Plant took very well to transplant and thrived in the new pot. Dichotomous earth was place on the top soil on 5/26/20 and a sticky trap was placed as well. I do not believe that there was any actual bug issue. I am just super sensitive to fungus gnats after having that issue on a couple grows and I THOUGHT I saw what looked to be a gnat sized bug. The sticky trap has caught two bugs and while they potentially could have been fungus gnats, I certainly would have expected to catch more. Or perhaps I just got at it early enough to prevent the real issue. Unfortunately, the soil should not be in a state that it should be attracting fungus gnats anyhow. I just was not entirely sure how wet the initial transplant soil ended up being and I would rather be safe than sorry. That initial moisture however was enough to carry me from 5/24 to 5/31 without watering. Watered with plain distilled water pH'd to 6.5 on 5/31/20. Because it was the first time running any water through the pot fully, it took about .4 -.5 gallons before I actually started seeing runoff. Plant looked as if she had to much by the end as seen in the last pics. Week 4 will introduce an inoculation tea and will be my first time using AACT's so I hope I do not mess it up! She was topped on 5/28/20 at the 5th node. I certainly intended to give her more time to recover from transplant but I guess my clippers got itchy and just had to give it a go 4 days post transplant. No noticeable stress from either the transplant nor the topping so soon. LST hooks introduced on 5/31/20 which may have also affected her appearance post watering. She is about 1.5" tall so I have not introduced the LST ring yet but will soon.
Very nice canopy you've created there, friend! She looks very happy and healthy! If you can't nix the fungus gnats with dry cycles, check out Gnatrol; I use the 4oz pack which runs about $15USD and it has never failed to do the thing. I'll be following to see how this run turns out! 👊🌱☮️✌️💪
@samadhi, Thank you!! I think that I have them nixed between the sticky traps and dichotomous earth. I have not seen any new gnats on the trap so if they are still around, they are on their way out the door it seems! I have heard good things about Gnatrol. I think I will order some just to have on hand for purposes like these. Thanks for the suggestion and for checking out the plant!
@Fast_Buds, My original email called FF7 "mostly indica". By the looks of the plant it seems pretty sativa looking to me. Was there some sort of mix up or did I just get a VERY sativa leaning pheno? Can you also tell me if the strain names have been released as of yet? Thanks!