This week I have mostly been smoking, Venom OG.
The original plan was to create a environmental cycle that would exhaust the tent of all moisture every 2-3 days, bacteria requires moisture be present as part of its trinity. Bugs also mostly need top 2-3 inches of soil to reproduce eggs.
Found it a problem once the canopy developed with such a large pot, I felt moisture sat too long where air could not reach it, eventually leading to stagnation or too densely packed.
Added steel mesh HVAC to soil, temp control to keep soil and roots cosy and prevent the centre of the pot stagnating.
Indoor air pushed through the rootzone, oxygen being a limiting factor of growth once CO2 has been elevated and along with temps.
The air injected is rich in CO2 , which is gently pressurized to ooze out the filter atop the dome and spread evenly across and down 360 degree.
I've been cautious with my watering, bordering on the safe side so to speak, nutrient can only uptake where water is present, by watering gently over a large area I'm spreading the 2-3 gallon over the top surface of the pot, roots will grow and develop only where they find water regularly. I may have a 100 gallon pot but if water only penetrates the top 10% of the soil, the plant can only tap as much as it has access too. Roots won't grow and develop in arid dry soil.
I may possibly add drainage under pot in future,
Top wick ,
Bottom wick.
Growth has been much slower than I'd expected,there is alot of competition for minimal real estate, the clovers roots and companion plants roots will never go deeper than a few inches, I'm hoping that the slow initial growth is just due to the extreme competition for landmass to get established. Just gotta wait a bit until the Durban roots go a bit deep past where the clover roam.
Purchased some predatory bugs and I've been preparing the tent for:
Chrysope verte - 1250
Stratiolaelaps scimitus - 5000
Hopefully, mess these aphids up for good.
There was what was starting to look like early nitrogen deficiency, the ever so slightly yellowing of the lower leafs.
Possible it's caused by the root aphids, they love to suck on the chlorophyll within the leaves which can lead to the plant withdrawing existing nitrogen from other places within the plant to replenish this can give the illusion of nutrient deficiency.
My ph is fine at 6.4-6.6.
Quickly rectifies once fed.
No aphids on or near the cannabis, companions seem to be doing the job well. Added marigolds and chamomile seeds too.
Hmmmmm
Added forest moss to exposed area and edges.
Again one plant is showing developmental properties superior to the others. Same result as before, this will need to be tested against identical genetic clones. *
Not very tall or very big but the plant has 6-7-8 internodes.... It's funny I almost feel like the plant knows the intensity that's up infront of it.... What I think is slow development, may just be building for the future..... If that makes sense.... Similar to when I was bending the plants forcing it to reevaluate what stem it decides is the "main" this can be altered based on which the plant senses is closest to light source.
It needs to have the structural integrity built now for what the plant can sense vertically. Already made out at 40,000,000 moles over the 18 hours.
Plant life is intelligent in that I've watched it grow to avoid obstacles, it can sense everything around it in terms of intensity, direction, wavelength composition, every single little details is known ,calculated, and planned for based on all the information the plant can sense. I've always felt that moving a light source for any reason or even a plant pot from its original normal position, not that it's going to make a huge difference but if the goal posts are always moving then how can anyone ever construct efficiently when every metric the plant uses to sense its surroundings change every day.
It's super slow growth compared to what I've witnessed before but it is also the most naturally impressive symmetrical sturdy reinforced looking stems I've seen in such a young sapling which hasn't been trained or cropped.
Carry on.