Secret Garden

Day 22 - November 14, 2023 The 2nd and 3rd weeks are always like watching paint dry for me. They're doing just fine. While we wait for them to get ready, I'll show what I'm using for my nutrition this grow, which was all mixed into my soil before they were transplanted, and I do not plan on giving them anything else except water for life. I added a bunch of product pictures to show what I actually mixed into my soil, on top of the triple base of compost, peat, and perlite. Enjoy, and happy to answer any questions. Day 23 - November 15, 2023 Heya, I'm really liking the new tent cam. I just had to inspect the last few days to see if they were growing at an acceptable rate. It looks like that yellowing is nothing to be alarmed about now, as they are exploding in my new soil blend over the last 2 days. Check out the animation video I uploaded today. It shows the last 2 days of growth in a loop. I'm sure you'll agree they like the new environment much better than the open room I've tortured my veg plants with for the last 6 months. Day 26 - November 18, 2023 I topped them all last night, and the day before I removed their first set of yellow leaves and cotyledon below. In less than a week, just as soon as the new tops grow, we'll begin training them for a particular shape. Random tip of the day: I use a craft knife to do my fine detailed defoliation only, a product like this I mean: https://a.co/d/4n4V3jh I find that, especially when extending it with a dowel or the like, it is very easy to get in the thick of the brush to sever exactly what you want from afar without disturbing them, avoiding a bad accident. I still recommend you have an arsenal of tools though: craft knife, pruning shears (bud trimmers you know them as), bypass shears, anvil shears, precision long-tip scissors, various bonsai knives, etc. I use all of these, and it is not because I have the money, believe me. I am quite poor, and these tools are cheap, and help more than anything. One does not simply paint a work of art with a pencil... We will be training all 3 of these plants a particular way using LST and HST. These 3 plants are serving an important purpose for me. They mark the start of a transitional period of my indoor learning experiences, where I have corrected the 3 key elements that have been hindering my work: environment, soil, and genetics. It is because I am finally happy with those 3 key elements to success, I want to push them. This to me means that I want these 3 plants' roots to bask in their soil for a long time, documenting any noteworthy observations of stress. The tentative plan is, around 12 weeks of growth, they will be removed from the vegetating tent and enter the flowering chamber. Because of the longer vegetation time, we will be keeping them bound to the point where we might need a safe word. Almost 1 year ago, I began my indoor journey. When I started, I played with a lot of older genetics I had, vegetating dozens and dozens of plants in small 1L pots. I was able to eventually pick 3 of them, move them to a 5 gallon, and continue veging them under a small CFL tube light for 15 weeks, and I was actually quite impressed at what they did in flower compared to my usual 4 to 8 week vegetation period. So, this is another reason I want these plants to grow longer. One thing I can say from experience, there comes a time when a plant will just stop growing larger. This will come when the roots cannot expand any further for the size of pot, or, simply genetics. When that time comes, you will know, as your plant will be sprouting pre-flowers all over the place, and begging you to flip the light. Anyway, have fun watching the surprise party for the next 2-3 months.