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Purple Bubba & the Old Riders of the Purple Sage

I told TOKABIGONE that I would hold off on posting until he had a chance to post an update. However… Hazel is really going to town and I wanted to show her off a bit. At only 63.5mm tall (2.5”) she has two leaves as big as my hand!
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It's been awhile since I updated but unfortunately not uneventful in some respects. My little girls have not been well starting about 2 days after I gave them an early light fish tea at a week. They began to droop and exhibit signs of nitro toxicity turning darker green with the Claw. At first sign I thought they were over watered so I let them dry out with no change then I watered to full run off and let dry again with no change. I was hesitant to transplant when they were sick but did so as a last resort cuz they were stunted. 24 hours later they were standing tall and wanting light so I increased to full 315 w from my 3 105w quantum panels. Day temps are in the low 50s. Outside temp where my cabinet is located has been mid 20s last several nights but inside with a heater ambient was 68 degrees this am. A large heat pad is keeping the pots at 68 to 75 and the quantums add 2-3 degrees each. It's working well but I'm dreading the next couple months electric bill. I've already made my share of mistakes this grow so let's hope it gets better! I fed too early with a nitro rich food in soil that was already mildly rich in all the elements. I'm enjoying growing in soil but I'm finding it has a whole new set of challenges in itself. FUN! :laugh:


Final sprout tally was 1 Purple Bubba and 4 Critical Mass. When they got sick I gave 1 CM to BU2B for his neighbor to grow out if it recovered. They washed the roots and put into DWC and it has recovered and growing. Then I had another one wilt away and die leaving 3 for my 3 pots. I pulled it to examine and found the roots look healthy but small for almost 3 weeks. I still don't know why they acted root bound. They're coming around now with plenty of room to spread their legs.


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I've done that a few times back when I was still mostly a hydro grower. That one came back from damn near dying! Beware the coco bits that stick to the root ball - eventually they'll cause a bit of root rot if they don't float off.
 
Hey BU2B can we see a pic of the horse? (smile) I mean the idea of a horse riding around in a minivan is intriguing.
 
photo coming up as soon as my wife wakes up and can send it from her phone :) As the photo was taken in B.C. I’m pretty sure this model is only available in Canada. Missy is a Minnie Driver (not that one) and pulls 2 wheel carts in competition just for fun.
 
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BU2B thinks I'm not holding up my end by not posting everyday so here they are again. The 2 CM are recovered pretty well after I transplanted them. The Purple Bubba however still has yellowed leaf edges and tips but otherwise is doing well. Most likely light stress so I raised the lights quite a bit so we will see.


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CM is working on her 4th node and both were fimmed if I didn't miss. All lower growth tips will be allowed to grow out.

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PB showing signs of light stress.


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Purple Bubba topped at 5th node, will attempt a quadline on it.
 
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