Hello again! Before I post an update, I just want to apologize for not being around and active for a while. I haven't had much going on, but have just finally been coming out of a dark place and back into my ideal sense of normalcy. Rest assured I still love y'all, and 420 Magazine.
Well, on to the update. I'll start out with the indoor kids, the KC 36, and what I'm now calling the mystery machine (bag seed kid). I've given up the desire to flip to 12/12 in any set time frame, and have decided to simply let the kids grow as big as they want to. So far, they're still quite small compared to their closet, but if I had to guess, I'd say the KC 36 is about 9-10 inches (about 25cm) "long" by now. For height's and yield's sake, I've been LST -ing the heck out of both plants, and I FIM'd the mystery machine, so they're both only about 10cm in actual height. I've been really enjoying securing them down each day, only to check the next day and see that they've grown a bit, and need tying down again. I've been finding it quite satisfying. I've not bothered counting the potential tops on the KC 36, but there are more than a few! The mystery machine has exactly four tops right now, and probably more on the way. I don't plan to top the mystery machine again, but I have not excluded the possibility. I have decided not to do a screen.
The mystery machine
The KC 36
I have been seeing what I think is simply a result of insufficient lighting, manifesting as lower, shadowed leaves turning yellow. I've been feeding regularly (20-14-13), and have only seen very slight signs of excess nutrients, quite minimally burning leaf tips. I don't believe I've been over-feeding them, as long as I alternate feeding with watering. The small containers dry up rather quickly, so I have wanted to transplant the plants, however I foresee a few issues concerning my tie-down method and transplanting, as I'm using paperclips poked into the soil to hold branches down. I'm concerned about shocking the plants when I transplant, and am unsure if I should wait for a few days of no-LST -ing, before I transplant into 10- or 12-inch pots. I haven't checked the roots at any time, so they very well might not need transplanting yet. No matter, I watered and fed them yesterday, so today isn't the day to do it yet.
Temperature in the grow closet has been ranging between 65°Fand 80°F (18-26°C), and usually about 75% humidity in the morning (when the lights come on), falling to about 50% in the late evenings (after 18 hours of light).
Okay, now to the outdoor little KC 45 and the bigger hermie KC 45. Late last week I have the big hermie a good dose of flowering nutrients (11-35-15), and the little one, too (20-14-13). The little KC 45 seems to not want to grow at all. It's staying very small, and has had minimal growth of new leaves, despite getting more sun throughout the day than the bigger one. The bigger of the two has not gotten much bigger, but is putting on more and more flowers, of both genders. I've quit picking the male flowers off, and have decided to let it go to seed. I may plant a small army of those seeds, throughout the swamps nearby. There's really not much more to say about the outdoor plants, other than what I already have, so here are a couple pictures for y'all.
Big hermie KC 45
Little runt KC 45