Lemon Cherry Gelato

broccoleee - were planted the day before yesterday - everything still looks a bit sparse, but you can slowly see the cover crop starting to grow - temperature is around 25°C, VPD is about 0.9-1.0, and the light is initially set to 230-250 PPFD About the bed: - About 120 liters of bed - Black soil from Sonnenerde in the 4th run (after the 1st run, 7-10 L of fresh soil added), coarse pumice at the bottom for drainage and fine pumice in the substrate as a water/nutrient reservoir, earthworms, pill bugs, springtails, and generally beneficial organisms, Bokashi, IMO - So far, everything that has been cut from the plants in the bed has simply been added back to recycle nutrients; let's see how long it works decently without reamending - Almicanna Cover Crop Mix + mulch/plant residues from the last run

broccoleee - Things are progressing, and soon you’ll be able to see the first 5-finger leaf - Cover crop is slowly coming through - There's not much more to report right now

broccoleee - just a little update - things are moving forward and I'm going to set the ppfd to 350 soon - I won't be using a humidifier this run and I think I need to clean it thoroughly first 🤮, unfortunately, I had mold again during/after drying and I think the weak point (I apparently didn't clean enough or did it wrong) is the humidifier and hose position or the fact that the mist could pull through the buds full of bacteria (I can only imagine that's the reason, hence the test without a humidifier)... I also only started using purolyt late in the flowering stage - VPD is currently around 1.1, so that's fine - I have Edelmulch again, most of the bad buds went back for recycling

broccoleee - just an update - I've got a few pests (thrips) and I think I brought them in with the springtails at the end of the last grow, but it looks like they aren't everywhere, maybe the companion plants are helping a bit after all, but of course, I went ahead and ordered a full range of various predatory mites/nematodes... probably my springtail population is shrinking again due to the predatory mites - The plant on the right is either lagging a bit behind or was/is a bit stressed from pests, it's definitely smaller but let's see what happens - The plant on the left has been topped for now and I'll probably invest quite a bit in training to keep it at the same height or get it to the same height - otherwise, they really look lush again, no wonder the pests want to nibble on the pretty ones haha