Yes, I did do LST today on them. More than normal in fact because for the first time, I could sit in a chair and do it.
SO glad to hear that Smokey, I still remember your first post, seems like a different timeline now, eh? Just incredible how far you've come so quickly.
IMHO, the look of your plants tonight is entirely consistent with a training day when close to dry and close to it's usual dark period. They're a little like teenagers, hormones racing all over, signals all crossed up from not knowing where her top is anymore, all while trying to grow new roots to find some more water.
As far as the watering goes, I don't do the full soak (like Radogast suggested) because I have nothing big enough to fit the 3 gallon buckets in, to do that. So I water them slowly from the top, usually giving them each about about 3-4 QT.s of water (Until I have water coming out the bottom consistently). All the while using a 100 cc syringe to suck the extra water in the bottom plate until the water is done coming out the bottom of the buckets.
We've had to use a pretty similar system, and also don't water to heavy run off. Only difference is when I've had to use a syringe, my biggest is only 60 cc.
They are looking better now, but your right, I should have waited until morning, but my old habits of doing things fast is REALLY hard to break. I had to do that for a long time and it's just a part of me now. I am trying to stop but I do that with everything in life, not just the plants. It used to drive my wife nuts. She'd mention that she wants to go to the store today and 10 minutes later, I'm dressed and have my shoes on (and that's a trick in itself with my handicap). She then tells me I'm doing it again and she meant later. But she's pretty much used to it after 30 years of marriage. Now she usually tells me that she wants to "go to the store in a few hours, not right away" (as an example).
LOL, I can see it in my mind's eye. Honestly from your stories you sound more like my parents than my Aunt and Uncle.
To poorly paraphrase Emilya, we need to move at the plants speed, which can only be directly observed in time lapse photography.
Glad to hear they're looking better, but even if they weren't I myself wouldn't be at all worried until late into tomorrow.
But for now, with my budget I just don't have the $$ to buy another bin/bucket, whatever to do the soak watering. Maybe next month, if we have the cash, I'll get something to do it with. I'll have to wait and see if anything comes up around here extra that we didn't plan on.
It'd be a "nice to have" thing, not a necessity unless someone more experienced (just about everyone here) tells you differently.
I forgot to mention about the watering, I wait for at least 7-8 days and then stick a finger deep into the soil and if it is damp at all, I wait.
Erg, personally not a fan of the finger method, but until someone can come up with a better system for you I'll defer to what I'm sure you and PeeJay have discussed.
I just worry about affecting her roots, they will fill the entire container and poking a finger into 'em feels wrong to me. Promise me you're at least going straight in and back out again, no diggin' around?
That is how I do the LST, Today I just did it about 5 minutes longer than normal because i was able to sit for it. But I slowly rub the stalk until I feel it warm up a hair, then I move the stem slowly to where I'm heading with it in small increments. I don't try to get it all the way to where I want it in one sitting, It takes a few days of working it to get it to where I want it. But today, I may have just overdone it because it was the first time I could do it while sitting in a chair as opposed to sitting on the floor and hurting my back. But Thank you very much for the input, I will force myself to slow it down even more regardless of how I'm sitting.
I don't think you overdid it, I watched a video of a guy taking a seedling for a freaking jog, damned thing bouncing around like mad for 10 minutes. Two days later it's bolt upright and an order of magnitude stronger.
It may be low stress, but it is still stress on her. She needs it, even if she pouts for a day afterwards.
lol... at least you go deep. Some only go to their first, others to the second knuckle. Others have scientifically measured it, and go exactly 4cm deep. I anxiously await further comments regarding this and the static 7 or 8 days.
I want to say something, but I'm guessing you're awaiting Smokey's comments and not mine. hehehe
The long time between watering was beaten into my head here, Actually, it's been suggested to wait even longer if the plant is still even a little damp, because these plants grow better in dryer soil because it makes their roots grow to search out the water from other areas.
If she's still got water, we wait. In veg I wait until she doesn't have any and force her to focus on building roots to try and find some. Again she may not like it, but it's good for her.
Kids of all species, right? Same troubles doing what is best for them vs. doing what they immediately want.
If I sounded alarmed in my initial post, I apologize. I wasn't upset in the least. I'm kind of used to dealing with really bad scenarios. I just typed a lot because I wanted to explain everything in detail so you guys would understand what I was seeing.
There's that Canadian side again...
It was the thought and detail that had me praising your posting skills a page back.
Love ya bud.
