Solo Gaia F1

drakkon The Gaia F1 is doing well on day seven. It's working on its third set of leaves and shows no signs of trouble. Calculating the watering volume is difficult, because I watered it by briefly submerging it and letting it absorb water from the bottom and sides.

drakkon The Gaia F1 grew quite vigorously this past week, and looks pretty good to me at 14 days. Her leaf-area increased substantially, and side branches are well underway. She got a plain-water misting several times per day, and transplantation and topping are on the near horizon. She's a little ahead of her Watermelon Automatic neighbor in growth and stature.

drakkon It was an eventful week for the Gaia F1. She was topped on day 17 and transplanted on day 18 without suffering even the slightest shock or slowdown. At the time of topping, I also pruned the two branches from her first node, which now leaves her with nodes #2, #3, #4 and #5, for a total of eight main branches. She is currently growing vigorously and branching profusely. Each day, I mist her with water a few times. I have not given her any extra nutrients beyond what's in the Happy Frog soil, other than some mycorrhizae I added during transplant. Training will commence in the upcoming week.