Sunday Jan 3; Transitioning from Veg to Flower Nutes is in progress.
Tonight sees 2/3 Bloom / 1/3 Veg and that’s it.
- dropped tent temp down to 26C and humidity seems steady just under 50%
- feeding schedule has been every other day. Stretching that to every 3 days after tonight
** water volume is my conundrum **
Do I add more water for the plant ?
Am I giving enough Nutrients to the plant for it to grow big?
Question Time ! &. Results:
Volume of water was raised again for dinner tonight. 2.5 g between both plants. On the great advice I received today from 2 growers, and my desire to increase the amount of food that the plants see; the volume of water will go up and the time between feedings will resemble more of a 4 & 2 day cycle.
Other Changes—-
*”hand-weighing the pots” to get a Feel for moisture content, will become a regular task.
**Giving the plants an extra day to absorb larger feedings, will become part of a staggered routine to help keep them on the Dry-Side
Mad growth again today (sun p.m.), with the last taste of Medi-One out of the way early in week 3. A 4 day liquid-break and then 100% flower food.
Jan 4 saw the plant looking well hydrated. No obvious run-off from yesterday’s feeding, says a deep watering has not happened yet.
I will give the soil moisture a chance to recover, and increase next weeks Volume of water (aka nutrition) slightly once again.
Breaking new ground ie: past a gallon per plant indoors and watering based on actual Needs. looking for real progress
Jan 6th: next dinner is listed above, either tonight or tomorrow it will be used, based on how Dry the plants feel tonight
Today is day 3 since the last watering. If possible I’ll hold-out till tomorrow. is Desert-like.
Leaves are still pert. And the
~13 gallons or so of soil still feels bloody solid.
So I’ll wait till a 4th day and feed it tomorrow. Fresh pictures uploaded w/ a video
Jan 7: Fed each plant after 4 days without food or water, and they look great. Upped water volume 1/4 gal ea., (1.5 gal total ea.) and this will start the desired 4/2 watering schedule. Amount goes up each of next couple weeks. (Then taper off nutes and h2o in the last weeks is the plan)
-plants looked great after 4 days without water. Here’s one for patience.
-if the plant growth and bud development are any indication... the plant on the left appears to be a week ahead of the plant on the right.
The one on the right just seems to be taking off now.
Jan 8 Uv-B use has been s/d for the time being ~ 3 or 4 weeks. I am going to wait until there are actual buds on the branches, before making good use of the wavelength.
* also behind that decision is the fact that the plant Under the Light, is solidly 4” behind the other since I started adding short periods of uv-b exposure. (The plants were exactly equal up until I started exposing the R plant for 1/2 the CMH exposure. ie: 6 hours)
The plant lagging behind in reach and bud development, is the uv-b plant. And that’s only been using it since Dec 31st !
As it stands articles are saying to use the Uv-B later in flower. OK, I’m in !
Taking action on an observation.
Sat Jan 9:
- opening the tent tonight there was a 3” stretch over the course of the nite/day on the left. And it looks like the plant on the right is kicking-in as well. Slower, but happening.
Like the whole L plant grew 3”