Critical Mass CBD is growing quite slow in the second month. Branches are thin like sativa. I should not be overfeeding them.
I slabbed on earth worm casting on top of the growing pot on the fifth week. Earth worm casting has most of the fertilizers cannabis needs. However, it is lacking in magnesium and sulfur. Epsom salt is the perfect addition to earth worm casting mix. After the sixth week, And I add weekly dose a table spoon of Epsom salt per gallon of water once a week.
Seventh week, plant seemed to grow. The tallest plant is about a foot tall. I bend the branch and pinched off the tops again.
Eight week, plants are well established. And they are growing nicely. I change the pot and put them to 6 inch fern pot. Plan to keep them in this size for a month. I am really taking it slow with this batch. Time to start flowering is at the end of October. Plenty of time.
Side story, I started to snipe of branches of high THS strains. Conventional wisdom is to put these in a set up that keeps humidity high. Which I also so. However, cloning can be as easy as sticking branches in the soil. And three branches of “Alpha Buds” are doing fine with this simple way. On the other hand, most clones in humidity bottle at 36 degree Celsius got broiled and rotted.
After two weeks, I separated the clone into small individual 3 ½ inch pot. These will be my second and premium flowering batch intend for happy time smoking and not for therapeutic oil.
Nice breeder and strain. All the best 😉 and yeah thc/cbd ratio are often different than what the breeder say. I had a discussion with a guy that tested a few pure cbd and 1:1 strain with a gemma cert device, he got funky result with the ratio depending phenotypes.
They are pumping med,,
I haven’t seen those basket type pots here in AUS,
It gives me an idea to drill a heap of holes around one of my pots this year to try it 🍻
@Shooey, my biggest 25 gal basket cost around 7 AUD.
It is mainly used to carry farm produce.
At first, I was thinking about drilling holes at bottom of some laundry baskets. But it is much cheaper to buy produce baskets from farm supply shop.
My thing is growing on the cheap. 😀😀😀😀😀
@GYOweed, it's sea purslane. Root supposed to give beneficial hormone and host micorrhizae. It is useful when I transfer to bigger pot. Sucks up excess fertilizers.
This sea purslane plant actually growing along the beach. I actually plugged them out at high tide when they were fully under sea water.
Logic is not fully clear but weeds grow better with them especially during vegging cycle. After a while, weed root overtakes the pot and sea purslane won't grow that well.
I recycle the purslane as a way to keep microbe community going in my soil.