Happy Sun-Fun-day everyone!!! First day off in...whatever it is...
A quick look into my grow space
@Mars Hydro 5x5 tent that is currently powered by a few
@BESTVA LED lights. The Pro4000 and a couple Pro1000. The sad teeny plant (Queen of Soul #2) is now gone.
Average temps are 78-80°F with a 55-60% RH. Not ideal for vegetative growth but closer than I'm comfortable with for the flowering plants (soon to be chopped).
The plants were overdue (3 days) for a
@GeoFlora Nutrients topdress! So they all got at least 1oz of Veg and a desperately needed drench. They were starting to ask for water yesterday!
Before I get into this massive photo dump of an update, serious props to the GF team for an amazing product. There is some excellent stuff in this folks!
Thank you for sponsoring our
contests! Can't tell you how thrilled I am to have more coming from the recent wins!
It makes using organic nutrients so easy! Just feeding and proper nutrients in general are easy with these products. That is important to me. It is easy to grab this stuff and start feeding/amending just about any medium you are using.
Thanks again to the 420 Mag fam for voting and the honor of winning in recent contests. Woooo! More swag but...more nutrients! I heard from @Prescription Blend and I will finally get a chance to try their stuff too! So incredibly stoked to get my hands on that and see how well I do with it. These blessings are helping me in so many ways and I could not express my gratitude enough to everyone. Thank you!
Included in the drench was the second dose of
@Sierra Natural Science SNS209 ! Signs of live thrips are almost all gone. I found 1 freshly molted adult and a couple deads ones on top of leaves. I am going to continue the SNS209 in my drenches for the next few weeks to build up that pest resistance. After a solid loading dosage, I'll probably switch to using it every other or 3rd watering to keep things in check.
I will also use other foliar spray products like EcoWorks EC which is primarily neem. I will also be using essential oil foliar sprays. Somewhere in there, I'll be mixing in the ISO/H²O foliar too that Shed suggested.
I added a hefty dose of yucca extract. In case you are not familiar with yucca extract, it is a 60% saponin product that helps slow down your drench and assists with evenly distributing the moisture into the soil. Air pockets in soil suck! Another popular product is quillaja powder which is a higher saponin percentage.
Here is a good example of watering too quickly in a fabric pot. My soil was too dry. It becomes hydrophobic and resists absorption. It begins leaking out the fabric faster than the soil can take it in. A good reminder to slooooooow down if your soil gets too dry in between your drenches.
Another trick I like to do is spray the sides of the fabric pots and wait a few minutes before drenching. Slowly moistened soil sidewalls greatly reduce this issue.
Every plant got a minimum of 1oz/2 Tbsp per gallon of soil of GF 'Veg' and then worked into the soil slightly. Then a layer of worm castings over it. This will keep the nutrients covered and moistened longer so the microbes can have a feast without drying out too fast.
Without too much detail of the total drench quantity for each plant. I mixed a total of 2 gallons or 7.6 L of drench solution. I dispersed that at an average rate of 150-250 mLs per plant (including the candida clone that also got a GF topdress a couple days early). They all got between 750 mLs to 1L of drench each, with the exception of the Candida taking 1.5 liters.
Did some clean up work on nodes and leaves close to the soil. I wanted to let those nodes grow out to clone but with contact that close to soil, you are just asking for issues.
Much better!
I believe this is what extreme low RH can do to leaves if the VPD ratio gets too misaligned.
In case you are wondering why I trimmed off the damaged parts of the leaves, it is to check the progress of the plant health itself. The new growth has been looking decent over the past week since I increased the RH. The logic is the plant will heal this wounds as it naturally would without any other signs of stress or deficiencies. They will callous and become brittle. That will be a good sign! If they do not, I will be getting fresh signs of issues in those leaves and others. A little tip I got from a local plant nursery. Not specifically for cannabis but borrowing generic horticultural practices/wisdom from multiple sources. Just FYI
I think C99 is showing signs of being hungry tkk. Not just fighting environmental stress. Based on the breeder notes, this is typical..I gave her extra GF.
Is that everything?! Gaaaaawd I hope so. I feel like I'm forgetting something. If I forgot some details or you have any questions (if you made it this far), please ask.
It's a "day off"...but that means a whole lot of house chores and to-dos to get done while I'm on "vacation". Blessings everyone and thanks for joining my humble beginnings to what should be an amazing 2022 grow season!
Ehhh, F it!
Forgot to add the SNS209 to the drench! Not a biggie, just really wanted to not miss any applications and have a full loading dose in the soil for the next couple weeks.
