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This week was a weird one, a lot of steep learning curves came across this week.
16/5/20 (day 20) - had plant #1 in windowsill all day on a super hot day and realised it mustve got up to 32c in the window. They were in small black pots and think they mightve had heat shock in the roots as they were watered that morning and by the end of the day the pot was dry!
Day 21 - leaves started to really curl and the growth on its way became all chewed and twisted. Not great! Figured I would just give them a foliar spray of phed water each day as the roots seemed so shocked.
Realised I could give some small nutrients to them in the spray, so added 0.5ml biobizz heaven and 2ml of root juice for a 1l bottle to mist them with.
Day 22 - Transplanted both plants and gave a small watering around them.
Day 25 - plants looking better now, plant #2 is now 15cm and plant #1 is 17cm (since the foliar feeding they have improved or dont seem to be getting any worse at least!)
The eve - only watered plant #1 plant #2 leaves nice and green just a bit droopy so not watering.
Day 26 (22/5/20) - have now got new water with 1ml bio heaven and 2ml root juice to foilar feed plant #1. Left plant #2 with just leaf coat until watering nutes on sunday
Day 28 - decided against using nutes or watering as plants just didnt seem to use the water in that time. Found an Aphid on one plant and managed to get that off using neem oil spray (works so well) but found a caterpillar had been chewing through plant #1 and had to remove all leaves effected.
Really isnt left looking too good at all but got hope they will pull through!
Day 30 - finally beginning to see plants start to push through and start growing again after stunt this week. #1 wanted 400ml of water day 29 and #2 given 400ml this morning. Have been foliar feeding each morning and night a mix as above.
Plant #1 - 22cm
Plant #2 - 23cm
Im growing seedlings indoors in a window (they are only 7 days old) but ive been wondering at what point do the plants start needing circulating air?
Found limited answers online, they will be going out to greenhouse once theyre big enough but for now do they need a fan?
All you need is a small fan to make sure fresh air is moving around the plants. When they are out in the open fresh air circulation is a little less important.
The bigger benefit to air circulation is blowing a gentle breeze over the plants to strengthen the stems so they can hold more weight.
Literally all you need is 1-2 6inch clip on fans for cheap. I bought 2 off amazon for like $12.
@Epokwan, yeah greenhouse has got to be the way over in the UK we just get so much rain! Cant handle bud rot each year 😤
Ah sounds like they got the life, over in Spain? Went to Tenerife a few years back and the african sun is intense! ☀️ got to go somewhere once this is all past us i reckon 🏝️☀️🌡️
@Eagers, yea I don't have the space either for indoor. Greenhouse is super cool though, keen to build something next year... for now I start mine off under a mini hoop house and let them bask under the African sky after that
@Vincent11,Thanks mate, been checking in on youre runtz grow every so often but kept forgetting to follow! Its looking 👌going to be a nice harvest im sure! Been wanting to grab one of those seeds for a while, will be following along 👍thanks and wish you all the best with your grow! 👊🙏
Hey. Hope all is well. Your ladies are looking good.... What I do in the first couple of weeks if I'm using soil is mist them twice a dayz keeping the soil moist. After they outgrow their little domes I then water about 2 inches away around the seedling, forcing the roots to search for water. Happy Growing
@Geordiejesus, Yeah its all very well doing the research but getting to gauge the weights of pots now which is helping. Yeah I'm not sure either, bit of an experiment this one and will keep you updated as she goes! Will be getting them transplanted as though they're autos which can't really hurt I guess.
Nice one dude.
@Eagers, it's no worries dude it's all a learning curve. I normally water when the pot feels light and looks dry, get a feel of the pots weight befor and after watering to get a feel, you can judge when to water using that method... I'm not sure if you can tell if she's gonna be photo or auto until she starts to flower by herself.. I would mebbies on day 21 transplant them into their final pots just incase they are autos..
@Geordiejesus,
Thanks for the comment. Yes I had kept them under a small dome for 5 days and planned to keep them in there for some time just adding more airholes each day, then read conflicting things to say they need air to the leaves once theyre open no need for dome. Panicked and removed! Haha. But might have to learn from that one for the future! Ah thats a good tip, going to do that lightly tomorrow and give them something to search for. Do you usually water right in the morning or end of the day?
Thanks buddy will keep an eye on your grow!
@DreamOn, Thanks man 🙏 trying to exercise some patience before i can smoke it but im running low right now. Knowing its there, my hand just keeps creeping for those smaller nugs.. 🤫🤣
@Jef79,
Thanks bud! The other plants went pretty badly, these autos are pretty unforgiving! The smell coming off this one is 👌 though. Hope your good, plants are constantly comin on strong from your end! 💪😁
@Geordiejesus,
I shouldve added in the comments that they are actually seeds from a batch i got a while back so have no idea whether they will be auto or photos. Do you have any idea on when and how I will know or just find out once they start flowering? Was always hoping to give them a go and now seems like the best time during these odd times!
Have some auto blue dreams from Humboldt Seeds that im looking to plant after this trial run!
Peace
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Northern Lights Auto
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