TOKABIGONE
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Today I did some LST on my 3 plants in manifold. Pics to follow another excerpt of my journal. I have a question about the health of my one clone as well and there is a pic of it as well.
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Mixed some nutes in 1 gal of filtered tap water. trial and error here on the pH testing as I don't know yet how much pH down to put in for a gallon. A little at a time and retest or I waste the gallon and start over. Adjusted pH to 5.8 with the nutes in and fed Annie and Betty. Wow, Connie just looked little at 4am now at 12:30 I can see very tiny serrated true leaves! She may catch the other girls.
Going out to paint the exterior of my grow cabinet, then put on hinges and a latch and it will be ready. Mail just brought my grow bags so I can fill them with coco and put in the cabinet with a little heater so I can get the climate adjusted. Next week operations will move from inside to the cabinet out on my sun porch. It's unheated so a heater is necessary.
Friday Dec 25; 2020
Merry Christmas! Yesterday I finished setting up the cabinet, filled 3 bags with 2 inches of pea gravel in the bottom and then coco coir/perlite to the top. Then I flushed them with pH adjusted filtered tap water. I have a 28x42x1 inch tray from an old wire dog cage that fits perfectly in the bottom of the cabinet to catch runoff from the bags. I also put an inch of gravel in the tray under the bags for better drainage. Tonight I put a small 6x6x6 inch electric heater and a clip on fan on the bottom with a thermometer in one of the bagsThis will allow me to monitor and adjust the interior temp of air and bags to a constant 78 degrees. Night temps are in the mid 20's right now. Days in the mid 50's.
The girls, Annie and Betty are doing nicely with second set of true leaves developing. The 3rd, Connie, is growing more rapidly than the first 2 did and may easily catch up even though she is a week behind A and B who are now 18 days from sprouting. I lowered my Bloomspect SS1000 quantum light from 18" to 13" 2 days ago to see if growth rate increases. They were looking a little leggy. I'm going to move the cups from the house to the cabinet and put them on top of the bags so they can acclimate. I will run the hose of the reptile fogger/humidifier through a small hole to supply measured humidity with a hygrometer electric controller. This way the unit itself can be on the exterior of the cabinet for easy access and refill. My goal is constant 55% inside the cabinet. I'm at 4000 ft in northern Arizona so the average winter humidity is very low at 15% to 20 % RH. 10 days from now they should all be ready for transplant. Payday is 2 weeks away at which time I will order a second light.
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
The girls are on a regular feed and water routine now and really starting to take off Annie is leading and Betty not far behind. Connie is just developing her second set of leaves. Last night before bed I noticed Annie just barely on her third set. This morning, 8 hours later, they are already an inch long. You go girl!
Her sets are very close together. I read something about that on GWE site. Have to go look it up now as I have coffee, to see if adjustments need to be made.I did note last nite that their leaves were slightly pointing up so I raised the lights a couple inches. Now about 18" from top of cups and 15" from tallest, Annie's top leaves. Seems a little too close but is within specs for Bloomspect. After reading about light stress on GWE, I was right about the leaves pointing upward or "praying". It's the first sign of lights too close. As I am a newbie to indoor growing, I am relying heavily on the info on GWE and m finding it a great resource to growing and avoiding problems. Even experienced growers can benefit here, especially if you are experimenting with new lights.
Friday Jan 1, 2021 5:30am
Happy New Year! It's 33 degrees outside. Coco temp is constant at 60 degrees. The girls are growing steadily with Annie in the lead. Her 4th node leaves are about a half an inch long. Journal paused....
Now for the pics: Sorry they got out of order in my download so if you number starting under the text it goes like this:
#1 is top view of finished LST.
#2 is side view before staking down.
#3 is side view still in the cabinet before I started.
