Rocko's Cake Off _ White Gushers Cake

RockoCalenberg Week 1 – First differences are showing! 🌱 Overall, I'm quite satisfied with the first week. 🌱😀 The White Gushers Cake are progressing a bit slower than the peaches. 🤨 Three popped up pretty quickly, while two are taking their sweet time. One of the latecomers has finally seen the light of day, but is still struggling to shed its seed coat. I had to give it a little help. The last candidate is still sitting in the soil and is taking its time. Whether it will make it at all remains to be seen. Now, everyone gets another week to grow. Then we'll see who has developed how and who has what it takes to stick around! 🌱 Bake a sweeter tomorrow 🍰 💚 😎

RockoCalenberg Week 2 – Totally relaxed 🌱 Day 8–14 The second week is over and we are taking it easy. To create as constant conditions as possible in the tent, the lighting continues to run 24 hours a day. With moderate 170–200 PPFD and a good distance from the plants. Light stress is not noticeable so far. Overall, the group is developing quite evenly now. Even the initially somewhat lanky candidates have settled in quite well again. There are hardly any larger outliers at the moment. White Gushers Cake #4, our little runt, has finally decided to form leaves. 😄 Number 5, on the other hand, remains buried in the soil. Nothing more will probably come from that. So far, there has only been water with a bit of root stimulant, both for spraying and for watering. Maybe next week there will be the first small portion of fertilizer. I’m taking my time with the final selection. I simply need more impressions and have to see how the individual plants develop further. You always have expectations. And in your imagination, you are sometimes already a few weeks ahead. 😄💨😂 Bake a sweeter tomorrow 💚✌️

RockoCalenberg 🎂 Rocko’s Cake Off 🍰🍪💚 Tag 15–21 | Die Katze ist aus dem Sack! Die Kleinen entwickeln sich erstaunlich gleichmäßig. Diese Woche gab’s zum ersten Mal etwas Fish-Mix – kam richtig gut an! 🌱 Einmal habe ich die Kleinen etwas zu trocken werden lassen. Haben sie mir aber nicht lange übel genommen und sich schnell wieder erholt.💧 Äußerlich war der kleinen Rasselbande noch immer nicht anzusehen, wer hier eigentlich Männlein oder Weiblein ist. Also ging die Post ins Labor – Realtime-PCR statt Rätselraten! Und jetzt ist die Katze aus dem Sack: Acht Kandidaten, drei Mädels! Zwei Peaches & Cream und eine White Gushers Cake. Und das Beste: Meine Favoriten haben es tatsächlich in die Damenmannschaft geschafft! ✅♀️😎 Besonders Peaches & Cream #2 hatte sich mit ihren auffälligen Praying Leaves schon früh verdächtig gemacht. Die Kleine stand als Einzige da, als wollte sie sich freiwillig melden.⬆️ 😂 Die drei Mädels bekommen ihre Plätze: Zwei ziehen später in 25-Liter-Stofftöpfe mit frischem Substrat, die Dritte bekommt wahrscheinlich einen kleineren Topf an der Seite. Vorher gibt’s allerdings neue Schuhe: Diese Woche sollen sie erstmal in 3,5-Liter-Zwischentöpfe umziehen. Die bisherigen sind langsam doch etwas knapp geworden. Vielleicht wird auch schon das erste Mal getoppt. Geplant ist grundsätzlich ein Double Pruning, um die Pflanzen kompakt und buschig zu halten. Besonders die White Gushers Cake soll schließlich nicht gleich das ganze Zelt überwuchern. Deshalb gibt’s in der Vegi jetzt zusätzlich einen höheren Blauanteil durch die LED-Leisten. 💙 Auch den VPD werde ich langsam anheben. Bisher lief das Klima noch eher auf Sämlingsniveau. Fazit: Drei Mädels, die richtigen Favoriten erwischt und die nächsten Schritte stehen fest. Kann man nicht meckern! 😎 📢 Kleinanzeige: Fünf junge Männer zum Mitreisen abzugeben! 🎡🤣 Jung, knackig, gut erzogen und voller Tatendrang. Leider im falschen Casting gelandet. Bei Interesse einfach melden! 😉 Bake a sweeter tomorrow 💟&☮️ 🎂 Rocko’s Cake Off 🍰🍪💚 Day 15–21 | The Cat’s Out of the Bag! The little ones are developing surprisingly evenly. This week they got their first taste of Fish-Mix – and they absolutely loved it! 🌱 I accidentally let them dry out a little too much one day. But they didn't hold a grudge for long and bounced right back. 💧 There was still no way to tell just by looking at this little bunch of troublemakers who was male and who was female. So off went the samples to the lab – Realtime PCR instead of playing the guessing game! And now the cat's out of the bag: Eight candidates, three ladies! Two Peaches & Cream and one White Gushers Cake. And the best part? My personal favorites actually made it onto the girls' team! ✅♀️😎 Peaches & Cream #2 in particular had already raised some suspicions with her striking praying leaves. She was the only one standing there like she was volunteering to answer a question. ⬆️😂 The three ladies have earned their spots: Two will eventually move into 25-liter fabric pots with fresh substrate, while the third will probably get a smaller pot on the side. But first, it's time for some new shoes! This week they'll move into 3.5-liter intermediate pots. Their current ones are getting a little too tight. There might even be some topping involved already. The general plan is double pruning to keep the plants compact and bushy. Especially White Gushers Cake – we don't want her taking over the entire tent just yet! That's also why I've added some extra blue light during veg using the LED bars. 💙 I'll gradually increase the VPD as well. So far, the climate has still been running more at seedling levels. Conclusion: Three ladies, my favorites made the cut, and the next steps are all lined up. Can't complain about that! 😎 📢 Classified Ad: Five young gentlemen available for relocation! 🎡🤣 Young, vigorous, well-behaved, and full of energy. Unfortunately, they showed up for the wrong casting call. Anyone interested, just give me a shout! 😉 Bake a sweeter tomorrow. 💟&☮️