Third week of vegetation starts today. I changed the water into the pots with fresh tap water. Roots become to be more longer and plants seem to be healthy so far. The light is 30 cm from the top of plants @ 50% power 18/6, the extractor is set to 1/4. The inkbird parameters are 20° (-2 H +3 C).
D21: changed the water. For each 20l pot I added: 20ml of grow, 20ml of micro and 20ml of bloom. In order to low the pH at 6.0 I used 9ml of pH-. The measured EC was 1.2.
D22: lower the pH at 5.6; this evening it was raised to 7.0. the measured EC was 1.3
D23: pH checked @ 6.1, EC checked @ 1.3
D24: everything looks going well. Plants started to stretch and grow faster, roots are developing long and white. pH @ 5.7 EC @ 1.7
wow, big difference in the last 3 weeks, Banana is getting fat!😍
when did your stretch start/stop?
My bananas are in the beginning of week 6 (2nd flowering) and there isnt a lot stretch so far...
@taprootArmy, thanks for comment. I think something goes wrong with the website because the reply I sent yesterday does not appear anymore. Anyway, the stretching becomes in the third week of flowering to stop after three weeks. The buds became fatter during the last two week.
@taprootArmy, thanks for your comment. Three plants were two in the beginning, but one has been removed from the tent after a strange sickness to the roots. The stretch began during the third week of flowering and stops after two/three weeks. In the last two weeks the buds begin to be fast as I never experienced with the soil. The next time I think that I will top her, especially if I will decide to grow her in hydroponics.
Holy F, that are some bushes :) Now you are making me nervous. Do you think topping fat banana auto would be a good idea to control the height?
Also might I ask why you dont defoliate?
Good Luck and happy harvest!
@taprootArmy, I think you're right. I should have to top the plants to control their height, I didn't because I didn't believe they'd grow so much. This is my first experience with hydroponics and the same strain that during the past grow reached 80cm this time is trying to pierce my tent. Moreover, also the missing defoliation caused a big problem to ventilation, in fact I think that one of my plant is dying. Now I removed her from the tent trying to understand if I can do something to her. Let's see