Mephisto Chemdogging-Hubba / Biotabs

kohlrabi In my last, hasty update, I forgot the most important thing: the variety grown is a free goodie from Mephisto and a cross between Hubba Bubba Haze and Chemdogging. Since the title is limited and the variety is not available for selection, I have included one name in the title and the other in the seed description. Please forgive the confusing situation. The plant shot up quite a bit at the beginning, perhaps because I had the lamp set to the lowest setting. When I returned from my short trip, the thin stem had bent over, but otherwise the plant looked fine. I added some soil and increased the light intensity, and I hope it doesn't hold it against me.

kohlrabi My little latecomer is developing well. I was a little worried because of the damaged stem last week, but she recovered. I cut off the lowest branches, as in my experience they never really amount to anything. Otherwise, it only gets its daily sip of water until it too can be switched to watering from the reservoir below.

kohlrabi The plant is developing excellently. Regarding its size, it should be noted that in week two, I added about 5 cm of soil to prevent the previously thin stem from bending. Starting with watering from below now. I used large Airpots (20+ litres), but inserted the bases so that there was about 10 cm of empty space at the bottom. Then I threaded four irrigation wicks into each pot and secured them with wire so that they wouldn't slip when I filled the pots with soil. (See the pictures above.) Finally, I spread a small layer of pumice on the bottom of the Airpot and filled it with my soil-pumice mixture with all the Bio Tabs products you need for the ‘Just Add Water’ strategy. The pots are now standing in large plastic containers that serve as water reservoirs, which I can fill with 10 cm of water. For the first three weeks, I watered from above, but since then I have only been filling the reservoir. And what can I say? It looks fantastic so far. No problems with overwatering or underwatering; the plants are getting exactly what they need. I'm delighted.