After about a week of just giving my seedling water, I started giving her a mild nutrient mix. The difference between these photos and the last is only 5 days, but you can really see the seedling respond to the nutrients.
While I was happy about the growth, and was sure I had a healthy root system, I have become quite troubled by the seedlings mutation.
Cannabis stalks grow upwards, from one node to the next. They push fan leaves outwards, to absorb light which fuels more growth. They also push out auxiliary shoots sideways that can develop into secondary colas if they are exposed to light. It's a pattern all growers know and love, but instead of this familiar development, this seedling was "growing into itself". I was waiting for the growth of the second node, but in its place, I saw the first set of serrated leaves of the plant become more entangled with the budding growth.
This was quite a shame because this strain has amazing potential. Last season I harvested 4 plants from the same batch of seeds. My LST was so effective at filling the space in my tent, and this strain was so responsive to it, that I was giving away plants mid-veg stage because I figured I would have the same yield no matter how many plants were in the tent, as every square inch of space was filling with colas, crowding out each other.
I mention this because I became convinced that with even better plant training, I could fill the space with only two or even a single plant. After some research into manifolding, I germinated a single seed with this goal in mind. The stock of seed had shown me it's potential before, and this seedling had so much promise!
But she was mutated! and I had no backup seedlings.
So I decided to move forward with my mutant. Like Yennefer of Vengerberg, she was deformed, but she held great promise and potential beauty. I am determined to see it through with this seedling, Yen, and see what we can make of her.