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It's time for the next round, which will be all photos, as the last round was autos.
I plan to have one plant in my tiny tent, and four in my big tent, but one of the seeds failed to germinate, so I'll only run three. I could drop another seed (lord knows I have enough), but I figured I'd veg them a bit longer to fill the canopy.
This diary will feature Candy Bezels from Compound Genetics.
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Seed Bank: Compound Genetics
Seed Type: Feminized
Genetics: Hybrid (Indica dominant)
Parent Strains: Eye Candy x Jokerz #31
Flowering Time: 8-9 weeks
Aroma: Fuel, Earth, Herbal with notes of old-school gas and earthy mint
THC Content: Mid to high twenty percent, approximately 23-27%
Special Features: Deep purple-tinged flowers, heavily coated in trichomes
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I started by soaking the seed overnight in a mycorrhiza, kelp, and fulvic acid solution and then planting the seed in a Root Riot plug.
The plugs were placed in a propagation tray on a heat mat.
48 hours later we have lift-off.
The next round is on the way!
The first week has passed without much fuss.
Normally, I transplant the plug into a pot as soon as I see germination, but I've been so busy lately that I took a few days. I transplanted her into a one-liter pot, adding mycorrhiza to both the pot and to the plug.
I kept a humidity dome (fancy talk for a clear plastic cup) over her for a couple of days before putting in my tiny humidifier in the tent. It is ridiculously small but gets the job done, considering how small the tent is. It has a timer, though, so I must remember to turn it on now and then. It’s a bit wonky, but whatever.
The second week of veg was even more uneventful than the first. All I did was install a couple of small fans and replace the tiny humidifier since it broke down, even though it's less than two months old. I guess it wasn't meant to run constantly. No matter, Amazon gave me a full refund.
I installed another humidifier controlled by an Inkbird controller. It's a bit large for the space, but I need something to increase the humidity. The plants are still too small to transpire significantly, and the ambient humidity is relatively low in winter. The tent is a bit cramped, but it'll work until I can move the plants into my big tent in a week or so.
Another week has passed without much fuss. The plants sure are low maintenance when they are young.
However, I found the telltale silver spots on a couple of leaves on another plant, and sure enough, I found a few thrips, although it's not a massive infestation. Yet.
It's been a couple of years since I last had thrips, so I have no clue where they came from. I suspect some coriander I brought home from and am now trying to grow hydroponically.
In any case, I sprayed down all plants several times with neem oil and ordered predatory mites, which should arrive today.
She should get transplanted in a few days as she slowly outgrows her tiny pot.
I'm fighting with the humidifier and Inkbird to maintain a reasonable humidity, but that will improve as I move the plants into my big tent after the transplant.
It was time to transplant and move into the big tent this week. I sprinkled the roots with myco during the transplant and placed the plant in a double pot inside the big final pot.
The flexibility of using double pots is great, as I can easily take out the plant or move it around when I need it.
I haven't seen any signs of thrips damage on her leaves. However, I'm still adding predatory mites and nematodes to ensure all critters are dealt with.
I started sprouting some alfalfa, barley, and corn seeds, which I will turn into a sprouted seed tea in a few days.
Plant - Height: 18 cm, Width: 26 cm
Environment: DLI: 25, Temp: 27C, RH: 75%
She's been having a good week. The new soil and the sprouted seed tea I gave to her early in the week had her raging with growth
It was clear that she had outgrown her pot and I had to transplant her again, only a week after the last time, but hey, having your plant love life is a good problem.
The transplant went according to the regular drill of adding myco to the hole in the pot and the root ball.
One new thing is that I'm trying out using coco coir mats for soil cover. It's a wee bit small for the pot but seems to work reasonably well so far.
Only a couple of days after the transplant, I cut off her head!
It's all a bit stressed with the second transplant and then topping, but some future travel plans have changed, so I'm aligning the grow to them.
I left her alone for most of this week, considering all the trauma she endured the previous week with transplanting and topping.
However, I worked on the tent, adding another circulation fan, a 3D-printed camera mount, and an additional power strip. Finally, I rewired half of the tent.
Towards the end of the week, it was time to start training her to even out the canopy in preparation for the flip. She is actually ready to be flipped, but another girl in the tent needs more veg, so we'll wait for now.
Before the training, I installed a drip watering system, as it would have been a hassle to do it afterward. I haven't turned it on yet, but I will in the next few days to give myself enough time to dial it in before my travels.
I stretched her out using binder clips and wire. Typically, I use soil anchors as well, but I couldn't this time due to the coco coir discs.
This girl has thin, spindly branches. Perfect for training, but I am concerned that she will need support in flower.
I saw some light interveinal chlorosis earlier in the week, which looked like a Magnesium deficiency, so I gave her an epsom salt drench, and she looked much perkier the next day.
This week has been a week of brutality, as I managed to break a branch on every plant in the tent. I plan to flip the girls next week, so I was a bit too overzealous in my eagerness to spread out and flat the canopy in this final week of veg.
Fortunately, I was able to patch her up. A few years ago, I had a serious break on one of the plants and used regular electrical tape to fix her. After that episode, I learned that tape with glue can be a problem for some plants, so I bought tape/wrap specially meant for the task. It's been unused until now, but it sure came in handy this week.
It has been two days, and most of the branch looks healthy and normal, although one fan leaf wilted. I think she will be fine, but I can't bend down the branch until she has healed, so the canopy isn't quite as flat as I'd like.
I also started changing the light schedule to transition the girls from veg to flower. I changed from 24/0 to 20/4 for a couple of days, and for the last couple of days, I changed it to 16/8. Tomorrow, I will change it to 12/12 to finish the flip.
This week was only marginally more exciting than last week.
I brewed compost tea with worm castings, insect frass, alfalfa meal, basalt, rock dust, kelp meal, malted barley, and molasses.
To make feeding her easier, I took some cuts and defoliated her lower canopy very lightly before applying the tea. The tea solids were applied as a top dressing.
Later in the week, she got an epsom salt foliar feed. Not because she needed it but simply because I sprayed another plant in the tent.
One of her branches was sticking up above the rest of her canopy - the branch I had previously almost broken off, so I didn't dare to train it for a while. Now, I figured it had been long enough, so I trained it with a bit of wire and used binder clips as a weight.
I'm delighted with the performance of my latest soil recipe. The plant is incredibly healthy and vibrant. There isn't a single discolored leaf on the entire plant :)
@PersonalSmok3s, I doubt the humidifier is necessary, but it helps keep the seedlings happy when the humidity is low in winter. The RH in the lungroom is only around 35%.
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