Biscotti-cherry-mandarine

Flick Not really vedge-week 1, but 1 week after hatching, so … all three are doing fine. Vipra spectra is on 35 %

Flick Last week was a bit stressful for the little ones. I misinterpreted the high humidity in the nursery greenhouse and checked the soil too late, which resulted in a slight water shortage, but this was quickly and easily remedied. I should also have started fertilising earlier, as the light mix apparently only provides sufficient nutrients for a week. The day before yesterday, I repotted all three into larger 5-litre pots, as the roots were already sticking out of the bottom of the 0.5-litre pots. Today, I gave them another 500 ml of Water with 1ml Bio Grow per plant. I will add Acti Vera as soon as it is available. Overall, they are all developing nicely. The Cherry Bacio seems to be a little more sensitive and thirsty for nutrients than the other two. Oh, and the vipra spectra is getting very warm … runs on ~70% atm Thank you for your attention. 😊

Flick Vipra is on 100% now. All three are rather small and compact. Cherry Bacio seems to be a bit more sensitive, to the light, humidity or nutrients level? some of the Leafs curl on the outside. All in all they alle seem health to me (although a little bit small, but they had a stressfull first week) 😊 I took away 2 upper Fan leafs of the biscotti mintz, to uncover the upcoming side branches. Same with the cherry bacio (plus some soft bending, Plant - Yoga). I feel like, they are too short zu do any real LST at this point.

Flick getting pretty bushy.

Flick Switching to 12/12 today. Cherry Bacio is doing great, although she worried me a bit in the beginning of the grow, cause she curled her Leafs etc., she appears to be at least the tallest of the three. BIscotti Mintz has very short Internodes, Mandarin Jam is simply doing fine. She is really easy to handle, almost layd back, understatement like character 😄☺️ . A few leaves show signs of calcium and magnesium deficiency, but that's no surprise, as I had a couple of watering and fertilising mishaps. I also messed up when adjusting the pH value of the water. I learned that I had been watering and fertilising incorrectly for years. I always used Bio Down before adding the fertiliser to the water. This is incorrect, because Bio Bizz fertiliser, Plus letting it sit overnight, already lowers the pH of the water sufficiently in the earth. The acid in pH down can even have a negative effect on the effectiveness of the fertiliser – besides, I was told that the pH value of the soil is more important. Anyway: from today, no more Bio down in my grow.

Flick The first Week of the stretch lies behind us – they did stretch – a little. Not like crazy. But they are shooting branches like crazy. It's not easy to keep the temperatur below 30 °C, I must say. Those two lamps in that small tent … they do stuff … in terms of heat lol. I took away some leafs, but wouldn't call it defoliating. But all three are shooting leafs as if it was a competition. I think I saw some pre-flower Pistol on the biscotti mintz, but not 100% sure. Excited to see how the second week of the stretch turns out. **( I will count the Flower-Days and Weeks from the first real visible Pistols on.)