Green Gold Outdoor

Jayann Seeds germinated on 5/8/20 and we're ready to plant within 24 hours. Seedling broke soil about 24 hours after planted in a solo cup with Fox Farms Happy Frog soil. She looked as if she was still holding on top the skin from her seed for several days and would not fully open up. I had to take the tweezers to her only to realize her cotyldons had opened they were just a strange sickly yellow color. It was very questionable if she would be making it on to week 2. T5 light kept between 1.5 and 2 inches from seedling. Watered with mist as needed.

Jayann She finally started breaking out of her slow start around the 14th. It was questionable if she was going to survive after the looks of week 1 but she has finally decided to form a couple sets of leaves. She is comparable in size to the seeds that were planted nearly a week later. Watered as needed with approx 2 tbsp of water and misted as needed.

Jayann She continued to open up and grow through out the week and was of decent size by transplant time. Transplanted outdoor into 3 gallons of Great Lakes Water Only soil on 3/23/20, Heavy rainfall evening of 5/23/20 and 5/25/20. Plant has taken nicely to the transplant and she has started to really grow and thrive. Sprayed with neem oil on 5/26/20.

Jayann Plant seemed to take well to the transplant. Heavy rainfall in the evening began the week on 5/25/20 and was what I believe was the beginning of bad things. My rain water pH sits at about 5.5 and the plants had been accustomed to the 6.5 pH I was providing indoors. I do not believe the Great Lakes Water Only soil contained enough buffer to accommodate that. 1/4 cup of lime raked in as a top feed on 6/3/20. You can see some tip damage and some pretty significant curling down of the tips. While other garden mates show signs of calcium deficiency (likely caused by soil pH and not the soil content mixture) this particular one did not have the spotting that I am seeing on my other plants. Being that I am new to this brand soil, I am going to give the plant some time to adjust and hope that things will even out a bit with that lime. I sprayed the plants with Neem oil on 5/26/20 due to some holes I was seeing in the leaves of one of the other plants in the garden. Plant was topped on 5/31/20 at the 5th node. Growth seemed to slow significantly and plant has clearly been stunted. More heavy rainfall during most of the day on 5/29/20. The weather has not been very kind and is 100% a contributing factor to upcoming issues. Next week I will also introduce the first inoculation tea which is my first ever AACT I will brew. Water and the occasional tea once every 2 weeks is all this is supposedly need to take.

Jayann So during week 5 is when we begin to see what appears to be either some type of deficiency, lockout, pests, etc and as the week progresses, the issues continue to get worse, not better. The source is still unclear as there is no improvement with any new growth. The new growth starts to come in (in a very strange way I might add. the new growth is abnormally small) and then that new growth starts beginning to show signs of issues within a few days. Notably, the size of the growth and the curling under of the new growth. This girl is literally the worst of the bunch and I am starting to give up hope with her. Plant was treated with neem during the week in an effort to curb any potential pest issues. All garden mates are showing the exact same signs. I do not have notes as to when they were sprayed because my grow software with my notes has stopped functioning. Plant was given an inoculation tea on 6/9/20 consisting on 2 cups great lakes worm castings and 2 tbsp unsulfured molasses in 5 gallons of water brewed for 24 hours with air stones and ph'd to 6.0. For the record, this diary is be updated from many week into the future. I continued to document the downfall and will slowly beginning to update the weeks but, I stopped journaling it because I truly did not think anything would come from the plants. I mean the downfall gets REALLY bad over the coming weeks while I search for any and every answer. We are now a month off into the future and they are just now starting to make a comeback which is why I decided to revisit. I think many will enjoy seeing not only the downfall but the absolute

Jayann The new growth appears to be a little healthier this week but also continues to curl down pretty heavily after coming in. The growth size has not really improved at all. Still sprayed again with neem because during this week I became more convinced that it was pests. Plant has been given nothing but rainwater since transplant so there has been very little pH fluctuation. Put dichotomous earth down on 6/18/20. Watered with rain water on 6/13/20 and again on 6/18/20. For the record, this diary is be updated from many week into the future. I continued to document the downfall and will slowly beginning to update the weeks but, I stopped journaling it because I truly did not think anything would come from the plants. I mean the downfall gets REALLY bad over the coming weeks while I search for any and every answer. We are now a month off into the future and they are just now starting to make a comeback which is why I decided to revisit. I think many will enjoy seeing not only the downfall but the absolute comeback.

Jayann Ok now we are actually starting to see a little bit of normalcy but not until after her second tea. She was still looking really sad and almost underfed looking prior to the tea. She has started coming out of being stunted. We are starting to see some actual green that appears to be unaffected by whatever issues she was having. Her first tea application really didn't do much to help her. Sprayed one last time with neem before the days started getting shorter. I don't know if it is the lime, DE, tea or just mother nature but I think I may actually get something from this plant! In retrospect, transplant + pH change + another topping never even gave her a fair shake at recovery. Too much too soon. Plant was watered on 6/22 rain water. A second tea was brewed on 6/25/20 and applied 6/26/20. Tea consisted of 2 cups castings and 2 tbsp molasses in 5 gallons distilled water. Castings that were used to brew the tea were put around the stalk. Big big error during tea time on 6/26/20. I did not pH the tea. I was freaking out once I realized but I do not believe it was any significant high end pH. Tea does a body good apparently! For the record, this diary is be updated from a couple into the future. I continued to document the downfall and will slowly beginning to update the weeks but, I stopped journaling it because I truly did not think anything would come from the plants. We are now a month off into the future and they are just now starting to make a comeback which is why I decided to revisit. I think many will enjoy seeing not only the downfall but the absolute comeback.

Jayann *Week 4 of flower is 8/15/20 - 8/21/20* *Week 5 of flower is 8/22/20 to 8/28/20 so we will finish off the week a little later.* Finish Sept Watered plain water on 8/15/20. Fed 1/4 cup organic bloom blend (all the same products that are in the tea and a few more) on 8/17/20 via top feed . I was told without a 7-17 gallon pot, the living soil can not sustain itself. Followed up with a cup of worm castings on 8/18/20 also via top feed. Watered with plain water on 8/21/20. Plants had gone 5 days hoping for rain and needed the pick me up right then with this heat. *Bloom tea feed recipe is 1 cup worm casting, 5 tbsp organic unsulfered black strap molasses, 5 tbsp liquid kelp & fish, 1/2 cup alfalfa meal, 2/3 cup Peruvian sea bird guano and 2/3 cup high phosphorous bat guano fed on 8/22/20*. Belongs on week 5.