Hey everyone! I hope it's going okay for you right now as you're reading this. Sending you all good vibes. My soul is hurting with so much hurting happening in our worls.
Got cool news! I'll be a part of a 5 grower comparison grow featuring
@DYNOMYCO ! So that's exciting. I'll be creating a new journal dedicated to that and will post a link here in case anyone is interested.
@InTheShed I'm going to need your help/memory with a convo we were having recently about getting plants outside earlier with supplemental lighting. Do you remember which thread that was? I meant to quote that and post it here a week or two ago. I forgot to post my experiment here in this journal. I would like to go back to that journal and post about the results thus far.
Folks, the gist of the convo was I trying something new with my clones and supplemental light. Slowly bringing the amount of hours down but still keep them past the 12hr mark to not induce flowering. Well that experiment had backfired. I think I went too fast with the transition and I caused most of the clones to go to pre-flower. I was too slow to recognize that but I'm also not too concerned about it either. I still have plenty of time to grow some amazing plants. So they will have to make the transition back and re-veg for a while.
My thought process...
was to slowly take the clones from 18+ hrs of light down to 13 hrs to match the natural daylight cycle. That cycle was 13+ hrs of light and increasing everyday heading into the summer. Most growers use supplemental light well into June so that there is no chance of pre-flowering. I'd like to figure out what the prime time to relocate plants in my garden is without supplemental light. That was the goal. This year's experiment was a failure. I got pre-flowers all over the place. I thought it was a success until a few days ago. It seemed like they popped out of nowhere but it was my inexperienced eyes playing tricks on me. They stalled out and weren't growing much. They were most definitely confused with all the cold and shorter days. Hormones were in transition and I didn't recognize it.
I wanted to be sure to share this for anyone else thinking of trying shorter days that are too short, heading into the outdoor garden season.
With all that out of the way, let me share some pics from 5/9 when I transplanted a few of my clones into their final spot for the season. What's done is done and now to see how they progress and learn from it!
First up was Rosetta Stone.
Check out all the baby worms right underneath where's she has been for the past few weeks. This was a fraction of the population I saw after I started digging out the hole where she went. This pot is primed and ready for a massive plant!
I have a lot of tops looking like this right now. I topped every branch she had a few weeks ago.
All done and mulched. I have a wire cage around her and plan to train her to be taller on the north side of the container to maximize sunlight hours.
Next up was Cinderella 99 which was the worst looking of the bunch. She got a prime spot in the raised garden bed. Let's see what she does and if she recovers. Technically, I shouldn't need to feed any plants in the raised beds. But I will be giving them all a bi-weekly topdressing of organic nutrients.
Candida in her bucket. I haven't grown in these before but I wanted to see if I like it.
And the last one was a Queen of Soul, also in the garden bed
I'll post some update pics of the outdoor garden every week or two. So far, the transplant went well and they are all looking happy. It's going to be a slow grind to October!
I really do appreciate y'all for checking in and reading up on what I'm doing. I'm trying my best to stay up-to-date with your journals too. It has been a difficult balance and I feel very self-conscious about forgetting or missing updates from your journals. Blessings everyone.
I think that plant is a bush come hell or high water!
My brother!
