Steckling Grow 2025 (Zushi/Calypso)

MadEvil I didn't do much the last few days except for watering once without nutrients and let the plant aclimatise to their new environment. (Pictures are from week 2 already after transplanting)

MadEvil The 1st thing you probably already noticed is the transplantation into the new 19l (5gal) fabric pots. I build a little base about 3-5cm of expanded clay (Plagron EuroPebbles) at the bottom of the new pots to prevent water stagnation and root rot. The rest of the space was filled up with a light organicly pre-fertilized soil containing a good amount of pearlite (BioBizz Lightmix). I tried to get the plants relatively dry before transplanting to prevent overwatering the young ladys. Also I used some of the leftover "Plant Rooting Powder" to help with root development in the new soil and pots. After transplanting the 2 ladys I removed a few leaves at the base that were kinda crippling to focus the stress onto a single short time period. I watered the plants in the new soil with normal german tapwater which had some "BioBizz CalMag" added and the PH lowered down to arround 6 with "BioBizz PH-". Also as you can see the light is at ~40% intensity and arround 45cm above the top leaves. Atm I am only using the Spider Farmer ClipFan 6 without an additional exhaust fan and/or carbon filter due to the lack of any smell.

MadEvil The "Ladys" got their 1st LST and I removed a few leaves that were blocking the light. Today they also got their 1st watering with the BioBizz nutrient-schedule (3L total, so 1.5L per plant). I kinda mixed week 1 and week 2 grow, cause they haven't gotten any nutrients before other than the Lightmix included nutrients (and except for Calmag to prevent LED-disease aswell as PH-) As always I pre-moistened the top soil layer with a little sprinkler before I gave them the rest of the water. I noticed the humidity to be a bit high but I decided not to do anything against it. However we are still in the veg phase and atm I dont run an exhaust fan because of low to no smell at all. I dont think that I will have problems with that once I start using the inline fan and the two small 120mm fans. I did turn the light up to ~50% and the ClipFan6 is still the only device durrently running other than the SF-2000 light.

MadEvil After last weeks LST and defoliation the plants grow stagnated a little bit. However the "Ladys" were relatively thirsty in the last few days but this time they only got tapwater with "Calmag" and adjusted PH-level, combined 5L (2.5L per plant / 0.5L of that with a spray bottle again). Furthermore I adjusted the LST and got rid of a few leaves that were blocking the light. The climate conditions were very similar to the weeks prior with the temperature beeing arround 25°C-27°C and the humidity between 65-70% (the tent was open a few minutes when I took the picture so it's not that accurate)

MadEvil Another 4 days another watering. This time the "Ladys" got back on the BioBizz nutrient schedule with a bit of preventative Calmag and adjusted PH-level. The Calypso Sunrocks #1 is a bit ahead of the Blue Zushi #1 which is a bit more bushy. LST worked a bit better on the Calypso Sunrocks #1 but either way I will train them another time before switching to 12/12. Climate is a bit hotter and more humid than in the prior weeks even though I installed the two 120mm fans. I will have to install my exhaust fan and carbon filter soon to get more control of the climate and the smell also gets more and more intense.

MadEvil After midweek-watering with plain ph-adjusted tapwater the "Ladys" really got a growth spurt. Height and leaf mass increased noticable. The "Blue Zushi #1" is a bit more thirsty than the "Calypso Sunrocks #1" but both drink about +/- 5L/Week at the moment. LST worked really well especially on the "Calypso Sunrocks #1" which has about 5-7 shoots competing to be the main one. So far the plants look very healthy and there are no signs for deficencies etc. except 1-2 leaves on the "Calypso Sunrocks #1" even though I dont think that it is something concerning. Climate in Germany is hot right now so I struggle and try to keep the temperature under 30°C. Humidity is always between 70-80%. As long as the plants aren't in flower yet I won't make an effort to optimize those conditions. However they should get better when I install the exhaust fan with my carbon filter which becomes more and more mandatory as the smell is getting way heavier.

MadEvil After another grow spurt the "Ladys" really stretched alot over the last 2 weeks. I decided to make my last "big" training session before I send the plants into flower. This time they also got their first big defoliation together with a little lollipopping and arround 25-30% of the leaf-mass gone. It will be the last training before flower with a last adjustment (most likely a ScrOG) arround day 20 in flower. However pictures of the aftermath were taken after I worked on both plants therefore the "Blue Zushi #1" seems a bit sad and unhappy at the pictures 3+4). Since the last watering they got plain ph-adjusted tapwater with a little Calmag just like I do it all the time to prevent early over-fertilization. They are really starting to smell now wich means my new 6" exhaust-setup with controller is going to do great (would be already installed but thanks to our german parcel service "DPD" it will take till monday 😒) The climate in the last few days luckily cooled down a bit which means that the temperature and the humidity went down quiet a bit (picture isn't totally accurate cause the tent was open for 10min+). I hope that I dont have to use a dehumidifier in the flower with the inline fan running.

MadEvil Today I transitioned the "Ladys" into flower! 💪 To initiate the flower phase I gave them their first full flower feeding ("BioBizz Schedule Week 1 Flower"), switched the lighting cycle to 12/12 and adjusted the growlight-spectrum to flowering phase. The plants seem to be very healthy and "full of life" with the exception of a little shoot on the "Blue Zushi #1" wich broke off during the setup change (I talk about that later in the update). They grew another +/- 5cm in the last week and you can see the effects of the early training and topping resulting in many shoots to be present at a fairly even height. Also my girlfriend temporarily "parked" a few of her new plants (1 monstera adansonii variegata, 1 philodendron and 1 philodendron variegata aswell as 1 syngonium tricolor) in my tent until the cuttings develop proper roots. The climate is getting really good with the days beeing not too hot and a good amount of humidity. Obviously the conditions were better due to the new upgrades my grow setup became the last days. As teasered in my last update I got myself and my plants a completely new exhaust setup with a "Spider Farmer 4" Carbon Filter" hooked up to the new "Vivosun AreoZesh T6 6"-Inline Fan". Because I got a really good bundle deal I found myself with a new "Vivosun AeroLight Wing AW200SE" 200w LED-growlight too, aswell as the whole system beeing hooked up to the "Vivosun GrowController E42A". Everything runs with the help of a "Low VPD Trigger" to ensure a climate in the tent at a VPD value arround 1.0kPa atm.