First Attempt (with 528 Hz informed water)

Day 21 started with the ladies getting thirsty, so they received a morning drink, this time with the full recommendation of Hesi fertilisers. All tips show clear signs of preflowers now, but my phone camera cannot really catch them in a recognisable way, so more details in a few days. Lights still at 80% but reduced distance to about 30 cm again. Day 22: Will have to hang the lights higher again soon, as the tallest plant gained about 2 cm since yesterday. Looks like they consumed the fertilisers really well. Deep, luscious leaf colouring, and the tomatoes which received the same drink now being taller than the smallest of the ladies in green. I started to LST the lower branches of the first two plants yesterday and was a bit worried afterwards. My handling clearly stressed them. But they are good with me today again. I wonder why the second Sunset Sherbet stays that much smaller. Checked her lighting and of course, being smaller she gets a bit less but not in such a degree. She is in an 11 l pot, the other ones in 17 l. I read Autos don’t like being repotted that much. Should I transplant her into a bigger home though? Differences between both strains are now visible. The nodes where the leaf fingers meet – their palms? – are only a light green or yellow on the Pineapples whereby on the Sherbets they appear mostly dark reddish brown. BTW: A TDS of 10 means the pure RO water. The fertilised mix had a TDS of 238 ppm. Still about 100 below my tap water. On the evening of day 22, I realised they all looked a bit droopy, and as the taller Sherbet decided to overtake the lead in height, I rearranged them so light over smaller plants can be lower. (So now left row Sherbet in front, Pineapple in back, right row the opposite. Both tallest plants hit the 30 cm mark now.) On day 23 morning, they all looked ok but lowest, oldest leaves began to turn to a spotty yellow color. Normal behaviour or some deficiency? I received hints about N and Mag being possible sources, possibly rather N. Did not expect deficiencies to appear that fast … Tomatoes need to leave the tent now soon as they are starting to overgrow the lowest weed leaves which could be causing troubles too. Positioned the lights now more to a bit more than 40 cm away from the tops but turned them fully up. All optimisations still make the plants grow very differently. Tallest lady is now almost twice as big as the smallest one. Steady growth on day 26. Lowest leaves might be lost, but I should defoliate them anyway soon. Lowest side branches could use more light; which I had to adjust again a bit higher as youngest leaves show some yellow ends, and tallest plant is now already 43 cm. They would have become thirsty today, so this time I really gave them a lot to drink, with Hesi nutritients for early flower stage – if the yellow leaves have been caused by lack of N, there is more in it than in growth fertiliser. Added a support portion of Root Complex too to compensate this week’s stress, also caused by LSTing them. I don’t have any data to compare with but I’m pleased by the amount of not really that tiny anymore white hairs I see. And the end of this week, I start to worry if I spent my money wisely. Tallest lady will probably be 50 cm tonight or tomorrow. If she continues this way, my 1.60 m tent could be filled soon. And I heard Autos don’t appreciate topping that much. Although I installed a dehumidifier, humidity in closed tent with both blowers on full speed still gets too high. If this is to be meant a longer lasting hobby, I should possibly invest in a better blower for the next round. And at some point maybe rather an Evo 3/60. Even more as the LEDs I bought for my mini greenhouse as an indoor plant birth station turned out to be a typical Asia scam with no power at all, making the seedling grow ugly in search of light. At least the smallest one clearly starts to stretch out now too. And I think I don’t have to worry that much about the first leaves having turned yellow. What looked like weird cabbage on each stem where the baby leaves used to be now starts to develop into new, very vividly green leaves. Short end of week statistics: Height average 35 cm, ranging from 24 to 46 cm. Widest stem at soil level approach. 1.5 cm Thirst around 1.5 l/plant/week.