Week 8 / Flower Week 4: Day 53 to 59
Vacation time! i left last week Friday until Saturday this week. Watering was done by a Rainpoint Wifi pump and a DIY drip ring. I programmed it to irrigate 3L on Tuesday and Friday. It worked like a charm. Didn't use any fertilizer to not clog the system.
On saturday I did open the tent for the first time after nine days and was pretty nervous. But the Papaya did pretty well (see pictures attached). The plant has little yellow spots on the tip of the leaves, but otherwise it looks really nice.
Cool stretching, well done. Note that the leaves are yellowish, which looks like N deficiency. Consider adding more fertilizer🤙 And the pH is too high, because of this, fertilizers may not be absorbed, I would advise you to level it to 6.3-6.5, otherwise there may be problems later
@DavidRayMan, thanks! I am adding a lot of N with the Sugar Royal. I am also using the Plagron Royalmix with the advised nutirent schedule, which explicitly mentions that is not necessary to adjust ph. Your Papaya looks indeed a lot greener. Let's hope it is just picture quality :)
@Lemonhazelover, it is one of those cheap chinese ones for your mobile phone (APEXEL 200). But i wouldn‘t recommend it. You have to get pretty close to your flower to get any picture at all. Basically touching it.