Day 77-84 (April 17th-24th)
(Day 78) I honestly cant believe Iāve been vegging this long. The growth for almost 80 days of veg is laughable. Iāve compiled a little list of what has gone wrong so far.
- I added too much glacial moraine which made the soil too water retentive
- Iāve been foliar feeding too much kelp
- I gave too many bloom nutrients for a plant in veg
- EDIT: DID NOT WATER ENOUGH AT ONCE
The plants have been drooping like crazy this past week and Iām going to try watering in a full gallon per plant. I first thought it was from the medium not drying out enough, soil compaction ect. and Iām sure those are definitely areas where my soil mix could improve but the bottom of the container is pretty damn dry. I could actually be under watering despite soaking the top with 500ml a day. Iām going to sit the pots on some plastic sheeting so they donāt evaporate as much from the bottom and water in a full gallon each making sure I get some runoff. I was going to wait until I get my air pump but fuck it, itās coming tomorrow afternoon.
The pots are so big that theyāre not fully wetting to the bottom even with a gallon. Iām going to try to water in a gallon every 4 days while keeping the top soil moist with the sprayer. In hindsight 6 plants in 5-7 gallon pots would be the most ideal.
(Day 79) Holy fuck did a full gallon watering make a difference. I should have been doing this the whole time. All 4 plants are praying and stretching upward like crazy. They just look more vigorous and happy within a day. I bet they will be even happier with that supplemental air. If things stay this smooth I should be able to flip around day 84, possibly earlier.
Got my air pump in the mail today. This is kind of a shot in the dark so hopefully it works. Itās super loud and vibrates like crazy. First Iām going to try running it 24/7 and see if there is any improvement over the next few days. If it does work, Iāll try running it on my humidity controller so itās not constantly humming and will only turn on when the humidity is high.
Iām going to turn the night time temps down to 70f to prevent root problems now that Iām watering much bigger amounts less frequently and itās getting warmer during the day.
(Day 81/Day 1F) Ever since Iāve been watering in the proper amounts I have seen an absolute explosion in growth. Iāve decided to flip today, now that Iām confident my soil mix isnāt completely fucked. I might run into some N/mg problems during the stretch so I will make sure to give a final foliar feeding around the end of week 1.
(Day 3F) So Iām literally seeing dwc growth rates now. Plants have grown more in the last 5 days than the last 3 weeks. If I had stayed at this pace of growth since day 1, I would have an 8 foot tall plant or I would be halfway through flower already. Oh well. Good learning experience. *grits teeth*
Iām going to put up the second layer of trellis before these girls stretch out of control. Bbb#3 is seriously stretchy and will likely more than double in size in the next 2 weeks. The other 4 are all quite stout and bushy.
Iām giving a light, preemptive defoliation each day and picking off some of the lower sucker branches. I will do a full strip around day 21F.