Day 13.
Things have been going pretty well, though I have been dealing with quite varied growth. I'm beginning to wonder if all the clones I received are actually Skywalker OG. To my eye, I have 2 or 3 variations here... Some are short, squat Indica dominant looking plants, while others look more like traditional OG with more of a Sativa growth characteristic, and others look to be something more. Hahaha - that's commercial nurseries for ya!
Are all these plants from the same genetics? Is this Skywalker, Luke? Anybody have any ideas about that sick plant in row 2, col 1?
Because of the varied growth, feeding/irrigating has been an issue. Some plants have had 3 feeds, while others have had just two. My one super plant has had another feeding on top of all the others of just water. Most plants look pretty good, while one looks horrible and I am going to remove it from the garden. I should probably have removed it already as it almost looks like a weird fungus of some sort? There are a couple that were bent over as clones, and remain that way today. Many plants look a little nitrogen heavy today; the leaves are a little dark and blue on some plants, and the stems feel a little soft--though many obviously love the feed schedule. It's tough when you are dealing with different size (and types!) of plants, to find the perfect feed schedule. I'm on water from now on through transplant on Monday. I need to check the PH of my media and adjust accordingly. I'll get back to ground zero for the final week of veg in full size containers.
Things are looking good in the garden so far. Many plants look excellent! There are always some runts that never catch up.
The environment has been working well. The ambient weather has been cooperating, so I haven't stressed the system yet. While I am still using the humidifier to supplement humidity, the plants now transpire enough on their own to elevate the RH. The humidifier currently runs for 1 - 4 minutes on / 1 minute off. Current average RH is about 58% - 61%. I will no longer use the humidifier once I transplant to larger containers and move to two tents (Monday).
The humidifier only has 2 fan settings, so I used a cycle timer to turn it off and on at intervals; effectively adding finite control to humidification.
I am continuing to use the Soul Synthetics schedule at reduced rates. Here is a quick breakdown of the feeds thus far:
- planted clones with just RO
- feed 1 = Soul Grow, and Soul Infinity at 225ppm 6.5ph
- feed 2 = Soul Grow, Soul Infinity 325ppm 6.5ph
- feed 3 (for 18/25 plants) = Soul Grow, Infinity, and Amino Aide 525 ppm, 6.5ph
- water (for those that need it) = Botanicare CalMag at 125ppm, 6.5ph
Monday marks the end of week 2 veg. I will transplant and spread the material across both tents, and veg for 1 more week before going to flower. I will move the lights to 20 on / 4 off for the final week of veg.