Double Grape S2 P2

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEEK 4: THE RECOVERY CONTINUTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAY 21: MOISTURE FOR ALL THE MICROBES * While it is not immediately apparent from the pictures, the plant continues to grow and I think it is actually improving significantly. * I've been watering very lightly. Because the plant has shown N toxicity, I want to attempt to get as many microbes alive and get the soil as active as possible. * I decided a good solid drink of water would be the best approach, with no additional nutrients or supplements. * Of course, I never water enough to get runoff. Just enough the get the media nice and uniformly damp. * I watered the plant with 1-liter tap water with added Dyna-Grow Pro-TEKt pH'd to ~6.4 * Once this is well dried, I will go back to 300 ML/day until it needs more. * VPD Target: 0.8-1.2 for "Healthy Transpiration (Late Veg / Early Flower)" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OBSERVATION ON WATERING Watering exactly what the plant needs when it needs it can be tricky. I was amazed this week by how much moisture the medium can hold. The top of the medium was deeply dried and cracked. The last watering was 300 ML two-days earlier. Surely this plant was in dire need of water. When I performed the "finger test" it was clear that I needed to water. But, when I used my hands to break up the clumps of soil on top, I noticed that they did not crumble like dust, but actually retained enough moisture that I could feel it. If this is true within the top inch or two of soil, how much more water must be stored deep in the pot! Lesson Learned? As long as the plant is not showing signs of drought stress, the plant is finding reserves that you can't see or sense. Be careful not to overwater just because the top is dry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAY 24: LET THE LST BEGIN * Watered with 250 ml tap water with Pro-TeKt, Epsom Salt and Aloe Vera flakes from Build-a-Soil. * It wasn't so much that the plant was begging for water, but I wanted to get the Aloe Vera in ASAP. It is simply good for the plant's health. * I foliar fed with the same mix. Not something I do often. * I started the LST. Bent over the main stem and selectively removed any "old" fan leaves that were blocking bud sites or found themselves "in the dirt." * This is a strange phenotype; when I spread out the branches I actually had "unroll" some of them from the main stem. A tightly packed little plant. But nothing broke during training. DAY 26: LOTS OF WATER. TOO MUCH? * It really needed water this morning so I have it 500 ml of the fully augmented water * Later gave it 250 ml with Mammoth P, I wanted to get it in the mix ASAP. * It didn't seem to appreciate the extra water. I'll let it get very dry before the next watering. DAY 28: THE TRAINING GETS SERIOUS * Training is a daily process. * Today I really bent the plant over and tried to distribute the branches as evenly as possible. * She seems to be responding positively to the training. #### BACK SOON WITH TAILS OF HOMEGROWN BOKASHI PARTIES! ####