Hey everyone. I hope you are all doing well! Thanks for swinging by. Have a great day!
What a week so far! Still keeping my chin up and trudging along the best I can. Life is a wicked balancing act at times. Getting the truck back today. Looks like only an alignment will be needed (for now). No immediate or obvious structural damage to the frame or suspension, besides the door and fender. Wheeeew!!! Dodged a bullet there. I really was not in the mood to hastily purchase another vehicle without an opportunity to research. As much as I don't want, I think I still need to get another vehicle anyway. Anybody want a couple teenagers by chance?! No takers?
Had a brutal shift yesterday so I'm getting some "rest earned" this morning. Enjoying an amazing cup of coffee without any distractions or time constraints!
Anyyyywhoooo... Going to post the past few days of pictorial updates and some stretch measurements (17 days). Plus as point of adding information, I have been rotating the plants (except the Candida) every couple of days. Nothing exact or measured. Just giving them a half turn when I remember to which is about every other day and sometimes everyday. Honestly...I just don't care enough to say they have all received X amount of rotations in the last few weeks.
April 16th - Flipped to 12/12 - Measurement from top of soil to top of canopy
May 4th +17 days since flip
Queen of Soul - 25" | 31"
Rosetta Stone - 21" | 27"
Cinderella 99 - 21" | 21"
Space Queen - 31" | 41"
Candida - 14" | 23"
The fabric pots mostly got a shared 4 gallon drench of water to runoff. Then finally got the wet vac to suck it all out. Moistened the topsoil of the self-watering 7 gallon container that has the QoS. Also, moistened the garden box that has the Candida.
Space Queen dominating the stretch. I have at least 2-3 nodes of branches that can be cut off.
Queen of Soul
Candida
I need to add some support to her trunk. She's leaning a little so that will be corrected this weekend during her haircut.
Queen of Soul
C99 - I have been doing some LST on some of the leading branches over the past few days. A lot of strong growth coming from everywhere. Tough picture to see it but the back side of her canopy is a few inches about these bud sites. As the breeder has described, this is an excellent candidate for SCROG. She requires A LOT of trimming and I'm a little nervous because of how much of a diva she is with stress. At least under my care thus far. I'm getting better though so hopefully I have her healthy enough to bounce back and not skip a beat.
And to this morning at Day 18 and another drench. This time, I am adding some
@Sierra Natural Science SNS209 for the next 5 drenches as a preventative. Take a few weeks off and cross my fingers that nothing tries to attack the plants before they finish.
FYI, the Space Queen is on the left. C99 is front and center. Rosetta Stone is behind her.
Queen of Soul on the front right.
Candida in the back right.
I am preparing for many hours this weekend of pruning, trimming, and adding supports for these plants. I need a general plan of attack. Need to remove needless branches and larf. Need to clean up the canopies to get better air flow and light through it. Many growers here do this pre-flip and around the 3 week mark. But how much is too much is what has me nervous. I am horrible at retaining many of the details I learn from the countless journals I read and even from the responses I get on my own journals. I do apologize for that frustrating aspect of my tenure here. Bookmarks! I know...
to the savings accounts...
