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I put the seeds in a cup of phed water for about 12-14 hours in the dark, then straight into the moist soil. They both sprouted today with just a couple of hours of difference after only 3 days in the dirt.
Since I noticed a bit of stretching I slowly and daily put the lamp down from 60 to 45 cm until they stopped stretching and starting to envelop properly.
The first that has sprouted is a bit taller and with bigger leaves compared to the other, which instead shows less internodal space but both look healty and growing fast.
Started LST and leaf tucking on the tallest on day 14, today second bend. The main stalk is already super tick and not easy to bend, I probably should have started before, but for now everything is going pretty smooth.
Day 18, now I'm using the light at full power. Both plants are already showing pistils.
They are now transitioning to flower, next watering I'll give them a small bit of grow nutrient to help them with the stretch. I noticed spots on some leaves in the middle, nothing major, maybe slightly calcium def? I'll keep an eye on that.
Day 28, added Biomassa as a source of calmag
The plants are now in flowering stage and still stretching, but a bit less. they are almost at the same height but for sure I got a better auxin redirection with LST on plant #1 which was growing a bit faster than #2 so I could train her more.
Plant #1 is dramatically yellowing, I'm afraid it's rootbound :( I can try give them more nutes but I'm not sure it's going to solve the problem, any suggestion?
Plant #1 is dramatically yellowing, I'm afraid it's rootbound :( and the other one is starting to yellowing too... I can try give them more nutes but I'm not sure it's going to solve the problem, any suggestion?
@gmslave I'm growing organically in soil, for now I have just checked the ph of the waterings and adjusted it to 6.5 each time, I can start check the runoff ph but for now I don't have the pen for the EC, 'cause organic nutes don't affect the EC of the water you use for irrigation. Do they affect the runoff water EC? If so it can be worthy buy one pen monday in my local grow shop
Make sure your pH and ppms are good. You could add bennies as well if you want to be overly cautious. Tilt your pots to the side and give them a semi-hard WHACK to see if any critters come up. If all of that turns out good, just watch over a few days and if it doesn't get worse, then you're good. I don't recommend adding more nutes, it doesn't look like p or k issues and n isn't needed much in this stage.
As a last resort, flush her out.
Root bound in flower isnt a baď thing. If you're not sure of what it need a check of your runoff ph and ec is what needs to be done to see whats out of whack, ph or ec. If you haven't got a tds ph tester its worth the cash. That is the way how we successful growers grow big bud. By keeping check of runoff and adjust as necessary., before the plants suffer. Cheers friend
Plant #2 is starting to fade a bit, but a lot slower than the other. Plant #1 is still enveloping her flowers, but she's losing the leaves, I hope she is going to survive at least a couple of weeks more to have something to smoke from her as well. Runoff ph is in range, so at least is not ph lockout. Spotted one bug yesterday under the pot, it looked like a springtail.
Since I noticed some light bleaching on plant #2 I put the led a bit further away. Last week I only fed plant #1 once since it's still showing P def, only bloom 2 ml/l. Plant #2 got only water 'cause I noticed a bit of clawing. Flowers are still developing in both plant.
They totally stopped vertical growth and only concentrating on the flowers, however in plant #1 they're enveloping slower than previous weeks. Probably near to the finish line for her, while plant #2 will probably require a bit more time. Trichomes are starting to cloud nicely, especially in #1
Really satisfied about this grow, now I have enough to smoke for a while! I'm still waiting for plant #2 to finish drying, plant #1 flowers are curing in the jars already. I'll update with the final weight in a couple of days.
The second plant has been harvested as well, with a net total weight of 145 g for 2 plants (excluding popcorn buds which I did not weight, I'm going to use them for hashish and edibles). It smells less fruity and more flowery compared to the first one.
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