They look like shit don't they lol. Fuckin things i figured they'd bounce back within 24 hrs of transplant, but today is day 5 after transplant and they are still droopy and unhappy. I did give them a very light 410ppm feed initially because i was afraid of burning them again. My tap water ppm really fucks me up and i have to do all kinds of adjustments to the feed regiment so i don't get the ppm's too high. My tap water today was 189 ppm. That extra 189 ppm can be the difference between burning your plants, and not burning them.
I mixed week 1 of Remo nutes and i got 828 ppm which is double what i gave them 5 days ago. I'll check them in an hour and see if they get worse or if they stay as is.
They were again hit with Hygrozyme and HygroBen because i am sure there is root rot going on with all of them. That I am partially to blame for. I don't take 100% of the blame because the AC Infinity humidifier hose drips water on the floor and it accumulates to the point where the solo cups ended up wicking up a buncha water and just sat in the dripped down water. Word of advice, if you use the AC Infinity humidifier hose attachment, get a catch bucket under it to collect the condensation drips. You can re-use the water if you want, but more importantly, if you have solo cups on the floor, or any pots with drainage holes and no saucers, they will suck up the water off the floor and water log your roots. I hope I can get these plants to bounce back, but I'm starting to worry a bit. They aren't dead, but they aren't happy. They are very prone to pathogens and could be infected already.
Light intensity increased to max. at 15" from canopy.
1 drop too many of pH down today, so it was a 6.1 pH instead of the 6.3 target. (no big deal)
If that's the case then I'll just have to cut more clones and try again. Shitty thing is it throws off my grow season schedule. But at the same time i do enjoy the challenge of recovering these girls. I'll do my best.
You see, even a 40 year veteran grower can still fuck up by just a slight over sight.
DECEMBER 13, 2023 UPDATE:
I've added a picture of the entire garden on day 7 after transplant. Today is the first day they have shown some perkiness. The back right Oreoz has been the saddest one of the bunch and today is the first time in 7 days it's shown signs of bounce back, yay! I was on the fence on whether i should cut more clones because they looked so bad I wasn't optimistic they were going to make it. Only issue now is that they are ready to flip to flower based on my height preferences due to height constraints, but i don't like the lack of branching and they are not healthy enough to flip yet, so i am going to top them, and veg a little more. I want them more branchy and healthy before i flip.
DECEMBER 15, 2023 UPDATE:
Since the plants are bouncing back nicely, and some of the plants were a bit leggy due to lack of light intensity at the solo cup stage, I've topped the plants down to 5 inches in height. The entire garden was topped at 5 inches. Light has been dropped to 13" above the canopy and dimmer remains at 70% Plants are really greening up now. Thankfully I've managed to handle the root rot with hygrozyme (great product) and I've got over 800ppm of food in on the last feed and the pots are still heavy so their roots are exploring the pot now for water and food and will require more watering as they fill out the pot with roots.
The primary goal of topping was simply to reduce the height and legginess. Equally, topping will promote more side branching which ultimately results in increased yield by creating 2 tops and more robust side branching and overall growth tip production. The plants will be vegged till they are 12 inches tall, and then they will be flipped to 12/12. I may feed 1 more week of veg nutrients, but i'm not sure yet. I'm going to try something I've never tried before. The plan, if all goes right, is that if the plants grow to 8 inches by Monday (3 more days) then i will feed them week 1 of bloom, but keep them in veg one more week. I want to see if the claim made that the plants don't stretch much when higher P and K are introduced during the last week of veg. Another tip to reduce stretch is to maintain consistent temperature, especially when lights are off. I have to organize my inkbird trigger and a small space heater. Still debating.......or i could just close the window in the room....but thats a whole ordeal.
Lemon Kush doesn't really benefit from topping but i'm gonna cut it at a specific spot in the hopes of 2 top creation. If it doesn't work, oh well. Plants are still recovering, but are on the right track!
