Howzit everyone,
I've been written off for a couple weeks so I've been taking some time to do some research on various things and sitting with the girls every morning tending to them more than I have been.
I decided I'd include some more information on my next repotting update post including when I repot my plants, a bit of information on root growth and enhancement, my choice in growing medium and my process of thought on why I chose my medium. Any extra input would be very welcome!
I know there are split opinions on this but I do talk to my plants and jam out to some reggae when I tend to them. I do find they are happier girls.
A little trouble in paradise but things are looking up on the whole.
A quick update on the autos:
All 3 beauties have taken to the transplant well and are thriving!
Pineapple Express Auto:
She appears quite happy and will be ready for topping and training in about a weeks time.
Critical Kush Auto:
I'm so impressed with this strain. She's about the same height as the pineapple but her internode spacing is so much tighter and the growth is more vigorous.
I grew this strain as my tester under the 300w ebay/amazon unbranded special and did pretty well under it!
I'd say she will be ready for topping in a few days to a week so I may do another post with some information I've learnt on topping and fimming and the effects of this technique.
Blue Mammoth Auto:
To me this girl is the joker in the group...
The growth is something humorous in itself. I've had it with 1 plant previously and they do tend to come right in the end. As you can see from the growth she's stopped growing intermittent growth between the nodes and is growing
weed looking leaves ..
Although she's tiny I may top her in about a week as she's at the 4th node now but I'd like to see some more growth first.
Let's move onto the photoperiods.
Kings Kush:
This strain continues to impress me! In height they almost put the sour diesel in its place in the early stage with all 4 babies at the same height from the light.
The growth also appears more vigourous in comparison but with shorter internode spacings showing on the second and third nodes of growth.
Sour Diesel:
The Sour D in the first set is doing wonderfully. Being a typical Sour Diesel in being an ever so stretchy starter and I only expect more and more stretch from her. As mentioned before the internode spacing is a little wider on her so I may end up raising her a bit higher to the light to prevent those nodes getting too far apart but it's still too early to tell.
The poor thing in the second set looks like she's having a hard time (probably a weaker pheno like the blue mammoth auto).
At first I though she was getting root lock but to be honest I find it hard to believe growing in Coco but from my understanding my medium isnt completely Coco but I will elaborate in my next update.
My next thought was that it could be a deficiency due to the yellow colouring on the edges of the growth but the leaves are actually curling down but not in the same sense as you can see in some cases of heat stress although the temps have been sitting in the 18 C at night to 27 C at the highest which should be fine as I have some circulation going in the tent as well.
Some people may suggest it's rather nutrient burn due to the appearance of the burn on one of the sucker leaves but the yellowing on the edges suggests a potassium deficiency which can be caused from over watering which I suspect I may be guilty of.
I will be waiting for the soil to dry out some more and measure out a bit of my Plant magic bloom nutes to get her back on track.
Just to finish off I want to mention that the root growth has been insane with the 3 healthier photoperiods in this Coco medium and I'm so happy with it and will definitely continue to use it in my next grows and in particular I'll continue to use the Canna Coco Pro plus. More on that and more in my next update post and some pictures of the root growth and photoperiod repotting!
Happy growing and toking all! ..
