Sauswaus - April 24th, Day 30 -
pH meter just came in with the mail which is one day earlier than expected. Calibrated and took measurements right away. My tapwater measures at a 8.2 pH, which is even higher than I expected. What's confusing me is that the soil measures at 6.2-6.9. To be sure I flushed two of the pots for more measurements.
- Runoff water flushed with the 8.2 pH tap water I've been giving them from the start: pH 6 - 6.7 differing between pots.
- Runoff water flushed with tap water corrected to pH 6.0: pH 5.9 - 6.1
This had me wondering if - just like the Royal Mix I'll be using - the Pokon Seed & Cutting soil is self-regulating organic soil. Couldn't find the answer to this anywhere so I'm assuming the answer is no. Soil pH should be at 5.2-6.2 though. What I did find out is that it has nutrients in it for 2 months so maybe that's why my LSD isn't doing too well. Might try not adding Alga Grow anymore, just Power Roots.
So now I have a lot more data but I don't really know what to make of it.
Bonzai:
I was also doing a side project for fun, shaping an unfeminised trash seed I didn't know much about into a bonzai. Shaping was going fine, but today noticed that it was showing male pre-flower so I cut it down. Might try again and keep a separate diary for it.
- April 23rd, Day 29 -
We've had great weather the last couple of days. Plants are starting to look fuller but they are not growing much in hight.
As I mentioned last week I've had to postpone the purchase of a pH meter but I have one coming in the mail this Thursday.
I've checked online for data on my local tabwater and the pH should be at 7,03 - 7,74 which I assume is what's causing me problems.
Starting Thursday I'll be adjusting the pH of my water, but I am not sure if I can bring it to 6.0 straight away or if I should do it in steps of say 0.2
I'll be using Plagron Royal Mix as soil for my final pots. With this soil I should not have to control the pH of my water but I probably will just to be sure after this bad start.
Autoflowers:
- CBD Lemon Potion
Showing its first pistils. It's still only 10cm tall and I expected this to take another week.
- Tangerine Dream
Not showing any pistils yet. I was a bit worried about this one at first but it's looking quite healthy now.
When I germinated the Autoflowers late March I realized this was pretty early for Autoflowers in the Dutch climate, but I did this on purpose to at least have a small harvest somewhere around early June. I'll be germinating two more seeds around the time I'm harvesting my Autoflowers for a second harvest. I still have one seed of both Critical Kush Auto, Blue Mammoth Auto and Malana Bomb Auto from Barney's Farm.
Fotoperiod:
- Liberty Haze
Has been ahead of the rest from the start, but it's really starting to show now.
- Laughing Buddha
Did seem kind of fragile at first, but is looking alright now.
- LSD
Has been looking kind of weak from the beginning. Since week 2 it has been bending over under its own weight and bending almost 45° in a soft breeze. Weak root base? When I checked on it and took pictures this morning it had turned to a pale shade of green and was showing burnt tips on the lower leafs. Just came home and it doesn't look much better.
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looks nice dude :sunglasses:keep up the great work ...:muscle:have a good one ,till next week