Oct 23rd - This week is going well so far. I transplanted for the first time from the red solo cup to the other black pot for the OG Kush. She bounced back really quickly; less than 12 hours, so I'll take that as a win. I plan to wait a little longer the Lemon Skunk inside the other red solo cup as I found the roots in the first transplant to be underdeveloped. After transplanting the OG Kush, I gave ample water with the feeding of nutrients.
I have been able to stop the nutrient burn on the tanned pot Lemon Skunk and plan to give her one more flush of pH balanced water before I start to feed her again. I also did a small flush on the black pot Lemon Skunk and will introduce nutrients right away on the next feeding. I plan to up the doses of nutrients on the larger plants to their week 2 recommendations.
Oct 26th - Lots of changes! Extending the grow space required increased airflow, so the closest clip fan was brought to full speed and an additional clip fan was installed adjacent to the first clip fan. A 3000w led grow light was installed slightly higher than 24 inches (roughly 28 inches) to cover the 4ftx4ft space with an estimated PPFD of 1000. Growth seems fine. Slight deficiencies on the larger plants should be fixed with increased feed doses. Will continue to monitor. Tanned pot Lemon Shunk being treated with a 50% alcohol solution to treat benign saprophytic soil growth.
Should be transplanting the Lemon Shunk into her respected pot by the end of the week.
Oct 30th - Transplanted the Lemon Shunk from her red solo cup into her tanned pot. The transplant went well with no visible transplant shock. The small Lemon Skunk in the black pot seems to be of questionable health. The other Og Kush and Lemon skunk plants seem to be fine. Nutrients deficiencies have been rectified on the larger plants with increased feed doses. This update will conclude the 2nd week of veg. I'm hoping for bushier growth in week 3.
(Oct 23rd - Oct 30th)
sorry if I am "teaching my granny to suck eggs" as the saying goes lol. just see a lot of potential great harvests go south due to drying too quickly and thinking jarring will bring taste and potency back. The flushing has always been an annoyance and seed sites who also now give "how it's " are also guilty of now perpetuating this myth further. The " industry" is also making a lot of money for flushing products !!!! Same gravy train as nute companies who add water to powdered nutes and charge crazy money for doing it when you can do better using the powdered nutes directly and need no other additional bloom/veg bullshit. It's all in the powdered nutes as the plants need it to be. Have a look into Mega crop. amazing nute and killing it all over the cannabis community . 1 part mix and so cheap. has everything from seedling to harvest and no salts to worry about building up in the medium too.
@Ganjagrandaddy,
Thanks for the comment Ganjagrandaddy! I've been looking into powdered nutrients actually and they look really appealing! I shall check out Mega Crop once I use up the bottled nutrients that I've bought!
looking good so far. have a good research into the myth of flushing . Low and slow drying all the way . Dont starve them when they still need feeding the most. her stores are for emergencies and will be better used during her slow death drying to convert sugars in the dark. 50%rh , nice cool 19°c , air exchanging but not blowing on the plants at all , pitch black to preserve those beautiful smelling terpenes, 10 days ideally before snappable stems and perfect dry. No harsh chlorophyll left in the leaves that ruin harvests, no weeks in a jar trying to rescue over dried weed , nice and clean white ash. Big commercial growers used to flush to save 2 weeks of nutes which saves a lot of money on their huge crops for a very small loss to them in yield. For the size of our grows this saving is minuscule but the loss to yield matters. Please read up on the real info and avoid " bro-science" for the win. The flushed plants displayed all over the site have me cringeing with all the leaves yellowed out and twisted up. madness being driven by bro-science. Dry it correctly and avoid a hay crop .lol