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Nice little plant. Transplanted to 14 lt/ 3 pot using mycorrhizal to help the roots establish in new soil.
New soil purely organic mix following a recipe found online, everything she needs should be in, won't be using mineral food.
Forgot to add something to the soil and remembered 4 days after transplanting so I sprinkled some dolomite lime for calcium and magnesium.
Little plant still little after 22 days it germinated and it's height nearly 10 cm... I've seen in other diaries solomatic plants in their 4th week that look much bigger, might be because of my amateur organic approach?
Starting the fifth week growing this little one, everything looks fine apart from a little crack on one of its first leaves.Getting warmer around here, plenty of sun and dry spells, the rain finally stopped and now I'm a bit worried about watering it with tap water cause read the chlorine in it can kill all the life in the soil. Hopefully I'll figure out what do about it.
At the beginning.of the week I started lst, then noticed something was munching the leaves, I have some ladybirds but don't know if they'll be of any help because I understand they eat mostly aphids... I couldn't see any carterpillars or anything so started spraying neem oil solution in warm soapy water, two days after the munching continues, maybe it's too late :-(
The plant got stunt during one week or so after the attack, been checking ph and continued lst and finally a couple of days ago the plant came back with some little flowers. Been considering to give mineral food? It was supposed to be 100% organic but it's so little for her 7th week that I'm afraid won't get much to harvest.
This week the little plant showed some signs of growth, not in height but in the flowers, they are growing very tight, the brown pistils still there but new white ones are coming too. It has very short internodal spaces which makes lst difficult. Fed her with seaweed extract solution and topped up the pot with worm castings. It's interesting to see how she develops, so different from what I expected. .. but I feel fine and curious since I changed my expectations about her.
This week has been very hot around here with temperatures of 37°C. Put the plant in a shady place and kept it well hydrated. Growth is slow, didn't notice any amazing stretching during flowering, I did lst I guess I'll have short colas from this girl.
Got stunted for a while after the mischievous attack of unidentified critters. I didn't used any mineral food it was more and amateur first organic grow. The plant never stretched but had an according to it's size buds, very short and compact. It stills drying, so I haven’t been able to try it yet, but I'll soon and leave a comment on here. Was a very good experience and lots learned.
There are organic options if you are looking to feed it. Compost tea has alot of beneficial nutrients or there is bat guano. Did you find who the culprit was?
@Motherflower, No problem! I'm looking to go the organic route next grow, don't like feeling like a chemist lol. If you're looking for a good natural pest control, try neem oil. It may be a little late this time but it seems to kill/repel alot of critters. It might come down to genetics like the other guys were saying too. Also sucks when you're at the mercy of the weather growing outdoors. Hope she shapes up!
Hi @HolySmoke, sadly I couldn't find the culprit so we'll never know who to blame. .. thank you for your advice I just fed my little plant with the compost tea and loosen a strain that seemed too tight, I think that while trying to control the pest I forgot to check other things. .. It's so weird to see this tiny plant with browning pistils already... I'm growing another high cbd strain simultaneously and it looks better, not as short as the solomatic but already with brown pistils.... mpfff I don't know what happened here.
Motherflower
