Ramblinrose1965
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Hey Carmen.....I'm delving into that Jam. That's some good stuff. Sipping coffee and having a puff now. Thanks for the Jam! 
Freedom Of Seeds Tabletop Grow In Carmen's Kitchen
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Greteful Dead is always cool ant way you enjoy it!
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Happy Monday OtterGreteful Dead is always cool ant way you enjoy it!
Ramblinrose1965
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Their not the best at what they do......Their the only ones that do what they do. And yea Stone I couldn't agree more. Have a great day everyone.Greteful Dead is always cool ant way you enjoy it!
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Weekly Update: Weed 8 / Week 5
Good morning,
First off let me tell you that I dropped the ball on the Cream Mandarin auto! As an experiment I raised the light intensity very high because @Jon suggested that the "praying" angle of the leaves indicated to him that the plant wanted more light. I know that the "praying" is caused by turgidity, but I thought that perhaps the light did play a role too. Anyway, when I measured 1300 par I knew I was taking a risk. Unbeknownst to me, when I rotated the plant, it measured 1420 ppfd
How I discovered this is that I posted some leaf photos to the Gee Spot thread and Gee immediately asked me if my light was too high and RH low! My readings were 1420 ppfd and the RH settled at 42 %. I immediately moved the light further away from the plant to the suggested 30 cm / 11 inch distance at 1000 ppfd.
For the sake of learning a lesson here, I'll post the leaf photos.
The day before I discovered the light damage, I gave the plant a liter of fish ferts and microbes and the day of the discovery I did my weekly top dressing and added a low dose calmag solution to aid the plant in its recovery. The magnesium was @Gee64's suggestion. Light damage depletes magnesium.
Here is the plant today.
The two outdoor Somangos are loving Nature and the glorious sunshine. They should produce some good strong weed as they endure The Cape Doctor.
This is the Cape Doctor!
Happy Tuesday and have an awesome week!
Good morning,
First off let me tell you that I dropped the ball on the Cream Mandarin auto! As an experiment I raised the light intensity very high because @Jon suggested that the "praying" angle of the leaves indicated to him that the plant wanted more light. I know that the "praying" is caused by turgidity, but I thought that perhaps the light did play a role too. Anyway, when I measured 1300 par I knew I was taking a risk. Unbeknownst to me, when I rotated the plant, it measured 1420 ppfd
How I discovered this is that I posted some leaf photos to the Gee Spot thread and Gee immediately asked me if my light was too high and RH low! My readings were 1420 ppfd and the RH settled at 42 %. I immediately moved the light further away from the plant to the suggested 30 cm / 11 inch distance at 1000 ppfd.
For the sake of learning a lesson here, I'll post the leaf photos.
The day before I discovered the light damage, I gave the plant a liter of fish ferts and microbes and the day of the discovery I did my weekly top dressing and added a low dose calmag solution to aid the plant in its recovery. The magnesium was @Gee64's suggestion. Light damage depletes magnesium.
Here is the plant today.
The two outdoor Somangos are loving Nature and the glorious sunshine. They should produce some good strong weed as they endure The Cape Doctor.
This is the Cape Doctor!
Happy Tuesday and have an awesome week!
I've had quite a few look like the over lit one Carmen. Thanks for illuminating us with that information!
Hey Carmen, hope you don't mind me lurking. Thanks for the explanation, I was trying to figure out what the concern was with the intermediate step (paper towel) but you explained it. I have never considered that there are microbes in the seed waiting to be activated/released and how they might benefit the seedling. More research to do, I love this site!Yes horses for courses fer sure
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I must just say that when Jon suggested more light, the plant was getting under 1000 ppfd. I raised it to his suggested 1000, and then I dropped the ball and failed to notice stretch that brought ppfd up to 1300. Since the plant wasn't showing stress at the time, I didn't think to keep measuring. Big mistake.
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Hey 024 thank you for looking in and I love this community too
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Yes, totally dropped the ball I did.
pest control!The sprouts are looking great! They should be good for a 4 day vacancy, you'll be surprised at how much they'll grow in your absence.
Also these cats are fantastic! I can't help but share my tent sentinel or emoji cat as Gee refers to him as.
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All three plants are now in flower
TassieTurtleman
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Thank you Tassie. I have a bit of a concern regarding the Somango auto. I fear she may have been pollinated. I'm wondering why the pistils are turning. Pollination seems most unlikely because of the time of year. Unless someone put a male outside after it flowered.Awww soooo pretty
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First proper glitter pic - Cream Mandarin auto
TassieTurtleman
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You're welcome gurrrll!!
Well shit, that's no damn good. You're right, it's not really the right time of year for you, do you have many neighbours that grow
Could we see some close up pics where she's turning? Might be able to give an educated guess
At the very worst, she might be a hermie
FrostyliciousFirst proper glitter pic - Cream Mandarin auto
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There are no signs of a hermie. The indoor plant is slightly more advanced and I've looked for nanas and can't see any. If this is pollen then it comes from elsewhere. I'm holding thumbs that it is some environmental factor other than pollen and that there will be more pistils to come. Shed suggested morning dew but we don't have dew at this time of year. We did have a gale force wind and I wondered if that could cause it. I think it's only on the side branches.You're welcome gurrrll!!
Well shit, that's no damn good. You're right, it's not really the right time of year for you, do you have many neighbours that grow
Could we see some close up pics where she's turning? Might be able to give an educated guess
At the very worst, she might be a hermie
Frostylicious
The main cola looks fine to me. What do you think?
Thanks for looking and if you have an opinion, please share it. Only time will tell really but what do you think anyway?
TassieTurtleman
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No nanners is definitely a good sign!
She looks perfectly fine to me tbh. Morning dew wouldve definitely been a possibility if you had any, but you didn't, so it's not that. The really strong wind could be the case, maybe she's just a bit slow.
I'm definitely not seeing any signs that she's been pollinated though, I think you'll be fine
ThirdUncle
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Great photo,, nice herb garden
ThirdUncle
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Those pistils look more like they are burnt some way, pollinated is less likely ,, though u never know ,, 
