Seriotica in winter

herzeleid069 Just left the plants alone most of the time, only adding some water at sunrise.

herzeleid069 Nothing big to say. Just gave some water, nothing else. Everything happy :)

herzeleid069 Watered the bed in the morning and evening with approx. 0.5 l of water to prevent the surface from drying out. Soil life looks good. Lots of springtails, worms can be found every few square centimeters directly under the mulch layer. Zero fertilizer till now (will stay this way for the whole grow)

herzeleid069 Just gave about 5 litres of pure water. Had some fun watching the different species of my beneficial insects. Other than that, just had to do some lawn mowing because the cover crop frenzied :)

herzeleid069 Last week again only around 5 liters of water for the entire bed every 2-3 days. Tensiometer consistently shows 80-100mBar suction tension. Plants have a beautiful canopy of leaves and have become very bushy. The growth phase will now continue for another week and then flowering will begin. Preparation for the flowering phase by adding Soft Rock Phosphate (needs a few days in Living Soil until it is available to the plant).

herzeleid069 Added some phosphate and fermented fruit juice because of flowering. Otherwise, they received about 13 litres of water per plant this week, or about 40 litres for the entire bed in a week. The soil is nicely moist (about 100 mBar suction tension). All plants look good. Still no signs of deficiency symptoms, only a little light stress apparently. Therefore, I followed a good piece of advice and raised the lamp a little higher. 🙂 What I wouldn't do again is put three plants in a bed, it's a bit cramped overall.

herzeleid069 The week was again very uneventful. A total of approx. 25 litres of water poured. No fertiliser or anything similar. Only applied approx. 7cm (2.5”) of hemp mulch today. Next week we will be lollipopping. I'm curious....

herzeleid069 Very uneventful again this week. About 50 litres of water for the entire bed within 7 days. As always, no fertiliser. The plants are developing splendidly as usual. The first colour changes towards purple are visible. I haven't done any lollipopping, which will be done next week (21st day of flowering).

herzeleid069 Day 21 of the flowering phase: The stretch is finally complete. All three plants were lollipopped today. The plants were quite thirsty this week and consumed about 50 litres within 7 days. There isn't much more to report at the moment – maybe something more detailed next week :)

herzeleid069 We've had a very uneventful week. The plants were watered approximately every two days with around 8 litres of water. Other than that, the tent was only opened every morning to check the tensiometer and then watered, or simply closed again.

herzeleid069 Unfortunately, this week was a little more eventful. One of the three plants had to be cut down. :( Interestingly, it was the middle one of the three. Fortunately, the other two are doing great. Other than that, just water again, around 40 litres a week. April has arrived (in May...) ... Rain, humid air, but thanks to the dehumidifier, everything is still fine.

herzeleid069 Nothing to tell. Just added about 40l water since last week, that's it. The rest, let it grow and mature. Hopefully, next week trichomes look ready :)

herzeleid069 One of the most boring grows ever is coming to an end. Apart from a fairly severe infestation of fungus gnats and the death of one plant (my own fault), nothing really happened. Hundreds of litres of water flowed not only down the Rhine, but also into the bed. The plan for the next few days is to check for trichomes every day, continue watering and harvest in a week at the latest. There are still a few clear trichomes, but the first amber-coloured ones are already visible.

herzeleid069 The plants didn’t quite stick to my plan – again. According to the trichomes, they’ll need a few more days. Let’s trust them this time. :) Other than that, not much has changed: around 50 litres of water this week. If all goes well this time, harvest should be next Friday.