Botched Grow

~~~~~3/26/18 - Watered, pH 6.3 water. Didn't measure amount; enough to wet the soil all around. Set up the fan to circulate air & jostle the girls a little to make their stems nice and strong. Noticed a couple tiny flies start buzzing around when I opened the tent. Wasn't able to catch/ID one, but going to put up some flypaper very soon. Fae is starting to green up (again.) Determined to keep her green this time! Mauve is catching up, but her leaves are still splotchy. Hoping it's just genetics, since her growth rate and color seem to be okay otherwise. Feeling more optimistic since the last post. I figure even if I only get a half an ounce per plant, that's still a successful grow. Not impressive by any stretch, but successful nonetheless, and it'd still be an ounce more than I have now. I'm not growing for profit or show, I'm growing because I love to grow. Learn from the mistakes of the last grow and apply the lessons to this one. Learn from the mistakes of this grow, and apply the lessons to the next. Thought for the week: A rep from Earth Juice at NE CannaCon looked at pics of my yellow sprouts on the app, chuckled and said, "I'll take nutrient deficiencies over nutrient overdose any day. Nutrient deficiency will turn your sprouts yellow. Nutrient overdose will turn your sprouts dead!" ~~~~~3/28/18. Watered, pH 6.3. Amount not measured. The leaves started drooping slightly and the soil was dry 1/4" deep, so I figured they were thirsty. Filled in Mauve's cup space, so now she's even shorter than ever! However, where Fae may be much taller, Mauve is fixing to be much bushier. I think she may have some indica genetics in her! Thinking of FIMing Fae soon so she doesnt get too lanky. Going to do some research to see if she's too young for it. ~~~~~3/29/18. FIMed both Fae and Mauve. The research I did said that they should have at least 6 new growth nodes (3 pairs) up their bodies to FIM, and that typically, younger plants can recover faster than older plants. I FIMed Fae to try and bush her out more, and I figured since Mauve already looks like a bush-inclined strain, FIMing would compliment her genetics. Either way, the goal is more colas and (proverbially) squeezing as much juice from this stone as I can. ~~~~~3/31/18. Watered and fed. On the menu this week: -Big Bloom: 1.5 tsp/L -Grow Big: 3/8 tsp/L -Floralicious Plus: 3 drops -Molasses: 1/4 tsp/L I used a half-dose of Grow Big, but a full dose of Big Bloom. Big Bloom has a very low NPK ratio, so it isn't likely to burn. I hoping the extra organic extracts in it will beef up this crappy soil and make my girls burst out of their pots! I gave Fae a watering with the whole mixutre, and I diluted the mixture to half-strength for Mauve. Fae was starting to turn pale again. I dont know what strain Fae is, but I'm terrified of it. I think you could grow Fae in a hydroponic system circulating undiluted liquid nutrients, and she'd thrive. I burned my last plant with the amount of nutrients I've given Fae so far, and she's hungry for more after a couple weeks! I've never seen any plant of any species gobble up nutrients like Fae. I feel like Seymor in Little Shop of Horrors. She's probably going to yield bud that'll make me see my spirit animal. They seem to have taken well to the FIMing. Mauve is already showing signs of recovery. I may have snipped too low on Fae, but worst case scenario, I topped her rather than FIMed her. The nodes below the cut look perfectly fine. Despite the FIMing, Fae grew taller still. I'm wondering if she needs more light. I'll probably rig up my 45W panel for her.