Welcome to week 4 For Enigma in this Seedsman Tiny & Rare pot contest.
After a bad start to week 3 she recovered well.
Today I have added an air hose into her pot. It's run by a 5v 1w usb pump, connected to a 5v 2w solar usb panel. Using this I have been able to test the effectiveness of the light at different angles and ranges. The pump runs at full power within 30cm of the light. From there it slows rapidly down to 70 where it stops completely. I need a better light.
Day 23: I have reconfigured the tent. I replaced the solar panel with a plug as I need the air to run when light is off too. My idea here is that if you can DWC with airstones, maybe if I blow air to her roots she can handle being in a saturated medium, thus allowing me to ensure she always has nutrition available. If it works as I hope, I may be able to have her exceed the size she might otherwise achieve in this pot.
I have refilled the pot with fertigate every time the bubbles stop. There is no way its evaporating this fast. She has now been totally saturated for at least the last 6 hours and no drooping.
Day 24: Been a bit lazy topping up her liquid but I'm confident the air pump is working as intended.
Day 25: Enigma is on day 2 of a little dry-out experiment.
Day 25.5 Enigma was wilting, so I fertigated her until the pot was full and then topped her up again twice.
Day 26: Drowned her. Whoops.
Day 27: Let her get too dry. Whoops. This is not easy.
Day 28: End of week 4. Enigma suffering. It's difficult to get a balance between sufficient nutes and moisture levels.
@UnorthadoxDude, you know the substrate is the magic. only coco is good but you have too feed very balanced, supersoil you have to feed a little when babygirl need
@UnorthadoxDude,It is a beautiful question certainly helps you a perfectly composed soil, they call it supersoil is a mixture of gentle and stuff humus that enriches the classic soils, the quality of the earth if there is little space I think it is fundamental
@MedicineMaker, oh right! Yeah thank you! Hah I had quite a few options and I almost did a trio of little jugs... but in the end I thought, no this is meant to be a "rarest" and "tiniest". This pot is a little over 100 years old, genuinely rare, and really fkin smol.
I love the pot!
And I love the way this one has grown for you!
Its artistic, it’s got a really attractive composition, so cool.
I hope she produces a hefty top bud for you.
I love your watching your diaries; you always have some happy, healthy plants and some really cool entries to view ✨
@UnorthadoxDude,
I think it has a great chance in the competition!
Good luck to you in that, the pot is gorgeous, so is the plant; even with the problems you may have had with it.
I wish you the best of luck in the competition, may you win first place 🥇
@Themythicalchristine, Aww what a lovely comment, thank you so much! I think this has a good chance in the competition just because of the rarity of the pot. She has had many problems but certainly has been an interesting experiment and a difficult challenge. I do not think she will yield more than a gram or two honestly, but it's a fun thing to do!
@UnorthadoxDude, well, tent is 3x3 and I have 3 autos, og kush, gorilla Glue & purple Chill. I think ? these grow big?. I bought a small fabric pot and a friend gave me a nice ceramic for Christmas.