Some Observations
The veg cab is now looking pretty good with seven plants and one rooting clone, so I can finally see where my next round is coming from and some mothers to start with.
The Fruit Punch and Tut #1 both started with what appeared to be Calcium (and slight Magnesium) deficiencies early. This surprised me a little and posted some questions regarding keeping Bonsai's in the high brix soil. Because high brix involved building large colonies of microbes, it's really not suited for small containers.
Here are the pic's I posted in the HB journal about a week ago to show what was going on:
But, after a foliar with some epsom salts and starting them on some "traditional" nutrients, they've recovered nicely.
That being said, the BAK, that also was showing the same cal/mag deficiency (it's one of the pic's above), is definitely the most vigorous of the group and appears at least 2-3 weeks ahead of any of the other plants. Assuming her babies can produce some quality smoke, and she finishes as quickly as she starts, she'll be a keeper as a mom!
Tut #2 is also looking very healthy & vigorous, but a little hesitant to pick her as the winning Tut mom this early in the game. I'm going to keep both, clone them, and see how the pheno's turn out before deciding on keeping one, or both, as mothers.
I don't plan on keeping any of the Orange Crush seedlings as moms since I have plenty of those seeds and THC levels on OC are only at 15% or so. It produces quality smoke, but really looking for 20%+ THC for medical use.
The L_D-25 is also looking nice and healthy, although, developing a little slower than I anticipated for an auto. It looks like she's just really starting to veg now. Trying to decide if I want to try topping her when it's time, or just let her go. Since it's my first auto, I think I'll just let her go.
I'll try to get another pic update in later today or tomorrow.
Happy Harvests!
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