Mimosa Evo Barney's Farm

First organic grow. From the start she busted out of shell. Her initial growth has been promising. The soil has been moist since day one and on Day 7 she received a little water with some aloes and seed sported tea added,. Very weak mix. Lets see how it goes.

Another week from seed. The initial soil mix for these seedlings is peat free soil, compost, earthworm castings, gypsum, epsom salts, humic acid, kelp meal, insect frass. A light mixture to get things going. The seedling looked like she was suffering. The environmental settings were ok. The humidity was hoovering around 62%-66% an the day to night temps are about 80 degrees to about 75 degrees. The leaves were not very perky and she honestly looked sad. On day 10 she was watered with a corn sprouted tea and on day 11 was was given a compost tea brew as a foliar. On day 14 still looking a bit down but in organics things take a bit longer to happen.

One change I made in the tent this week was to change over my seedlings fluorescent light and replaced it with a 100w full spectrum COB. DAY 17 she has made a turn around and leaves are praying now. Only watering now when the soil feels dry. My main aim is to keep the soil moist to keep the microbial life happy. This week she will have an alfalfa seed sorted tea mixed with some aloes. DAY18.... Spotted a few aphids hoping on the soil. Not much just about 5 or 6. Day19.... Peppermint oil was used on the main stem to deter any ore aphids. Also she had a little watering with some insect frass to boost the microbiology. She was also given a foliar feed of veg tea that was brewed for 24 hrs using worm castings, alfalfa, kelp meal, humic and neem seed meal.

The plant starts showing deficiencies of different minerals. The base leaves are turning yellow with browning to the edges. Could be nitrogen or could be calcium. Not too sure. A transplant should be done to provide new soil with new minerals. I transplanted into a 1 gallon air pot with the base layer being super soil and the above that layered with normal light mix to act as a buffer. Great white mycorrhizae to inoculate the soil and the roots hoping to reduce transplant shock... D26.. the plant appears to have recovered from the transplant shock. New leaves look green and praying. New signs of secondary branches. She appears a short and stumpy plant thus far.

D29..She's looking healthy but not sure if she's suppose to be this small. Compared to previous synthetic grows this organic grow is slow. Nothing seems to be happening really.. hmmmm. D30... The new roots are showing at the bottom of the pot so I know it's taking into the amended soil. D31... Did a light top soil amendment with some worm castings, with a small touch of fish meal and malted barley. Top soil was lightly moistened.