TUESDAY 7/30:
She's healthy, but I wish I could get her to bush up a little better. Just not enough direct sunlight. If she ever grows some branches, I'll do a little pruning and LST on her..
I gave her a little sip of water with some Kelp me Kelp you today and ran the new sprinkler/soaker hose for about 15 minutes during the hottest part of the day. It didn't blow out like the last two..I'm optimistic, but if it does fail, I'll employ a suggestion from @GreenMachine and hook a small section of 1/2" clear polyvinyl tubing onto my garden hose, cap it off at the end, and poke holes in it to create my own heavier-duty soaker hose.
WEDNESDAY:
She got a drink of Bactrex today, but that's it. Compost tea tomorrow. One of the many little frogs in the area emerged from her nice cool soil today while I fed her....ya see...I train them to kill the bugs for me.😉
THURSDAY:
Temperatures have climbed back above 100f, so she's drying out pretty quickly now. She got about a 3/4 gallon douching with some killer compost tea that I brewed up for a couple of days.
Besides the PK Booster, it included Big Bloom, Kelp Me Kelp You, Great White, and I added some Bembe for the sugars and carbs, plus all the additional earthworm castings, and bat/seabird guano it contains. I shored her up with a bamboo stake because we're expecting some heavy winds.
FRIDAY:
The FIM-job didn't seem to take, so today I did an apical pruning on her..hopefully that kicks her auxins into gear and she does some lateral branching for me. She hadn't dried out yet, so I just ran the soaker hose for about 5 minutes today. I'll let her go dry for a couple days.
SATURDAY:
It rained this morning about an hour after I foliar fed her with boom boom spray and big bloom.
SUNDAY:
I let her dry out today and probably will again tomorrow.