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CookieMan
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Well I have had a busy week and haven't had much time to tend to my ladies. I found them looking like this on the 12th:
I mixed up some tiger bloom and cal mag in reverse osmosis water. I used pH up to raise the pH to be just below 6.5. I fed them about 2 gallons total. I tried to feed from the top, but the water ran straight through. I think that the plants are becoming root bound. No mater how hard I tried to just let the water slowly seep into the soil, it ran straight through. I then just watered from below until they stopped absorbing the water within 30 minutes. Some of the bottom leaves didn't survive, but they did perk up. I think I am hitting a bit of Nitrogen deficiency and potassium deficiency.
Today, they looked like this:
I was a little disappointed with the light penetration and the number of bud sites that were covered by big fan leaves. Realizing that I have run out of space, I had few options. I could remove a plant and then have great light penetration as I spread my plants slightly more; or, I could trim and defoliate the plants to improve light penetration. I decided to not toss a plant for more space. Instead, I spent some time with them and some scissors to remove many of the fan leaves that covered the inner parts of the plants. I also removed some of the more pathetic shoots that buds were coming off. I tried to minimize the pruning while maximizing the increase in light penetration. I also tried to even the canopy a little more. Here are the results:
I think the results are pretty decent and I was able to count a few more bud sites in the canopy now. I removed quite a bit of lower growth and leaves thinking that overall, this will help reduce my water needs a little bit and help boost the remaining plant. Thanks to anyone following along, any advice is always welcome.
I mixed up some tiger bloom and cal mag in reverse osmosis water. I used pH up to raise the pH to be just below 6.5. I fed them about 2 gallons total. I tried to feed from the top, but the water ran straight through. I think that the plants are becoming root bound. No mater how hard I tried to just let the water slowly seep into the soil, it ran straight through. I then just watered from below until they stopped absorbing the water within 30 minutes. Some of the bottom leaves didn't survive, but they did perk up. I think I am hitting a bit of Nitrogen deficiency and potassium deficiency.
Today, they looked like this:
I was a little disappointed with the light penetration and the number of bud sites that were covered by big fan leaves. Realizing that I have run out of space, I had few options. I could remove a plant and then have great light penetration as I spread my plants slightly more; or, I could trim and defoliate the plants to improve light penetration. I decided to not toss a plant for more space. Instead, I spent some time with them and some scissors to remove many of the fan leaves that covered the inner parts of the plants. I also removed some of the more pathetic shoots that buds were coming off. I tried to minimize the pruning while maximizing the increase in light penetration. I also tried to even the canopy a little more. Here are the results:
I think the results are pretty decent and I was able to count a few more bud sites in the canopy now. I removed quite a bit of lower growth and leaves thinking that overall, this will help reduce my water needs a little bit and help boost the remaining plant. Thanks to anyone following along, any advice is always welcome.