Winter Grow Projects 25-26

CalicoCatMom Not a lot happening with the grow right now. I was in the greenhouse last night and decided the plant was healthy enough to transplant into its forever home. I started the build-a-soil about two weeks ago, by prepping the soil before transfer. I'm not sure if that's the right way to do it, but it's a living soil so I thought I'd get things moving along. I've never used build-a-soil before, so fingers crossed that it lives up to the hype. I'll be moving this into the tent shortly - I have a couple things drying in there right now and just need some time for trimming.

CalicoCatMom Moved into the grow tent on 10/14/25. I finished drying and trimming my last two and cleaned out the tent to get it ready for a new grow. Not a lot happening, but I was able to set up the parameters and light ppfd of 317 and 24 inches from the light with 80%. I will drop this down as she gets older, but for now, I'm watching the newly transplanted seedling to make sure it's happy with the substrate. Build-a-soil is new to me, and I've heard it has high nutrients and can potentially burn the plant, so I'm watching this new grow very carefully. If it doesn't look good, I'll move back to Fox Farms.

CalicoCatMom Compared to my other grow, this one is flourishing! Planted both around the same time and one is clearly doing better than the other. Initially after transplanting, I started seeing some yellowing on the tips of the leaves and panicked. I thought, because I had heard about nutrient burn with this soil, that my little seedling may not survive long after transfer. I'm happy to say that it was a little stressed and underwatered but that has since been remedied and the little seedling is doing quite well.

CalicoCatMom Starting off the week strong with a week 4 update. The grow is looking healthy and full. I haven't had to water the plant much. It's been over a week since I watered, but because the humidity is at 70% the plant is staying adequately hydrated and hasn't needed a lot of intervention. It's sitting on an AC Infinity Self-Watering Fabric Pot Base. I keep that filled eventhough the roots haven't made it down that far yet.

CalicoCatMom Topped at the 5th node. The internodal spacing is very short with this plant. The plant is throwing fan leaves and they're barely passing the top of the fabric pot. The light is at 404 PPFD, humidity adjusted down to 60%. I haven't had to water the plant in over two weeks thanks to the self watering basin. Seems to be doing well with the current set-up. This is my first attempt at using build-a-soil and plain tap water. Fingers crossed for a healthy grow.