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Update: Blue Dream - Day 85 (+8) | Early Miss - Day 19 | DDA (d#3 & d#4) - Day 1
I have a growing family
More on the newer arrivals in a bit - but first... I really thought I was going to wake up this morning to a plant asking for a drench... NOPE!
That was literally at lights on! Honestly, its over 3 weeks now since transplant and I’m hanging out to give it a Growth Ionic drench... patience grasshopper!
There’s been some odd spotting and a nibble here n there - these may be related or not.
The spotting looks like this - and I do wonder if this isn’t from the leaf wash that hung around on the leaf where leaves were touching each other. Or it’s some deficiency because my roots aren’t hooked up right...
And the nibbling - there’s still some munching going on since the leafwash last week.
I looked very hard all over the plant and can’t spot anything in the underside of the leaves, even close to the nibbled areas
There was also one or two areas looking like this...like the leaf tissue has been nibbled off
It’s very strange. I still have fungus gnats in very very small numbers flitting about and I’m starting to wonder if they aren’t more of a problem than I thought. There’s really not many, but what if they’re eating the root hyphae and hindering root development - which might explain the slow drinking. And the kind of nibbling is very unusual. The kind where I’d usually expect to find a little caterpillar or other kind of grub, but I cant see a thing!
In any case. She got more pruning this week - including a branch I hadn’t meant to prune... never mind.
This morning I did round one of a weaponised foliar spray routine - i used DeStress at 1/4 strength in this solo sprayer, carried it outside and gave a good spraying all over (i’ll Repeat every 3 days for 3 times). I then let it drip dry in front of the tent out of the direct light and in the fan pathway for a while. Here’s after - still looking pretty good considering these little nibbles everywhere.
Dark Devil Autos - day 1
The birth of my first DDAs feels like a momentous occasion!
They seemed quite pale at first but are greening up as they rise. Here is DDA (d4) #1 (d4 denotes that it is from dynamo’s #4 parent
). This one came out with it’s seed helmet still on, but threw it off in no time. So gorgeous.
SO now... something very interesting. Something in this tent or in this soil batch is nibbling on leaf tissue... check out DDA (d3) #1
I dont think this is unrelated to the other stuff that’s happening. I’m really on a mission now. Eating my seedlings? I dont think so! I’m very curious to know if fungus gnats can do these things.
Early Miss - day 19
And finally, the lovely Early Miss. I don’t know if it’s growing as fast as it should for such a short period auto (breeder says 7weeks). It’s on day 19 and I must admit that it seems a little slow for an auto Nice spacing though.
When Big Blue had this many nodes it was only about 1/3 the height!
So the family is growing and the outdoor season approaches (yay!). I’m going to slowly move the Early Miss outside over this week. Any tips on how to do this will be very welcome. I should put it in slightly shady spots to start yes, to adjust it to the different light? And maybe bring it in overnight for a little while too - but maybe I dont need to do that. It’s supposed to be good down to 10ºC and we’re up above that overnight now. Anyhoo - tips and tricks about hardening off please!
In a few weeks I’ll do the same for the DDAs and then Big Blue will be a lone wolf in the tent again.
I’m really liking having more than one on the go. And looking forward to next year’s indoor run - which will be at a better time of year and involve at least 2, maybe 3 plants.
I am still in a few minds about the outdoor strains for this year. At some point I’ll put some of them to a vote!
I better go and post that new pic of DDA(d3) in the DBHBB Q&A thread. I’ve been trouble shooting the other stuff there a bit and this nibbled cotyledon seems relevant. Then I’ll be looking much harder for info about what fungaus gnats do.
@Graytail - you recently mentioned, I think, the main ingredient in mosquito dunks and I’ve been trying to find that conversation and having no luck. What can I water into the soil that will kill the gnats without bothering the herd? I know a few gnats shouldn’t cause what I’ve got going on... but I’m leaving no stone unturned.
I have a growing family
More on the newer arrivals in a bit - but first... I really thought I was going to wake up this morning to a plant asking for a drench... NOPE!
That was literally at lights on! Honestly, its over 3 weeks now since transplant and I’m hanging out to give it a Growth Ionic drench... patience grasshopper!
There’s been some odd spotting and a nibble here n there - these may be related or not.
The spotting looks like this - and I do wonder if this isn’t from the leaf wash that hung around on the leaf where leaves were touching each other. Or it’s some deficiency because my roots aren’t hooked up right...
And the nibbling - there’s still some munching going on since the leafwash last week.
I looked very hard all over the plant and can’t spot anything in the underside of the leaves, even close to the nibbled areas
There was also one or two areas looking like this...like the leaf tissue has been nibbled off
It’s very strange. I still have fungus gnats in very very small numbers flitting about and I’m starting to wonder if they aren’t more of a problem than I thought. There’s really not many, but what if they’re eating the root hyphae and hindering root development - which might explain the slow drinking. And the kind of nibbling is very unusual. The kind where I’d usually expect to find a little caterpillar or other kind of grub, but I cant see a thing!
In any case. She got more pruning this week - including a branch I hadn’t meant to prune... never mind.
This morning I did round one of a weaponised foliar spray routine - i used DeStress at 1/4 strength in this solo sprayer, carried it outside and gave a good spraying all over (i’ll Repeat every 3 days for 3 times). I then let it drip dry in front of the tent out of the direct light and in the fan pathway for a while. Here’s after - still looking pretty good considering these little nibbles everywhere.
Dark Devil Autos - day 1
The birth of my first DDAs feels like a momentous occasion!
They seemed quite pale at first but are greening up as they rise. Here is DDA (d4) #1 (d4 denotes that it is from dynamo’s #4 parent
). This one came out with it’s seed helmet still on, but threw it off in no time. So gorgeous.SO now... something very interesting. Something in this tent or in this soil batch is nibbling on leaf tissue... check out DDA (d3) #1
I dont think this is unrelated to the other stuff that’s happening. I’m really on a mission now. Eating my seedlings? I dont think so! I’m very curious to know if fungus gnats can do these things.
Early Miss - day 19
And finally, the lovely Early Miss. I don’t know if it’s growing as fast as it should for such a short period auto (breeder says 7weeks). It’s on day 19 and I must admit that it seems a little slow for an auto
Nice spacing though. When Big Blue had this many nodes it was only about 1/3 the height!
So the family is growing and the outdoor season approaches (yay!). I’m going to slowly move the Early Miss outside over this week. Any tips on how to do this will be very welcome. I should put it in slightly shady spots to start yes, to adjust it to the different light? And maybe bring it in overnight for a little while too - but maybe I dont need to do that. It’s supposed to be good down to 10ºC and we’re up above that overnight now. Anyhoo - tips and tricks about hardening off please!
In a few weeks I’ll do the same for the DDAs and then Big Blue will be a lone wolf in the tent again.
I’m really liking having more than one on the go. And looking forward to next year’s indoor run - which will be at a better time of year and involve at least 2, maybe 3 plants.
I am still in a few minds about the outdoor strains for this year. At some point I’ll put some of them to a vote!
I better go and post that new pic of DDA(d3) in the DBHBB Q&A thread. I’ve been trouble shooting the other stuff there a bit and this nibbled cotyledon seems relevant. Then I’ll be looking much harder for info about what fungaus gnats do.
@Graytail - you recently mentioned, I think, the main ingredient in mosquito dunks and I’ve been trying to find that conversation and having no luck. What can I water into the soil that will kill the gnats without bothering the herd? I know a few gnats shouldn’t cause what I’ve got going on... but I’m leaving no stone unturned.
77 days lol
