The Raising of Romulan

What I’m using: 1. 707 live soil. 2. Grow organics grow boost 3. Cal-mag Plus 4. Pearlite/Vermiculite 2/18 So far the plant seems to be having a lot of stress from being transported. It comes from a 24 hour light schedule so I will be slowly adding nights to their schedule as time goes on. I am extremely novice when it come to growing cannabis so any pro tips would be appreciated. I will collect more pictures of the grow room for future weeks so stay tuned fam. Update 2/22 This week has been exciting but also eye-opening as each and everyday I learn so much about taking care of a plant. Today I will be tightening my LST string a half an inch. I have transitioned my plant into having a 15/9 hour day light schedule. I am preforming a flush for today’s 2 watering cycles. I will only be using pure distilled water today.

2/23 Week 2! Intro: To start off the plant is looking great and doing a lot better than I initially expected it to due to the transplant shock causing it a lot of stress. Training: Also I initially began LST but have decided to release it and start again in another week as to let the plant fully recover from the previously stated stress. Hydration/Nutrients: -As for the the water I have been alternating using pure water and my concoction of nutrients water. The concoction measures at a 6.2 ph going into the soil and after it runs through the soil measure at a ph of 5.0-5.2. -As for the nutrients I added a layer of just 707 live soil above my original soil mixture as the previous surface of the soil was having trouble retaining water. This along with some gentle compacting has seemed to fix the situation. Observations: -The stem is beginning to turn a nice green color after being somewhat completely purple upon receiving the clone. -The roots have finally begun to escape its Rockwell cube and dig into the soil, in turn, this has caused the cube to break up nicely within the soil. -I have begun doing a 15/9 daylight cycle. I have the lights running over nighttime and the lights off during daylight for 9 hours which in turn helps keep a steady temperature within the grow room. -This plant is growing much wider than it is growing taller. It’s has gone from 6” when i got it to ~6.8” tall now. 2/28 Update: -Food/Water Cycling: I will only be using nute water every other watering I do. Will be using fresh water in the morning and nute water before night as to let the plant focus on the roots and taking in the nutes but also to help with not overfeeding. Light adjustments: I have moved the light from 10” to 14” away from the plant. This plant seems to grow very horizontally and parts were getting too close to the light. A good sign it’s almost time to begin LST. Observations: -There are currently 12+ nodes. -Stem has recovered quite nicely since the transplant.

Week 3! Intro 3/2: -These last 15 days have really taught me that there’s a lot more to caring for a living plant than I initially thought. Nevertheless after a few obstacles I’m finally getting a feel for what it takes. This week I gently tucked the Romulan away from the light and immediately within 24 hour it’s entire growth shifted. Looks like LST might be what makes this grow come together. The plant stands almost 9” tall and is growing more rapidly than I have ever seen it grow. Anyways, thanks to everyone who pitched in tips, tricks, and ideas as I still would consider myself rather novice in the field of gardening. As always, happy growing! 😊

Week 4! 3/9 Update: Training- LST is in full effect. I have gradually been tightening the twine a little each day and now the plant has grown into its final position. The stem is strong and well shaped and the leaves are lovely as ever. Watering- I have reduced its water and feed intake by 50%. Have seen substantial improvement in color. Update 3/12 The romulan is at about 85% health as some of its lower leaves were too dark and some of its higher leaves were hungry but not thirsty. So for the romulan, I increased its food per water dosage slightly and am almost completely confident that’ll fix the few yellow leaves. As for the lower leaves I defoliated the 2 lowest branches as they were almost dead anyway and were probably draining the plants nutrients to try and repair/keep them alive. By this time tomorrow I will know what will have worked and adjust accordingly.

Week 5!!

Update 3/31: It’s the end of week 6 and caring for the plant has become second nature. I know when it’s hungry and when it is thirsty just by inpesction. The plant is very healthy and exploding with new growth.

Week 7 Update 4/7: -I have officially raised the light to its final height for flowering. Now I shall let the plants stretch to this light in veg for 1-2 more weeks then start flowering. Very exciting!!

Week 8 Update 4/8: Flowering- The plant has grown nice and bushy from my LST and has done incredibly well maintaining solid growth. It is now above waist high and is looking ready to start flowering. It’s slightly showing it’s gender and is starting to stretch up very rapidly. Lighting- I have officially moved the main lighting up 12 inches away from the plant. This is now the final position for the light for the rest of the plants life. Nutrients- This is the last week this plant will be fed grow nutrients and will be slowly moving into flowering nutrients next week. (Hopefully)

Week 9 (4/16) Update: FLOWERING- I have officially begun the flowering process for my grow. I adjusted the light schedule to only 10 hours per day. Also I stopped using grow nutes and started using bloom nutes.

The plant was healthy and strong but never budded.