Original OG Kush / Alaskan Purple *AUTO*

1) Absolutely healthy, loving the light, water, and nutes! No remarkable issues. 2) Taking nutes abit hard still, but it is catching up in size from before in comparison to 1. 3) Lightly warm from nutes, also catching up in size from before in comparison to 3. 4) Loving all conditions, initial serrated leaves are clearing of dark green into green. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Overall thoughts: Looking at the developmental growth from days 14 to 21, I noticed that the initial substrate levels of nutrients are relatively important if you are growing with sensitive seedlings. Noticing the initial stunt in growth from the shells being on 2 and 3 longer, have significantly impacted their development in terms of being compared to their counterparts 1 and 4. I would estimate about a 20% increase in growth from 1 and 4 versus 2 and 3 being due to these conditions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ At Day 16, I decided to give my plants the first interval of nutrient feeding. I used .5 Gal of distilled water per plant. The total amount of water and nutrients used was, 2 Gal with 6 tsp of FoxFarm’s Big Bloom, 2 tsp of FoxFarm’s Grow Big, and ½ tsp of Powdered Great White Mycorrhizae. I mixed the nutrients and bacteria in the water jugs that held the distilled water, adding half of the total nutrients for each gallon (Remember to add the nutrients one at a time to the water and that they are completely dissolved into the water before adding the additional). After the mixtures were complete, I watered the substrate directly until the surface was completely submerged, but not to an excessive amount. Once the surface was completely submerged, I would pause and wait for the liquid to soak into the substrate. After watering all 4 pots, I received about 10-15% runoff per pot. It seems to be around 3ish days at this point for the soil to need re-saturation. Also, this week I put more attention to ensuring that the night air temperatures were lower than the previous week, levels being around 5-8 degrees lower than day time air temperature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alaskan Purple Notes: Clears up well with distilled water if over saturated with nutrients. OG Kush Notes: Light nutrients are absorbed well at this stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If I had to take something from this week, it would be that my initial ratio of substrate may be a bit too high in nitrogen from the FoxFarm Ocean Forest, causing the darker green leaves my plants have been displaying. In the next grow I will change the ratio from 50/50 to 60/40. Also another important change in the substrate structure is in the craters I made in the soil during the initial pot filling. I filled the craters with Foxfarm’s Happy Frog potting soil and the seedlings really enjoyed this, but the depth and width of the crater could be increased to allow more Happy Frog potting soil accessible to the roots of the early seedling stage to reduce the over intake of nutrients. Besides this observation, these plant genetics are really awesome 😊. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Side note* If you are finding yourself watering your plants too quickly and need to slow down, don’t be afraid to listen to some music while you take care of them, its pretty relaxing to do it slowly actually, and its beneficial to keeping your substrate in proportions and it ensures an even distribution to the roots. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=vvO4kib-vRQ&feature=share