Diary
Plant was given nutrient solution every day when the sun went down in the concentration down bellow
- FloraSeries Gro-->1.8 mL/L
- FloraSeries Micro-->1.2 mL/L
- Flore Series Bloom-->0.6 mL/L
Because I changed the feeding solution the first ppm measures were around 800. I wasnt happy with that so i diluted it with tap water to reasonable 560 ppm.
Day 43
I topped the plant for the first time and removed all the folliage bellow the fourth node. So four growth tips were still attached to the plant. I checked the removed leaves and noticed small, light coloured, almost invisible aphids so I decided to take a look under the leaves that were still on a plant and I wasn't suprised to see more of them. Because plant is still young and there aren't lot of leaves I removed aphids simply by brushing them off with my fingers.
Day 46
I decided to remove 4th node grow tips and try to clone them. Immediatly after cutting them of they started wilting so I placed them in the water. I poked little hole in the medium, covered the end tip of a clone with cloning powder and placed it in the medium. The medium was watered and clones were placed in little greenhouse on my window sill were sun light isn't so intense.
Day 47
I still have the problem with aphids. These black flying fuckers are annoying and I simply squash them with my fingers. But these small, almost invisible aphids under the leaves are appearing every day even though I removed them the previous day.
Plant does have a slight smell to it if you are close to it...not strong but noticable.
Clones were watered and are doing OK. I am quite suprised that they made it through 1 day.
Weather
Day 43-46
It was mostly sunny. Temperatures were around 32 °C, and 23 °C during night time. During the day, plant is receiving 8 hours of direct sunlight.
Day 47
First half of the day was sunny. The second half was a complete opposite. There were strong winds and at one point hailstorm, so plant was placed under the roof to avoid damage.
Day 48-49 were sunny, temperatures during the day were around 31 °C, and 21 °C during the night.
See you soon next week.
@urbi09, cool!
The photos will take a while to see what they're like, but have a few of their autos going too, so will have a few to try while I wait for the big girls. ;)
Aren’t you going to transplant them? The plant seems to big for that little pot :).
It would be better if you cut the leaves in half from your clones so they grow faster (that’s what I always see what growers do with clones) I never worked with clones so I’m far from a pro lol.
Mine grew like hell last couple weeks, feel free to check them out!
@CoastGrower, you are correct. The plant would need the transplant right now but I am simply too ocupied with school and I still don't have calmag. I want to be sure that the next transplant is perfect in terms of coco medium ( I want to soak it calmag solution for 8 hours).
I have seen some people cut the leaves of their clones, but I simply didn't do it because they were so small...they are doing OK right now...so I dont think there is a need to cut the leaves...
I will also check your diary ;)
@@@Lucimago, I am late by uploading for 2 weeks because plant is already 16 weeks old...and let me tell you....the thickening doesent stop here and I like it haha
Man this is awesome. Very nice work. The topping is as perfect as the design of the plant. Even the Split crack down didn't make critical damages. Congrats