1/23... 42 days from soaking seeds, 35 days from new seedling, and today is the start of week 2 of flowering.
1/26... I have continued with some LST. Trying to keep a uniform height for all. I have also over-watered 1 for sure. I increased the amount of water and 1 didn't like it. I didn't increase nutrients, I just watered too much at one time. I think I would rather water more often, than over-water. I think 3 will still need a drink at some point today. The 4th is still too moist for a drink until maybe 1/27.
1/27 pics show the result of too much love. Too much water(nutrigation). While the pots are drying, I tried some foliar feeding using straight water and a mist sprayer. Once the pots have dried out, I will regroup, adjust, and carry on. Just went to store and bought a cheap Soil Hygrometer. I thought they were ready for water with the finger/knuckle test. The hygrometer said no! I realize that I had def over did it watering.
1/29 Update... I let them really dry out and have also foliar fed with very light nutrient mix. Since, now dried out... I also gave them a tiny amount of water/nute mix. They seem to be bouncing back from overwatering them. I usually lift the pots, so it wasn't really from not taking time to check the weight. I felt like I was not watering enough. I have never had runoff when watering, so I thought I should add to my watering amount. Mistake! I am not a rookie at this. It has been a while since I did a run, but I def made a rookie mistake. I am easing back into watering. I also don't want to foliar feed much more, as getting too far into flower. They seemed to show results from it, while trying to dry pots out.
@KentuckyOG60, I traded for the 5 TD beans. Well, I will trade, as soon as I cross paths with them again. I now have some Zkittles that I am paying back with. Grabbed 20 photo during a recent ILGM sale. I am eager to see the end results of the TD, as I have never run autos. 😎
@HAPPY91, I would have liked for 100% success, but still pleased with the 4 out of 5. The 5th one tried to start and just didn't make it. At least it tried.
@KentuckyOG60, Your's look great, too! I have been watching your diary and figured I would start one, too. You have about 3 weeks of a head start on me.
question...did you run into much problems with the general health of these plants? I ask because I'm having real difficulty with the plants appearing very droopy in between water or feeding. I'm leaning towards it being caused by the actual size of the plant being too big for the 3 gal pots. It's not strain specific because the N lights in the same tent on the exact same schedule is also affected. Both are roughly the same size at well over 30 inches tall. The skunk auto in same tent, 6 weeks or so behind so obviously much smaller doesn't seem to be suffering.
@@@pizzaman841, Overall they were healthy and pretty easy. I over-watered one time. I tried to water until run off. They didn't like that. After that, I watered them more carefully. They were fed daily. I reduced my amount of water, so that the next day.... they were just needing watering. Tried to keep a nice balance of moist to dry enough to allow roots to breathe. Never dry enough where they drooped. I am sure I could have watered less often, if I had 5 gallon pots. I didn't mind the 3 gallon. I sorta think of treating Pro-Mix like when I used to grow with rockwool. Back then, I used a res, dripper, and pump system. I hand water these days, but I still think of it that way.