Day-5 Blue System
Water Changed- Day-5
System Water Level- Full
pH- 6.20
PPM's- 134
Water Temp- 77.1
Air Temp - 82
CO2- Off
Air Recirculation/Exchange- On 24-7
Veg LED
The Silver Haze clone has shown a remarkable change in its color of green shading, it went from a pretty 'average green grass' color to something more darker, richer reminding me more of an evergreen color, but not too dark. Overall I know that specific color of green to mean the nitrogen and other nutrients are finally now in a perfect blended balance, upon seeing this early in the day, I knew that if I was 100% in reading this color correctly I'd have proof of it later in the day. My proof came later in the day when the leaves suddenly grew bigger as well as more of them as the plant really seemed to take off, that sweet spot I've been hoping to find and hit when every plant just rapidly takes off for its fastest growth spurts when its the happiest. I've been very excited around this clone's root structure since it was transplanted because the root system is very impressive. What I believe has made the root structure so impressive was as Dr Whitcomb brought forth about the drying out of the main tap root early on, and looking back at the notes taken on the clone and seedling I am now seeing this is exactly what perhaps would be the cause of what I am seeing now.
When replacing the cloning tray, a different type of a system was gone with which cost only a little bit more verses the cheapest ones which I've been using for years. The black tray for example is made of a more rigid black plastic that doesn't want to shift and twist and break when trying to carry a flat of seedlings. The inner tray is designed of some Food Grade plastic and is suppose to hold Rapid Rooter / Rockwool cube style plugs on one side and you flip it over and its suppose to hold some different type of a plant plug. I noted early on the water is 1/2 - 3/4 of an inch below the plugs being held, and according to Dr Whitcomb that is exactly the kind of system you want to get this massive root explosion early on in the plants growth to cause this massive root explosion. The humidity dome which also was replaced was the big, tall humidity dome with the vents in the top, and so the humidity was properly controlled and everything lined up accordingly to the way he outlines the way to increase root system structures. Unsure previously if this was caused by the cloning gel that was switched too or what, more things are becoming apparent the root structures I am now seeing are being brought forth by the combination of various things, not just one single aspect of one change.
I've been listening to "Dr. Carl Whitcomb, Improving Plant Root Systems" on YouTube and listening to what he has to say about how early on in a plant's life cycle you have a very short window of opportunity to really stimulate a plant's roots on a massive scale. Harley Smith, (Ph.D) also has helped me to better understand the plant's rooting system. I have questioned if anything would come from their information when applied to seeds and clones, and I haven't been disappointed for what the results are.
*** In a separate experiment going on I have a plant with a massive and very well established root system in which was seriously butchered above the fruit bearing line, to allow for the chance of regrowth and life to do some further experiments for a deeper understanding of the root system and see if I truly have a deeper understanding of how everything I've learned applies. The results have been nothing short of impressive per the data I've had collected over the period of a few months its been going on, the short of it is simply this. If the root structure is well established and is healthy, repairing and growing a new upper structure for leaves accels at a much faster rate, as well as allows the plant to have the feeding structure to grow even bigger better fruits both from increased nutrients, but also in the capacity of being able to hold the weight of such fruits. A discernible note of trunk size has also been noted in the more massive root structures, the bigger the root systems thus far, the bigger I've noted the trunk sizes. Air pruning the roots has been the biggest single key concept and feature for establishing a bigger stronger root structure, and keeping the pots 100% shielded from all light and sources heat have made massive differences.A combination of Yucca Root, Humic Acid (Fulvic Acid) and Kelp have also made huge changes to the root structures which have been well documented just like Harley Smith states in his lectures. The last big notable thing note covered directly which has also made considerable leaps and bounds in the root system growth has been the adding of air at 15-GPM for each 4-inch air two, and two air stones per 2.5 gallons of water, even in the recirculation tanks I am averaging 30-GPM of air being pushed into the water, and I've seen the nutrients stay stable longer by not causing the pH Meter to swing as far Up/Down and the EC-TDS has also been noted to stay stable for days longer before it begins to jump up and down. The roots on the other hand exploded with so many fine hair like roots it is comparable to a full head of hair and so massive and thick they prevented any air from the air stones reaching the surface of the water. The yields were also notably increased as the quality was top notch, so all in all these changes have only had positive results.
