These have grown great in the last week.
I'm impressed with the growth during the shorter winter days here.
I've bumped the nutrient concentrations up for this week, hoping to keep these going strong.
Temperatures have been really good the past few weeks, nights are getting colder but there's no worry of frost lows here.
They days are also a bit dry, while the humidity peaks up at night.
The leaves on these seem pretty broad, I'm hoping for indicas so that's a good sign.👍 But with all these hybrids, and my mystery seed mix, even broad leaves don't mean much. 😅
The smallest plant was the last to pop from seed, I'm not sure if this is a real trend or not, but I've noticed that the slower growers tend to be female, while males seem to pop from seed quicker and grow bigger faster.
@KratkyGrow, good observation. I'll keep this in mind next time that I'll pop seeds. Was actually thinking about starting the new lot in one set and pick survivors for individual nursing.
Again, good to know. Thanks for sharing.
@Med_in_Tropic,
I know! That was pretty disappointing.
In that batch I don't think I had any stressor conditions that would have made them more likely to be males. (I've read that red light, high heat, fluxing heat, or nutrient overload can all lead to higher rates of males)
I did plant them all out of one tote bin, so the roots got all tangled, not sure if that would do anything or not. But that did help me learn when 7 of the 8 get pulled, and the roots are too tangled to seperate, they just rotted in the bin and created extra worry on my end for the one female. I also think the female developed slowest, and was the smallest plant, maybe because her roots were getting choked out by the males. I wouldn't try planting more than one in a single tote again unless I knew they were all females.
Low vpd - humid low temp - There will be less transpiration. I agree with you that more leaves are better for the plants . Then the can pump more water and nutrients to grow.