BENY_TRUBY All the genetics have germinated (16h in a glass of water with a drop of pro roots and a bit of hydrogen peroxide + 2 days on damp paper towels) and have been transplanted into small pots under CFL light. There’s an amnesia that has come out double; first I saw how 2 little tails germinated and then how 2 stems are growing. From the rest of the seeds, there are a few that still aren’t visible above the soil. This has just begun!!
One auto seed is coming out double for me. First, I saw two parallel roots coming out, and now two independent stems are growing. I've already separated the stems a bit since they were a little tangled. Should I try to completely separate both stems and attempt to transplant one or not?
BENY_TRUBY Hello!! As I said, I'm not dedicating too much time to growing. I also don't spend much time writing the diary, I just take some notes on the calendar.
However, I put a lot of love into it and I have a beautiful plant, the auto amnesia that came out double and I'm applying LST to it. It looks incredible!!! 😍
The seedlings started their life under a light and then moved to the balcony. Two of the seedlings didn't make it past the first week. That's why I put in 2 additional seeds 1 week later.
The first days on the balcony they were protected under a mini greenhouse with a plastic bottle. This made the plants grow vigorously (the first batch). This affected the second batch in a strange way (see photos), as the leaves turned upwards.
I'm adding some biobizz fertilizers that I had left over from last year (less than what the manufacturer indicates with calmag, bio-grow, fish mix, and activera. I also gave a couple of foliar applications with alg-a-mix). Today starts week 5 (4 for the little sister) and since most of the plants already have pistils and some of them are starting to form flowers, I've begun to add flowering fertilizer top max. Let's see how it goes. Maybe I should slow down a bit with the fertilizers... and the watering.
I think I've been watering with too much water, and that's why the waterings are every few days (sometimes only once a week). The pots are heavy and that tells me they have a lot of moisture, but I keep watering because some days I'm not home and I'm afraid they'll dry out if I don't 😩😤.
The plants are growing well in height, but they are not expanding much laterally.
The weather on the balcony has been very good, with temperatures around 23-14 degrees, mostly clear or sunny and no problems with storms (I protect them when it rains).
I had some issues with birds that attacked a couple of seedlings during the first week outside and that's why I put up a protective net and some CDs to scare them away.
Thanks for reading and I'll keep sharing, the double auto amnesia is a wonder!! 😍
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I put my seedlings inside a homemade mini greenhouse made from a 7-liter plastic bottle and this happened, the leaves turned upwards, something very strange that I had never seen before. What could have happened? Too much humidity, watering, or fertilizers?
It appears like it’s been shocked by too much heat/humidity. The only reason you need a dome on your plant is newly germinated seedlings and clones.
It looks like you are growing outdoors. What happened is the sun probably increased the temp in that dose drastically and you are seeing the effects of that. I would remove the lid immediately and no longer use it. It should bounce back unless there was too much damage done. Give it some time to recover.
I hope this helps.
BENY_TRUBY We're still dealing with the consequences of overwatering (I think). In the last week, only one watering, and one of the plants hasn't received a single watering. Finally, the pots are starting to have a more normal weight.
However, I think that, except for the mutant plant, which is wild, the others are not developing very well. They're not growing laterally, and it's not because they're sativas, since the kritikal bilbo auto is quite indica.
I'm also noticing that the lower leaves of the double mutant plant are starting to yellow overnight... ALERT?
This week I've had to move the plants around several times... I guess this has a negative impact too...
But there's less time left until the harvest 😅😊
I have a few theories:
1) Overwatering (due to various issues, I've had to water once a week in large amounts (too much)
2) Stress from movement (due to storms and other reasons, I move the plants around several times a week
3) Too many nutrients?
Lack of branching is usually due to not enough hours of direct sunlight.
Outdoors they need a minimum of 6-8 hours of direct sunlight on their leaves to grow properly.
Defoliation will slow branch growth too....less leaves = less energy being made = less growth.
Small branching is not because of watering, wind, excess fertilizer or being moved.....just not enough light.
After a sunny day without excessive heat, I've noticed yellow leaves at the bottom of this auto mutante (2 plants from one seed). I've fed it some fertilizers, even calmag in an appropriate amount for prevention... What could it mean? How does it look?
I’m not seeing signs anywhere else in the plant. This is likely a combination of two things that have compounded into you seeing the yellow leaves now.
Fist is there probably was a lack of nitrogen in your soil leading up to this. Nitrogen deficiency can be easily found in lower fan leaves turning yellow. Since nitrogen is a mobile nutrient, the plant will remove the nutrient from the lower leaves and distribute it to where it sees fit.
Second is the heat stress kicked the nitrate deficiency into overdrive and since that plant was likely already going to sacrifice that leaf, it expedited the process due to the heat.
My guess is you will need to give it a little bit more nitrogen in the next few feedings.
I hope this helps.
It had happened to me one day a few weeks ago and now again. Suddenly, the stems bend and feel a bit softer. What's going on? What can I do? For now, I've given them support to keep them upright.
A. Boiled root , weakens plant ( watering on hot day in morning )
B. Calcium overdose , but i see no signs , more Nitrogen excess ;))
C. Strong wind and plant is too lanky to cope with it, giving support was smart idea.
D. Underwater , plants overdried and became lanky.
Think that all possible threats, support should help a lot. Good watering regime could sort others.
@JamesBarre, wow! Exactly, one of the 2 plants that's developing from just one seed is growing 3 branches at each node instead of 2 like the rest of the plants 🤷♂️
@nonick123, Hey buddy. I would say they definitely get 6-7 hours of sun, although sometimes it's partially sun and shade because of the railing. Another factor is that we have quite a few cloudy days.
As for the nutrients, in the relatively few waterings I've done, I've used Biobizz nutrients (bio grow, fish mix, bio bloom, top max, activera, some foliar application with algamix, and always correcting pH). Yesterday I only gave them fish mix due to a possible nitrogen deficiency.
I'm not having very good luck this time, I'm afraid.
@nonick123, thanks!! I'm trying to update my diary, but the page won't let me. You won't believe how my little plant that came out double is doing... I hope to show it soon. Hugs!