Day 61 from seed in ground.
I'm having a hard time balancing heat sources (light, rad) and cooling (extractor, passive intake). Ambient temperature is very varied at the moment: 8C/46F overnight and 20C/58F in the day.
However the plants look quite happy to my inexperienced eye, apart from a bit of scorching from the rad. The plant on the right is a bit pale maybe, so I'll add some grow nutes next time.
Good to know - I'll just be really gentle when repotting (best practice anyway).
Yes - all indoors this time at least. If they get to flowering at 8 weeks - about 6 March - it will still be a bit chilly outdoors. I'm in the South of France.
The plan is to start up the remaining two seeds in a few weeks, and they can go out in the sun :)
I've got 10 Afghan Kush regular and 3 Purple Haze waiting in the wings too.
I plan to get another grow tent, or perhaps build a loft room so I can have grows at different stages.
Thanks for the comment!
@NancyB, I agree your water might be a lil bit too cold, but don’t exceed 21°C are you might get all types of fungus, 16-18°C is the perfect range.
In soil you can start nutrients 2-3 weeks after transplanting.
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, Yeah - I should perhaps have just left well alone. Cocked up on the first watering too and used water at ambient rather than tent (8C/46F vs 25C/77F), and I could tell that growth was checked. Any thoughts about when to start with nutes?
@420_liquidsun, Thanks. Although I've never grown this plant before (apart from a couple in the garden last summer that a house-sitter destroyed at about 2 weeks), I've done some gardening - so pruning roses, pinching out flowering plants, etc
great LST for a first grow, great everything! liked and followed!
in my experience for next time if you plan on doing this kind of 90-degree main stalk training:
A) plant offset on the other side of the container and water the opposite side to get the roots to grow across the pot
B) ponytail them with pipe cleaners when the main cola starts to get too tall or off the pot and in the way
C) cut off all the nodes that are growing on the underside of all the branches, they will become suckers really bad. tbh the ones growing directly up on the branches will be suckers too but ymmv on cutting them.
D) defoliate like hell cause it's going to get bushy and you want that even development instead of the taller colas shading the smaller one
you should end up with limited losses to larf and suckers
@Jaindoh, Thanks - that all sounds like good advice.
A) Yes I wish I had done this, but decided on the method after transplanting. Next time...
B) Great idea.
C) I didn't know about the sucker thing - will keep an eye on it.
D) Yes - already the leaves on one plant are like massive parasols.
Cheers
Flower hype! They may need you to do some post-flower LST if they try to close up a bit and crowd, to get the best yield, but your training is really good for where you're at.
Make sure to be careful with frequent watering as well, especially in soil. They'll need it more often, which makes riding the line between too little and too much a bit harder. Remember the knuckle; I have had problems with overwatering on accident cause I was working on autopilot myself recently -- and in coir, which is harder to do -_-;
You're on track for greatness here!
Yes I've been impressed by the plants - 100% germination, and they are basically growing themselves in spite of my mistakes and neglect. Looks like our plants are about the same age! Week 12 update on the way.