It's been a beautiful week here in the desert, amazing temperatures and just gorgeous. A perfect plant growing environment if the humidity could be a little higher. I decided to top the main branches one more time each and will not top them anymore.
The plant has finally gotten some discolored leaves... but it's hard to fully pin down the cause. Paling lower leaves, brown spots on the lower leaves but the upper plant is generally healthy looking. I was worried she might have had a ph slightly too high, but she's also been very low fed and also looks like she could use a larger container soon.
Unfortunately right now with life so crazy, covid madness, nonstop "essential worker" duties and just life get in the way of a perfect grow. So I decided to give the soil 2 tablespoons of organic granular sulfur which helps lower soil ph. It can be handy in soil grows and helps to maintain a lower soil ph for many weeks. I'm hopeful this will manage my slightly higher ph and let the plant continue naturally without having to adjust much. I also need to be better about more consistent feedings because it's now been about 4 weeks since transplant and probably the nutrients are used up.
I'll keep watching and thinking.
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@DaSofaSurfer, I definitely agree with you that more often than not, when I don't ph it goes a little wonky.
And a secret between us... there's a couple weeks coming up where things get a little questionable, but I'm not sure if its because of underwatering(chronic drought, i was so busy for several weeks), outgrown container and the roots bound up, lack of extra nutrients because I only feed once a week, or because of ph.
When i checked the initial startup ph it was showing 6.6 and my area usually has the 2 different phs, springtime and fall. Fall usually spikes up to about 7.7-8.3
@Treighfunky, thanks tre. You should see the finish! Holy crap she got so purply red with the cold temps. I'm cutting her today before it freezes tonight.
@Treighfunky, thanks Treigh, this one has definitely turned out to be beautiful and strong. I've gotten lucky with a few good, unique and beautiful plants this year. 2020Garden good...2020year not so good. Lol
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