Another week passed and she’s still quite happy! The beginning of the week was hot, temps in the low 90s and overnight in the 70s. The end of the week cooled off, with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the upper 50s. We’re still getting rain every 2 or 3 days, sometimes very heavy, but the girls are staying mostly dry under the canopy. I’m watering 2 gallons every other day still.
The cabbage moths are active now all thru the yard, I’m hoping the Bt keeps them off these girls. I’m spraying 2x a week, alternating as before with Greencure, Organocide and soap.
I top-dressed this week with dry amendments, the same hot veg mix I’ve been using, she got a cup, I sprinkled ground up mosquito dunks as well.
I realized that we had a light in the backyard overnight that was lighting up the girls too much. I have corrected that and hopefully it won’t cause any issues.
Daylight hours at the beginning of the week were 14:40 and at the end 14:27. I’m expecting to see the start of budlets by the end of this week.
Since there’s rooom around her pot, I’ve tied down the 4 main tops. I’m hoping that will encourage the 4 secondary tops to catch up. By that afternoon, she was reaching for the sun again. So far I’m liking growing this variety, she’s not too temperamental and is responding as expected.
The top I cut several weeks ago has rooted in the aerogarden. I cut the bottom branch off this week to see if it will root. The lower leaves had started to yellow, before the top-dress, so I’m not sure how well this cutting will root.