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The Higgs Boson Haze seedling was off to a much rougher start, its root system is nice, but nothing compared to the impressiveness of that clone's root structure, but it is better than I'd commonly expect to see in a seedling. According to the notes I've been gathering on its life history, it has emerged from the Rapid Rooter plug and has been a very light pale green since it saw light the first time ever. Thus it was reasonably questioned if this strain just happens to have much lighter colored pale green leaves and stem? Up to this point since I've seen it and transplanted it I've questioned the same thing, but I've also questioned if the seed itself wasn't produced lacking a vital nutrient thus starving it since its emergence into the light. Starting it on a weak mixture of 0.5 ml Veg A&B, then adding Yucca Root, Kelp, Humic Acid was my attempt of trying to wean the seedling onto nutes in hopes of fixing the issue, and up to this morning, no signs or noticeable changes above the soil line has given any reason to believe anything significant was going on. While I do not have the words to exactly explain how I know or figure things out below the soil line I do, and all I can say on this is simply that I will make the claims of what I see and thus believe based off what I think I see, and when the plant's life cycle comes to an end, I'll be the first one to dissect the entire plant from the leaves to the roots to learn everything I can from every single part. So up to this point I've been noting that I believe the root structure of this seedling is growing and developing a very strong and healthy root structure, thus it has stalled in its progress of doing nothing at all above the soil line, and I've had nothing to support any of this.
Early this morning, not only did I note a special "green" color of the other plant, but I also noted a change in the light pale green of this seedling as well, which I questioned if it was a personal change in vision given my brain issues I fight with now, but it was confirmed I was seeing this 100% correctly. The seedline went from being its pale light green and became more of a kelp seaweed green, It is not common to see such a wide range of a shift in a green color in such a short period of time, but given what I saw last night in how the leaves were reacting on both plants I was under the strong impression I hit the max Kelp/Yucca Root foliar spraying on both plants I dare go to. After so much time you can just look at a plant and know when you need to add a little more or less of something without the leaves and plant needing to broadcast it in the changing of the leaves in massive ways, so I very much rely on those slightest observations of the simplest things to know what I need to do and when. I was actually so concerned in how I saw things changing suddenly late last night, I would not have been shocked to wake up and either see the seedling laid over on its side or it or the Silver Haze having leaves which would maybe have appeared burnt to the point of being scorched by sun or nutes. Instead to see it this rich dark healthy green, I next feared I was going to going to hit nitrogen toxicity later in the day and watch the plant hit sudden death and even considered doing an emergency flush and nutrient stripping with the hopes of trying to save it, only to realize any suddenly and abrupt changes like that would surely kill it without question being it is only ~2 inches tall still with only a few very small leaves.
Coming back to check things later in the day was scary because I assumed I knew what to expect, only to my shocked surprise the plant's colors have continued to become a deep rich healthy green to the point dare I say it that it has now matched the other plant's color at this point and time. By the end of the day it would sprout and grow new leaves and even start to yellow the lower leaves on both plants as they both seemingly cry for more Kelp-Yucca foliar spraying, which I've responded with giving them. Carefully reviewing what notes I have on everything, it has become apparent this seedling has been lacking something vital, which kelp and humic acid have allowed the doors to open and fulfill but only when given as a foliar spray, which tells me its a nutrient deficiency and I need to turn to a Fulvic Acid as well as using Kelp & Yucca in the foliar spray. The point of seeing both plants now having yellowing on the lower leaves, but pushing for more top growth of new leaves and pushing out their current leaves wider has opened my eyes to their current root condition being where I have wanted to believe it is.
Neither plant ever suffered or showed any signs of transplant shock, and while their leaves never changed I was noting the stem sizes have been becoming wider and stiffing up in preparations for more top growth, which clued me into the root structure must also be growing. That too would be confirmed today when both Rapid Rooter plugs became 90% dry and both plants kept their leaves pointed upwards even to the point of standing straight up into the air like spikes.
