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3/5- Hooray...Week One of veg is here!😎👍
Both of the Kushman Banana Kush's are healthy and starting to pick up their growth!
Currently, the HLG 650R's are hung @42' and pulling 300w at the wall each which the girls appear to be digging! 😍
The #1 pheno is in the process of sprouting her third 'true' set of leaves which will have five 'fingers' on them, while the #2 is on her second set.
I went ahead and added 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel to their water which was de-chlorinated and ph'd to 6.4 @ 76deg. 400ppm. I'm using the pump sprayer with the spray head set to a fairly fine cone. I'm giving them .25g twice a day keeping the medium moist all the way through to the bottom of the medium (I will begin foliar feeding tomorrow morning just as the lights come on with Fox Farms Flower Kiss @ 2.5ml/g applied with a spray bottle).
I've found that if the roots encounter 'dry' medium it rapidly pisses off cannabis cultivars, ESPECIALLY autoflowers, so we're not going to explore that scenario....we're staying moist, not wet! 😁
I anticipate, based on their current rate of growth, that they'll really be taking off going into the latter part of week two going into week three. I'd really like to see these girls veg for at least 30-40 days before starting to flower, which will result in some huge cultivars, but we'll have to see what happens won't we?😎🙏
3/7- Well, Week One of veg is here and gone and both of the Banana Kush girl's are loving life!
Both girls have great color and the #2 pheno, even though two days behind her sister, is quickly catching up to her sibling, who's @ 3" in height.
I've added nightly foliar feeding to their schedule and they are loving it! Their water intake continues @ 0.5g of de-chlorinated well water daily which is ph'd to 6.4-6.5 @ 74deg. after any additives (Fox Farm Wholly Mackerel, Botanicare CalMag+) are mixed in using either Alchemist PH Down or General Hydroponics PH Up which are diluted in 2 cups of water before being added to the remaining water.
This dilution before addition prevents any chemical reaction that might occur from adding the PH Up/PH Down straight into the water that has nutrients in it, which would possibly have negative affects on the plants. If their growth continues through next week, as I'm anticipating, I will most likely begin LST at least on the #1 phenotype.
😎🙏 Thank you for tagging along so far! Things should be getting more interesting as the coming weeks approach! I'm excited...are you? See you next week! 😎👍