So I recently read an article that gave a mathematical equation on how much water to give living soil based on your gallon container. So I did my math (not really I copied the equation for a 7 gallon when I am actually in a five gallon because... math) and realized I was giving about twice the amount of water the math had suggested I give. Now granted it was able to go longer between waterings, the guide did not agree with that. It said give x amount every 2 maybe 3 days. X amount being 64 ounces or about .5 gallons. This girl appreciated it because even at 3 days in between she gets too damn sad. I think she is going to be getting every 2 days regardless and perhaps it may come to once a day if she wants. I am kind of being overly generous on drying the dirt out due to fungus gnats (which ARE getting better I might add) but I read that my microbes do not appreciate that. Another thing of interest is that my local grow store said I was going to have to supplement with amendments with this soil simply because it only truly works in at LEAST a 15 gallon. This is on top of my teas. So, plant was watered on 6/30/20 with plain water pH'd to 6.5. She was LST'd in almost a wreath fashion trying to get her stalks to go around the ring slightly before going up. This may have worked better with HST but it slightly worked none the less. Even though I defoliated on the week before flip, I did some on 7/2/20 because I wanted to make sure nothing was hindering light penetration. I watered and fed on 7/4/20. Plant was given 1/4 cup of organic bloom blend which consists of (will insert this info here as soon as I get my details from the bag. On 7/5 I went in and did even more LST because I wanted to open up that center and did a bit more lollipop for obvious buds that were never going to make it to the canopy. Perhaps a little too much but I may just be able to skip my 3rd week defoliation that I was planning on. Next week I will apply my first bloom tea.
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!