They're coming along nicely.
Gorilla Cookies was showing signs of leaf claw or drooping at the start of the week, but looked healthy the next day.
Internodal spacing much further than the Tropicana Cookies which is really showing indica traits being a little shorter and having much broader leaves.
Just been giving them rain water which is a little pH high. So I bring this down to about 6.5 with organic apple cider vinegar.
The last day of the week (Day 14) I decided to top dress with 2 Tbsp of Soil food and about 10 Tbsp of worm castings for each plant, and scratched it into the surface of the soil. It's probably too soon, but it's slow release nutrients, so it may not affect the plants for a couple of weeks.
With living soil, the process of growing starts long before germination. To make sure the mechanisms for nutrient absorption are in action. The soils got to be alive for a living soil grow, and this can take a bit of time from scratch, so I thought I'd document it for you guys. I spent a week allowing the Biochar to activate, before mixing it into the soil. In this time I thought it would be beneficial to get some Ecothrive Soil Food stocked up, as I've never used biotabs as a primary source of nutrients before and wasn't sure if their concentration in three spots would be enough to support the whole plant.
I've seen the time lapse videos on Dutch Passion website who promote and use Biotabs as a primary source of nutrients, but I'm sceptical of the results as an intermediate organic grower under a small light.
Going to put the beans in water with a dash of Ecothrive Flourish in a couple of days... Watch this space 🌌
