Phwoah! Grow Genius silica came thru in a big way, blessing the Blue Paint crew with the rigidity we’d hoped for. One pheno has a slight curve to it and it’s now evident that they’re starting to break away from each other in phenotypical expressions by way of height, strength and leaf structure (possible variations in new growth width), but these might well be environmental influences rather than genetic.
Seedling feeding regimen has been swapped out for the veg stack. The environment of the nursery tent saw a slight shift downward in temperature as the seasons press closer to winter but this didn’t stop progress, even after the Blue Paint crew got a repotting, increasing their root space 10 fold. With the increase in legroom they also got an upgrade to first class with a tent of their own as older auto tent sisters were shifted to their final grow space.
Unfortunately this might only tide them over for a short while. The worry is, longer than expected flower cycles mean their final home, the photo tent, is still packed to the rafters with ripening flower and Blue Paint is coming up behind at an alarming rate. No choice but to play it by ear and possibly end up making some big purchases, drastic changes or tough calls. Ready and willing if it comes to it, fire genetics over bag seed all day long 😂.
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Your girls have left mine in the dust, great growth. Interesting about the increased foliar feeding not burning the plants, you're using the bio diesel recipe right? (aloevate/calmag and uhh supernatural?). I'll up my applications also, I just followed the two weekly sprays too.
@BestenDank, Might be onto something there, mine look a lot shorter (maybe 75mm from medium) but have about the same amount of nodes. Just vegging in solo cups in a 19l bucket with a led house bulb in the lid, not a great deal of light by any means, but enough to give me squat lil plants still.
@Wholebunchanumbers, hey friend. Yes! The bio diesel foliar recipe, correct but with Grow Genius silica added. What I would recommend is one foliar spray every day, either night or morning rather than both. After almost a week of night and day applications I did notice the leaves failing to remain turgid, my guess is over hydration. Not worrying at all I just want them to be praying in the morning and able to soak up all that ppfd. Also if you’re having trouble with height, maybe look into the relationship between light intensity and distance to plant. My belief is ‘close light short plant, far light tall plant’ the same ppfd reading just at a higher intensity, further from the plant. Cheers for dropping in and chatting.