Hello !!!! Welcome back, I promised pictures, and I delivered pictures - here they are :)
Day 13:
I am still learning, so I make mistakes. And Experiments. Since the plant was clearly not happy in its environment, I decided to take radical action. I removed it from its container to have a look at the roots. I realized the roots were actually not looking bad, just under-developed. The soil however was a mix between very wet at the bottom, bone dry at the top and soggy at the roots. So I collected ALL soil, tried to get as much soil off the roots as possible and mixed the dry-wet- soil mix to create an evenly moist soil. I replanted the G13 Haze in the moist soil knowing that moisture is still gonna hurt her. But now I know that I dont have to water for at least 3 days. And I know how much moisture actually IS in the soil at the moment. I really hope the plant recovers quickly from this torture. I dont think its gonna die I just suspect it's gonna look very unhappy for the next few days. The liberty haze is slightly overwatered aswell but it doesnt look even close as unhappy as the G13 did for such a long time.
I hope y'all learned my lesson too: 1. Seedlings dont need much attention / esp. water. 2. Inspect your roots very closely as you transplant. 3. Even the top inch soil moisture check doesnt always mean that the plant has "dry feet". Cheers,.
Day 11:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION first - Transplant soil mix recipe:
About 20% coco coir
About 15% anti-overwatering pebbles ;)
The other 65% is prefertilized, biological compost soil which is 94% organic matter, supposedly.
Oh and dont forget PLENTY OF WATER.... Just kidding, I tried really hard to not overwater this time.
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Everything I use is stuff that is available in any kind of hardware store, so I'm keeping the expert equipment to a minimum - I've got a china pH pen and a little 100x handheld microscope though.
If you are wondering about the twisted stem, the first days after germination, the G13 Haze was almost twice the size of the Liberty Haze, so I tried to CAREFULLY tie it down a little bit so the heights are close to being equal. And as for the drooping leaves and NOT upright top, read my instructions on how to successfully overwater below.
I transplanted today, since I managed to overwater the slight part of cheap soil I added in the beginning. So now after transplanting, the soil is mostly moist and/or wet, but not SOAKING wet as it was before.
The G13 Haze showed signs of overwatering from day 8 or so, leaves drooping down and all that.
Oh and did I mention that I thought it would be a good idea to apply some transplant shock to the already stressed plant aswell? As I removed it from its soaking wet container I managed to drop it which completely removed the soil from the root ball... Sooooooo basically Im expecting the plant to not move at all for at least one or two days :D
But I am a positive minded person, so at least the Liberty Haze got some time to catch up since it germinated a day after the G13 Haze !
Updates to follow here aswell :-)
Greetings to all growers out there. So I heard that the G13 Haze would stretch quite a lot, as well as the Liberty Haze I got in my tent, too. What veg time would you recommend considering my 160cm height minus carbon filter and LED (lets say 110cm are available)
Sativa typical stretch is x2.5 /x3 so 35cm should be good as 3x 35 = 105 so near from the height you can work with. If you are training them then you can switch around 50 cm because you will try to keep the canopy lower from the start of the training
Hey guys, so I dont 100% know what's wrong with this plant. Any suggestions on what to do / what to change / what not to do? It's not looking really happy and the starting leaf burn starts to worry me now. Oh and please read the diary first theres some info there... Cheers :)
hey there medicanna you have pH related symptoms due to your high pH. The soil buffers to 6.5 pH, right now you're watering at 7.5 pH you should be watering around 6.0 6.5 pH. I guess you do need pH - to make it right. Hope this helps ! 🚀
Hey people, this is not an important question, I just want to hear everyones opinion on the training I did today (supercropping, LST and defoliation). Does it look good in your eyes, was it too much, not enough or maybe too early / too late? And what should I do next? Thanks :)))
Hey mate ; i think you did just fine and it could not have been better. Just keep on LST it till the 2nd week of flower. Make her spread her nodes as far as possible and try HST too. The best buds shall be on tops ; so try getting mpre tops rather than long tops. Your training is on point 👍
Heyho :) since she has progressing leaf tip burn and curled tips which I'd almost certainly say is a nitrogen toxicity, would you recommend going down to 50% general strength or maybe leave out the grow supplement at all and just feed Bloom? Cheers guys :)
This is a real wonderful strain to grow. I would let it grow at least a couple of more weeks (get to double its current size) then switch your lighting to start flowering. It will be great any which way 👌
@HazeyBobby, yeah well the problem was especially for the g13 I stunted it in the beginning for a week at least. That's why I didn't top at all. But I definitely will top an mainline next time because I really want to try that out. Thanks alot for your suggestions and support mate!!!
Let's see how this one turns out and I'll do better next run :)
Cheers
@Medicanna, you will always be the best judge mate for your grow space. Sativas will stretch a lot and these two strains will take a long time to finish hence my suggestion to grow the plant bigger so your yield is better for the long grow period. I see the space you have is 60x60 which is very small - so you're probably making a good call with the timing. Maybe look into training a single plant next time (like mainlining) in that space just to experience a bigger plant and its yield. Enjoy and good luck :)
@HazeyBobby, thank you so much for your comment I really appreciate it. So if let's say I let it grow another week which should be enough for it to really take off, the liberty haze is gonna get really big in that time. That's why I plan on switching in a couple of days already, I don't have that much space and I've never grown photo sativas before - I don't want to get problems with grow space...
@Medicanna, yeah different gens and different phenos have different sensitivity , same for watering, the top part and the bottom part can have variations, same with microclimates inside the grow box. over time these all add up. BioBizz might work ! depends how well it plays with your tap water though ! hope this helps ! 🚀
@CRiSPrGrow, Hey man, thanks for your ultra fast answer. I don't have any pH - solution here right now so I might just have to leave it be until I'm gonna feed with BioBizz as they regulate the pH pretty well. You reckon its gonna be fine or is it a bit risky? But just out of curiosity - the Liberty Haze seems to be very happy in the exact same environment... so even though these plants are basically relatives, pH influences the G13 Haze this much and leaves the Liberty Haze completely untouched? Never grew 2 strains next to each other but its really interesting to see their genetic differences. Thanks anyways man :)
@Ydarnik87, Hey man I do appreciate your comment a lot. I know that its living and its not doing particularly bad, it just got overwatered and sort of mishandled really badly and it takes a lot of time to recover which is perfectly fine. I am really looking forward to seeing this baby once it starts to take off after it recovered <3
Cheers my man and keep doing what youre doing ;)