Day 20
Did an emergency bare root transplant from biosolids to organic soil. Like, I cleaned the roots off. They were hurting so bad and I definitely ripped some roots in the process, so I decided to prune so the roots had less foliage to feed. They got topped yesterday, too. A little earlier than I would have liked, but it made sense. This one is doing the best.
Day 23
Transplanted again down to 2 gallon pots to make room for another round I started. I decided to cut the fan leaves, too. These have been pruned and topped down to nothing but the emerging foilage from the 3rd and 4th nodes. My thinking is that the root system is so compromised that the less foliage they have to feed, the better. Fed some General Organics Bio Root 0-1-1 to promote root growth. Light mnist of pH’d water for foilar feeding.
Day 25
I think the Bio Root and the shade is doing them good 🤞Time will tell. If these come back strong, I’ll move them into 15 gallon living soil bags.
Good luck with the purple mate. I got the same freebies. A couple struggled but the best ones are going really good, I have them outdoor too but we are in the middle of winter here and they have handled it really well. Cheers
@jahredi, so close mate,, "gold coast". 2 hr drive from sunshine coast. But i have lived in sunshine coast also. Great surf yeah for sure. Best of luck with Alaskan mate👍🏽👍🏽
@Shooey, I couldn’t agree more! Seedsman is my favorite source, for sure!
I almost dropped Sunshine Coast, only because I’ve spent a fair bit of time around there. Some great surf in that area. Excited to see how your winter grows finish up! They’re looking nice!
@jahredi, spot on mate. I am on the north east coast of Australia. We still have reasonable temps in winter and beautiful clear days. This was my first late season try as an experiment and they are doing really well. Seedsman really are the best for freebies, but i have chatted to a few growers and it seems they save their best quality seeds for sale and give the lower grade ones as freebies, so they can be a bit hit and miss. Still, hard to complain about that when they are free!! Im happy to stick with seedsman. Cheers mate