16. - 22.05.2024
In advance: Everything (quite) went according to the plan ; ) . But: LSSH still has problems and two branches of the Royal Gorilla were sheared off when attaching the "holding wire".
Day 25: Application of lst method on the Royal Gorilla and the Special Queen #1 plants. The Royal Gorilla is first and due to my clumsyness and a really strong wire ... I managed to shear off the lowest two branches of the Royal Gorilla plant. This is a loss : ) , since those branches are quite developed. The lst on the Special Queen #1 plant is not a problem at all and (due to the experiences as made on the Royal Gorilla plant) everything went fine. The Lemon Shining Silver Haze was left out from lst technique since it is still smaller [...].
Day 26: The LSSH is subdued to the lst method. No problems at all. The "rubber band method" (as seen on user profile "einamio") works like a charm and I would recommend it. Basically no harm can be done to the plant with this method and the method is used on day 25 as well.
Day 27: The rubber bands are removed, since all the plants kind of adapted to their new orientation. A thinner wire, thinner than the wire used on day 25 and 26, is used to keep the plant's low profile from now on. Decided to top one branch of the Royal Gorilla plant to make up for the two branches lost earlier.
Day 28: Branches grow in length and are spread out to open up the plants to let more light to all the new growth. More or less slight defoliation (was often more then expected) to bring light to the new growth.
Day 29: Comparable to day 28. Pots are lowered, new distance is 55cm (lamp @75%). Thanks to a comment of a user ("biotabs"). 17k lux.
Day 30: Comparable to day 28. A lot of big fan leaves are cut off.
Day 31: Comparable to day 28. Photos of the process, as described for day 28, are made.
Watering and fertilizing shedule of the week: On day 25 I give 600ml with half the dose of CalMag Pro and Silic Rock. On day 26: no watering. Then, on day 27, I water again with 1000ml and the formula as stated above. Runoff is gathered, pH of the LSSH is 5.8 and the others have 6.3 . On day 29: Watering without fertilizer, 1000ml. Forgot to correct pH on LSSH, as recommended by user "Kratzmann" (will follow with the next watering). Up to today, the pots are well watered and will not loose much water since I have rainy weather with high humidity. To be mentioned: There is one BioTab in each pot.
Question of the week: None. Except (maybe) the LSSH topic from last week ; ) .
Plan: Continue watching the wet & dry cycle of the earth and water less frequent. Continue use of CalMag and Silic Rock, but only traces of additional fertilizer. Further spread out the new branches and keep the profile of the plants low.
Hope you can work with the report / diary.
Greetings.
@Kratzman, hi. Danke für die Antwort. Meine Abluft ist nicht kontrolliert. Sie läuft, wie die Zuluft, dauerhaft. Allerdings sind das nur ca. 60 m³ Luft pro Stunde (jeweils). 60% RLF war bisher das Maximum, das ich hatte. Bei mir lag es wohl echt an den dauernd feuchten Töpfen. Danke für den Aspekt, Kratzman.
@allways_beginner, Ich habe zu Beginn meiner Grows auch oft viele Trauermücken wegen der Luftfeuchtigkeit. Ich stelle meine Abluft erst ab 80% RLF an. Meist ist die dann ab der dritten Woche dauerhaft an und es dauert keine zwei Tage bis die Trauermücken vollständig verschwinden.
@Sejanus21, hi. Die Trauermücken sind mittlerweile von alleine zurückgegangen. Weitestgehend. Ich vermute, dass die Erde dauerhaft, also über längere Zeit, einfach zu feucht war. Wenn die Erde Gelegenheit hat auszutrocknen ... sollte das Trauermückenproblem auf jeden Fall nicht so extrem werden, wie bei mir. Nematoden, falls erforderlich beim nächsten grow. TY, Sejanus21.
@Kratzman, Das ist Erde von Aldi's Hausmarke "Garland". 2 Teile "universal Pflanzerde", 2 Teile "Hochbeet Erde", 1 Teil "Plagron Perlite". Ich habe Bilder in Woche 1 hochgeladen. Bisher geht es mit den Pflanzen ... bin selbst überrascht. Aber: viele Trauermücken, kaum zu ertragen. TY Kratzman. -- Schau Dir Woche 3 an ... werde sie noch heute hochladen.
In english: It's Eatrh from Aldi's own brand "Garland". 2 parts "universal Pflanzerde", 2 parts "Hochbeet Erde", 1 parts "Plagron Perlite". I've taken pictures from the sacks and put them in week 1. So far everything went well ... I'm surprised myself. But: a lot of flys are in the earth. TY Kratzman. -- Look at week 3, will upload them today.
@Dennis_Bong, Ist halt für den Leser des Tagebuches ... hilfreich. Ich will es auch nicht zu kompliziert machen ... . Ich werde je Woche das erste Bild beschriften, wenn sich an der Position der Töpfe nichts ändert können ja Bilder aus der gleichen Perspektive folgen.
Für mich sieht das bei der LSSH nach einem pH Problem aus. Das gilt es zu reparieren, dazu pH geeichtes Wasser gießen und den Runoff messen. Und dann ggf. Korrigieren, je nach Ergebnis. Wenn du noch gute Erde hast, dann ist ein quick fix auch immer einfach umzutopfen, was generell für fast jedes Problem gilt.
@allways_beginner, Zu wissen wie viel von was durchs Gießen in die Erde bzw. an die Pflanzen geht, schadet nie. Dient ja der Kontrolle 👍🏻. Mit pH Korrektur sollte sich deine LSSH auch erholen
@Kratzman, Hi. Danke für den Hinweis. Ich habe (echter Zufall) vor 30 min. das erste Mal Runnoff gehabt und diesen pH dann gemessen. Ergebnis: 5,9 bei der LSSH, bei den anderen etwa 6,2 und 6,4. Dann werde ich mich also nach Deinem Rat richten und bei der LSSH den pH etwas anheben (bei dem nächsten gießen). Werde die LSSH dann mit einem pH von ca. 7 gießen.
i just say watch your light, looks like you already got lightburns on the leaves
give around 70-75cm distance and only 75 percent of strenth, and gilr will look fine
the damage does not heal, its becoming darkbrow and wilty, but the new leaves should be fine
@Biotabs, hi. Thank you for the advice. I changed the situation. Before the change the lamp to plant distance was 30 cm, I measured 20.7k (@47%) lux. After the change the distance is 55-60 cm (and within the manufacturer's recommendation), I measured 14k lux (@75%). I know, that this approach does not exactly follow your recommendation, but kindish follows it. And: I do know that measuring lux is basically a work around : ) . Original plan was to up the lux to about 30k ... but i realized that this may be too much and went back to the 20ish k lux. Maybe the LSSH got burned back then, the plan to save some energy therefore failed (partially). Today: The new leaves on the LSSH look good, lighter green and I hope she catches up. All the other plants do well as well. Again: Thank you for the advice which made me change the situation. Btw: BioTabs seem to kick in as well (in a positive sense). Sincerely, allways_beginner.