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.

drakkon The Gaia F1 underwent training this past week, and she continues to grow vigorously. I fed her once with half-strength grow nutrients and once with diluted cal-mag. I am very satisfied with the plant's size and development as of day 28.

drakkon The Gaia F1 started flowering this week on approximately day 33. She continues to grow and thrive as of day 35. Training and light defoliation continues, to keep the canopy even and growing tips exposed to plenty of light. I have been misting her with water occasionally, but will phase that out now that flowers are developing. Dilute nutrients were applied every second or third watering.

drakkon As of day 42, the Gaia F1 is looking good, growing quickly, and producing plenty of flowers. Training is mostly done now, but light defoliation continues. A few mid-to-older leaves have faint rust-colored blotches, but they're very slight. I also see a few dots here and there that look like mite-bites. I've been removing affected leaves as I see them, and unless it gets worse, it'll be just part of my ongoing defoliation. There's no odor to speak of yet. Bloom nutrients increased, but still less than full strength. Now that she's outgrown the 18" x 24" backdrop I've been using, I want a new, larger one.