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On 1/2, started each seed in a Root Riot plug situated in an AC Infinity Humidity dome. I placed it in the grow tent it'll be living in and waited. 1/5 one of them sprouted, then 1/6 both were ready to rock. Keeping the dome humid by spraying the cover with some distilled water and watching the temperature.
Seedlings are doing very well and it seems like they're growing into their second set of true leaves. There may be some watering issues since the edges and tips are turning brown. The right plant is looking a little more stressed with the purple stem. Watered a few times with less than a shot glass of 6.3 pH distilled water whenever the cube seemed very dry.
Transplanted into solo cups at the beginning of the week 1/14 with FoxFarm Happy Frog soil. No additional nutrients added and still watering with 6.3 pH distilled water, about a shot glass's worth. Towards the end of the week on 1/19, plants became very stressed as they were getting rootbound. Upon inspection, the roots were pearly white and fuzzy, but definitely starting to choke itself.
Right after the end of the last week when they seemed to be drooping more and more, I repotted them into their final 5 gallon bags. I'll probably need to figure something out since they'll probably get much bigger and will compete for the 2x2 foot space. Plant on the left is using FoxFarm Happy Frog and on the right is using FoxFarm Ocean Forest - as a personal experiment. No nutrients added yet, but will probably start around the time they begin flowering.
Topped the plants on 1/29 above the 5th node. From what I've heard, this is what should be done for a bushier growth... not that I need that in this confined space lol. Watering has been sporadic as I get a feel for a solid schedule and time period, but it feels like a little more than half a gallon a week seems to be near the target. It's definitely a lot more fragrant as well, but I'm going noseblind to it since I work in the same room as it. Final note: swapped to 18/6 instead of the strange 16/8 light cycle I had going. I previously figured giving it a little more dark but not too much would help it out. It might be too late in the game to swap it as I feel like I should swap to flower soon.
Now starting to swap over to flower right after this image was taken.
They both got way too big for one 2x2' tent and began to overcrowd it badly. Luckily, I had another 2x2' tent, just without an inline fan so I'll probably need to grab one soon. Temps in the auxiliary tent sometimes scrape up to 82 degrees during the day. Otherwise, they seem to be doing OK with the main plant doing best. I'm not sure why the other has been struggling this whole time though. Growth is slowed, stems are purple, and it doesn't absorb much water from the looks of things. Roots are healthy on both though. I'll probably begin feeding some FF Tiger Bloom soon to see if it helps.
Plant B has had no nutes its entire life in FFHF soil (3 weeks). Stems are a purplish color and starting to droop a little. Water is always pH'd around 6.3 but I haven't tested the runoff yet. Phosphorus deficiency? Heat Stress? Watering conflict? NL Photo just started flowering.
Dark lush green leaves is normally a sign to to much Nitrogen, this can also be influenced by extra Magnesium in the soil.
Purple is sometimes a reaction to the LED lights, it can also be a sign of early Magnesium deficiency or some other stressors. It can also be genetic as some plants are purple.
Looks at the stains page your growing if its from a common breeder on the site and see if any other plants were purple. take note it could be a phenotype as well as not all of them may purple up.
NOTE: I used Morbloom only on Plant B since it seemed like it had some nitrogen toxicity. I flushed both plants out slightly and bring levels back to a desirable range and finally fed each their nutrients. Plant A received the Fox Farm trio, and Plant B received the Morbloom after using some pH up (Morbloom is extremely acidic apparently). I'll probably think about defoliating the plants from the bottom to increase air flow, but it seems like the pistils are forming nicely and I don't really want to ruin things. It's probably best to go light on the clipping.
Last week I went a little soft on the defoliation and saw some good flowering growth on both plants - especially plant B. That one really boomed after feeding Morbloom and removing some fan leaves. I'm afraid that I'm out of space in this backup grow tent since it's only 4 feet tall. I might need to move it once again so it's not physically touching the grow light lol. Plant A while healthy, seems to be lagging behind in the flowering, but seems to have more on its plate than plant B. I'm probably going to remove more fan leaves today and leave it alone for the rest of the flowering cycle.
So far things seems pretty swell. Plant B is reaching for the stars though, in a 4 foot tall tent lol... I really wish I had another 6 foot tent but this is all I have for now DX Turned the lights down so that it wouldn't burn too much, but it may slow down flowering. Plant A is coming along nicely I think. Both are really chugging water each time I refill their dishes - I'm sure they're focusing hard on flowers. Not to mention, our weather has been going from high 40's to high 60's now so it's harder to keep it cool in there. Hopefully they finish up before it starts to get very hot outside.
Everything has been pretty well so far. No real issues that I can find other than constantly needing to water and feed. Plant B sadly got a bit neglected for most of this grow so it's probably going to be a bit larfy. Although, Plant A isn't the largest either. Maybe I'll use this as a wake up call to defoliate a little more next time I'm growing photos.
At this point, I can't really tell if it's getting any fuller but it might be. I'll probably need to cut it off very soon because I think it's reaching the end of its cycle. Smell is apparently very strong to others but I've gone noseblind to it hahaha. Tips are starting to burn probably from too many nutes, but didn't seem to get any worse after feeding again so might have been the opposite? Anyways, it looks like I'm going to wrap this thing up either next week or two weeks from now.
Removed the MorBloom fertilizer, as it didn't seem to do much for the Plant B anymore. Giving each equal FF nutrients. Hopefully at some point I can harvest, but it still seems like I've got a ways to go!
I think I'm just about wrapping this whole grow up since it doesn't appear to be getting any larger anywhere on the plants. The ripening part has been the absolute slowest process by far. Plant A may be ready now or next week, but the latest I'm guessing is probably in 2 weeks for them. Plant B has been experiencing major heat and light stress so it may already be close to finished too.
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