Well we've had all the good news for tonight so it's time to get the bad news out of the way. The Strawberry Lemonade and Blue Gelato 41 have a bit of a problem. I came home from work and did my usual grow room inspection. I noticed that the slime mould had returned a little and that the other mould had also spread. I then got a smell of something a little off. I decided to look a bit closer and noticed something bad. We have root rot. It's really bad as well. Those cubes are a load of crap and I'd advise anyone not to use them. Not to worry. The game is only just beginning. We'll save these 2 and before long they'll be growing well enough to put into the DWC buckets. In the below pics the plants don't look too bad....
Blue Gelato 41....
Strawberry lemonade....
The Strawberry Lemonade has more slime appearing at the base. At first I thought that I'd just re -apply the cinnamon but it was too late. I can see furry mould deep inside the pebbles....
The Blue Gelato isn't quite as bad but it's still too late. The fur is there and there is also a slimy substance covering the net pot. It's time for some drastic action....
So what did I do about it? I did the only thing I could....well I could have thrown them like any sane grower would have but where's the fun in that. Instead I removed them from the pots and not so carefully took them out of the hemp cubes. The roots are like a sticky brown and smelly mess. Completely ruined is what they are. The cubes disintegrated when I removed them making it easy to take the plants out. Those cubes really are terrible....
Blue Gelato 41....
Strawberry lemonade....
I then chopped off most of the roots with a pair of scissors and rinsed them under a cold tap before putting them into my aeroponic propagator. My intention is to simply regrow the roots. I'm remaining optimistic about the whole scenario as I've saved a plant with severe rot before by doing the same thing....
The thing is that both plants don't look like they have no roots even when they we're in the net pots. I couldn't tell that anything was wrong until I had a good look. Hopefully they'll be still standing in the morning....
Blue Gelato 41....
Strawberry lemonade....
I've put the dome on with the vent fully open as I'm treating them in a similar way to clones. This is what I meant about not having a plan Shed lol....
Welcome back GG! Perfect timing lol. They look great considering. After that feed they'll be marching on in no time. In regards to the training with the OS and the GZ I've hacked them up quite a bit, mainly to remove damaged growth. They've also been topped a few time each. For now I'm letting them grow but I will hit them incredibly hard by the end of stretch. Almost every leaf that you see in those pics will be gone and in a couple weeks they'll all be replaced by many more. Hydra style! Then I'll probably have to do it one more time but not as heavily. The OS will be tied down with string shortly but I'll probably leave the GS as light is passing through her quite well at the moment. She's still getting the heavy trim though
That plant is about to bust out that tent
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Looking good Dutch!
