Day 11:
This seedling, as well as its backup sister, were not growing, and didn't have true leaves until about 2 days ago -- just cotyledon. This one finally formed some true leaves, although it is incredibly short and hugging the ground. The backup plant in a solo cup is not any better: in fact, it's worse, looking pretty damn deformed. These seeds were a year old and not stored the most efficiently, so I am not upset.
I actually transplanted this one into my 45-gallon raised bed last week to try to get it in a better environment with better soil to try to help it along. I think that helped, but, I made a mistake. The bed was originally intended for 2 cultivars, and one never germinated, so we replaced it with this one. The mistake was, that other cultivar was an autoflower, so, our 45-galon bed now has 1 autoflowering and one photoperiodic CBD strain growing in it.
To combat this situation, I intend to mainline and train this one low for as long as the autoflowering cultivar is flowering, only then letting it grow upwards, where we will ScrOG it for flowering. So, in the end, this tiny little runt may indeed become the monster nature intended it to become. Time will tell.
Day 12:
I made a LAB serum and performed a drench and foliar spray of the bed today. It's a first time making LABs, and we had a lot of cheese. We'll see how it goes. I preserved about a gallon of it split between being refrigerated and stored with molasses.
Day 14:
It's easier for me to end the week at the end of the week, so the plant is a little older than 14 days, but it's a pain to update several plants throughout the week, so I'm calling this the end of the week to align it with actual weeks.
I wish you also a happy grow. :) The Cannatonic is on my Seeds2Buy - List.
I planted a L.A. Ultra from Resin Seeds a few days ago, which will be the first strain from them i grow.
Good luck with this grow., growbro🙏
i have one 'deformed (have no pix of that yet) as well but she is starting to flower real nice...glad i did not terminate her
those freaks can really surprise you👍
@Grower_Of_Persia, I use a living soil. That is, everything is already present in the soil. This is more efficient than using chelated minerals. The microbiota of the soil convert the nutrients in the soil into plant digestible nutrients, and help them to absorb it. Additionally, all nutrients can be made at home, using plant and mineral-derived inputs, so it is very cost-effective. More, liquid nutrients or salts kill the beneficial elements of a good soil, and damage the environment. Finally, the end result tastes better.
Basically, I do use nutrients, but my soil inputs produce them throughout the entire grow, naturally.
Poxy heatwaves.
I hate my summers. All my grows finishing up by early July. Just too hot for growing. I used co2 last Yr to combat it. Never again. Way too much work.
GL hope they pick up for you.
@AstroBoy, my head is high, as this didn't affect me one bit. I'm more focused on the other plant in that bed (and my other gardens).
I guess we can blame @love_2_grow haha, jk. The plant left in the bed is from a seed swap with them, and it's more fun to think that the plant that I ripped out was killed by the fumigation of terpenes. It absolutely stinks like citrus in that tent, and the poor little one couldn't breathe! Hahaha