BD - Banana Daddy (Ethos)
CB - Cherrion Berry (Pie Face (cherry) x Blueberry Bubba - Ethos)
BP - Blueberry Pie (Pief Face x Blueberry Muffin - Ethos)
BBGS - Buttermilk Biscuits x Garlic Storm (Inhouse^2)
Pictured:
8 days
9 days immediately after transplant to 1 gallon pots
Threw out the runt (CB). Two more plants will not make the next make the final transplant in 2 weeks. I will not suffer runts. If I only have 10 good plants, only 10 plants will be transplanted to final pots. My canopy will thank me and not require extreme effort to even out or gaping holes in it.
All looking good enough. Had some minor stretch early on. These could probably be growing faster if I was using a formula tailored to vegetative phase, but that is just around the corner as the previous crop is finishing up. Think N ppm is down around 113 right now, and I'm usually up around 125-130 ppm for vege. Oops, some pics are blurry. They all look alike anyway. Some "BD" showing variegation that I hope goes away sooner than later. And, i see some specs of substrate i need to knock off a leaf or two. Good thing I took the pics. Look a bit droopy due to transplant and irrigation.
Last cycle I left it on the heat mat longer and definitely see a difference in roots at this stage. However, I don't think it'll make much of a difference. The roots were circled around 2-3+ times at tranplant for first cycle after 9 days, and these might have done 1 lap on average or less. Comparing the pictures on day 9 shows virtually no difference. If anything these may be a bit bigger. I'd attribute that to a little less stretch occurring - enough to outweigh whatever extra root growth occured last cycle, which shows just how small of a difference each makes at this point. Curious to see if there is a noticeable difference as it progresses. All other things are not exactly the same, but similar... limited fog of war.
Been super anal about documenting my "best practices" as I incrementally step through both Winter grows. I have a good memory, but I also smoke myself into a stuppor 24/7. I'm middle-aged. I need notes and reading glasses. Even has a section for homebrew seed strains. This thing is getting quite thorough and only growing.