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Seeds germinated in two days I used Rapid Rooter plugs, upside down, split with seeds pointed down. I put them in coffee cups and a baggie over them by a window that gets indirect light. Once I saw a root showing I transplanted them into the Hydroponic buckets. I have the grow light set to lowest setting at 28 inches. One of the things that happened was I marked the plastic baggies with the different strain names. Without thinking I pulled off the plastic baggies and tossed then. NOW I have to figure out who is who. Second thing that went wrong, was my Ph meter went out of Calibration. I bought a new one and re calibrated the first. Lastly, to ge a good Ph reading with bubbleponics you can't just stick the Ph meter into the bucket, you need to remove a sample and read it outside the bucket. The bubbles make the meter jump around.
I've had a rough personal few weeks so I've not been social. I have taken care of the plants and the security team though. I didn't up the nutrients soon enough, just person brain fog, but all is going well. I upper the light intensity about 25% on the dial. I do like this no-name light I found on amazon.
They are 44 days old. Every day they expand sideways. Many branches with what looks like, flowers? One of my friends said it looks like you'll get a large number of nuggets from then.
Day one of week 7, full water/nutrients change to 45% of the past weeks concentration. For the most part I'm making them run horizontal but not tying back any branches. Light intensity is increased more from last week and I will increase the light more in 4 days. I know most plants can adapt in a few days. The humidity has been up to 61% because I was not here to monitor it. it will be remedied today.
Day 7 week 7, oh shit! Fungus attack. Cannabis Leaf Septoria. I've been studying a course on the Soil Food Web which has occupied my attention almost 100%. Plus a over demanding job (most days were 14 to 15 hours) that I finally had to leave. I totally missed the signs of this infection. I woke up today to a yellow/brown spotted leaf staring me in the face this morning when I opened the grow room door. Looked up the type fungus and what caused the infection and more importantly what can I do to remedy this with the least amount of damage to the grow. I gloved up and sterilized my trim scissors and removed all the infected leafs I could find. Most were low hidden early leafs that I quickly took and discarded them outside in the trash can. After a short break to let my eyes refocus, I found many lightly infected leafs. I removed them. The majority were under the top foliage toward the bottom. I redirected my oscillating fan to give better air movement to the plant on the left that had the majority of the infection. I could only find 3 leafs on the right side plant that had spotting.
Finding all the leafs that had fungi on them was a constant battle until the end of the week. The plants are doing good. The Green Crack has very good resistance to the Fungi attack, the Northern lights took a beating.
Day 2 of week nine. The battle to keep the plants alive against the fungus is a once in the morning and once in the evening trim job. Both are doing well. The biggest thing I've taken away from this is the green crack is very resistant against the fungus. The northern lights is not.
I wanted to title this weeks grow "How Big Are Your Balls? (root balls that is, lol)". I've been wanting to post pictures and video of the root balls for a while now, so today's the day! The temperature has been dropping here, so the plants are getting much less heat stress. In a couple of weeks the temperature should be down into the 60's and 70's during the day and all will be good.
Day one of the 14th week was October 24th. The trichomes on the small bud leafs are still clear resin. The hairs are about 70% dark and many are receding back toward the bud. Harvest time is getting close.
Disease resistance was great up to the last 2 weeks. This was a plant I did so much wrong to I can't start to describe. It was a fun grow and good yield for a small plant. I did not take a wet weight.
3.8 oz of nicely timed buds. 5.7 oz of trimmed off flowers and some mixed in trim flower leafs. I've been working too many hours and got lazy during the final dry trim.
A friend volunteered to test the early results.
@hanandleia, The reason I use plant tape is because there is no pressure points to restrict fluid movement or cause any type of friction on the plant. I grow fruit trees from cuttings I buy from all over the nation and you have to be very gentle with them. Tape is something I have adapted to. Evey video and picture I have seen on LST use pipe cleaners or, like you, electrical wire. The green tape is specifically designed for the purpose of plant support without causing damage to the plant. It is very inexpensive and can be bought almost anywhere. It will stretch with the growth of the plant if the pressure gets to be to much. Amazon has it for $6.90 for 300 feet. I think the Pipe cleaners have there place, but not on the main stock.
@hanandleia, Thank you for your observation. I remember why I went higher. I'm using Reverse Osmosis water, It calls for 1oz/gal.
I didn't start out this way but now I think I'm working on the premise of how many things can I do wrong and still get good results. I just updated the last 4 weeks and am about to do this current week.
The plants have had heat stress during the whole grow. You can see that one is affected more than the other. This week I increased the Micro by over 50% and the Bloom by 10%, I had read that as hot as my water has been most of the nutrients are bound up. I am watching to see if there is any burn.
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