Livers & Kush

Kind of a mixed bag this week with the Livers & Kush project. We'll start with the good. Livers BX1 ---------- The Livers is doing well in the dry desert like air of my auto tent. She maintained a pretty steady PH throughout the week, around 6.1, and had some solid growth. She's getting a modest feeding at this point, maintaining an EC of about .8. I'll start increasing her feedings through the week. Because my LST efforts are hit ad miss, I decided to FIM her yesterday on D27 with plans to get her into the ScrOG net and spread her out once she starts flowering in the next week or two. Critical Kush ------------- Rough week for the Critical Kush. I realized after a day or so that the mix of nutes I fed both Kush plants at the beginning of last week was much too strong at around 1.6 and both plants started displaying early signs of nitrogen toxicity - dark leaves, some clawing, etc. 🤦‍♂️ I caught it early on and diluted the feed to an EC of .8. Although the Pink Kush responded quickly and seemed to be set right, the Critical Kush looked critically ill. Growth was stunted and her leaves were limp and turned downward and her roots, dirty and sparse. I've noticed her nodes are spaced really tightly together too - if that's an indication of anything or not. I ended up giving her a 24 hour plain water flush and then gave her a fresh rez tuned to .8 EC. I also cut away the lower leaves that were discoloured and spotty. She seems to have improved somewhat but I'll just have to wait and see. Her symptoms could also point to a boron deficiency which can be triggered by low humidity - and boy do I have low humidity. We'll generously say it's about 20% RH in the tents these days. Hopefully, she'll bounce back. If not, the Pink Kush is going to have a lot of room to spread her wings. Pink Kush ---------- Same story as the Critical Kush but with a happier ending. Caught the overfeeding issue early on and she recovered nicely showing a solid week of growth. I FIMed her yesterday on D27 and cleaned up a couple of the lower nodes. I'm trying to get better at managing both sides of the canopy this time around so I'm doing some early maintenance. That's a wrap on this week's adventures. Hopefully next week's update is more triumph, less tragedy 🎭 Thanks for tuning in ✌️