nail it down what might have done this, as you see it could be a number of things. I had 1 plant out of 6 go hermie in the tent of my Nova OG by Anesia Seeds (I'm not sure if they do stress tests) about 6 months ago. Why didn't the others turn? What started that one turning I still don't know. I'll put it down to the original land race strains getting some original genetics into that 1 seed. It could a few factures that combine to start it. All I can do is be diligent and try to do the right thing with the plants. Experience and learning will help. Also, if you don't know a lot of the breeders will buy their seeds from big companies in Spain that do nothing but make seeds from the clones they were sent, from the breeders and then sell them back to the breeders. There are only a hand full of breeders that make their own seeds now days. OK, Have Fun and Good Luck. Chuck.
@Chucky324, hi there :) nice hearing from you, Sir. Normally I'd ignore it but I've just checked my tent and unfortunately it turned out to be a hermit :/ I'm wondering what might've caused it...