Day 77-84 (April 17th-24th)
(Day 78) I honestly cant believe Iโve been vegging this long. The growth for almost 80 days of veg is laughable. Iโve compiled a little list of what has gone wrong so far.
- I added too much glacial moraine which made the soil too water retentive
- Iโve been foliar feeding too much kelp
- I gave too many bloom nutrients for a plant in veg
- EDIT: DID NOT WATER ENOUGH AT ONCE
The plants have been drooping like crazy this past week and Iโm going to try watering in a full gallon per plant. I first thought it was from the medium not drying out enough, soil compaction ect. and Iโm sure those are definitely areas where my soil mix could improve but the bottom of the container is pretty damn dry. I could actually be under watering despite soaking the top with 500ml a day. Iโm going to sit the pots on some plastic sheeting so they donโt evaporate as much from the bottom and water in a full gallon each making sure I get some runoff. I was going to wait until I get my air pump but fuck it, itโs coming tomorrow afternoon.
The pots are so big that theyโre not fully wetting to the bottom even with a gallon. Iโm going to try to water in a gallon every 4 days while keeping the top soil moist with the sprayer. In hindsight 6 plants in 5-7 gallon pots would be the most ideal.
(Day 79) Holy fuck did a full gallon watering make a difference. I should have been doing this the whole time. All 4 plants are praying and stretching upward like crazy. They just look more vigorous and happy within a day. I bet they will be even happier with that supplemental air. If things stay this smooth I should be able to flip around day 84, possibly earlier.
Got my air pump in the mail today. This is kind of a shot in the dark so hopefully it works. Itโs super loud and vibrates like crazy. First Iโm going to try running it 24/7 and see if there is any improvement over the next few days. If it does work, Iโll try running it on my humidity controller so itโs not constantly humming and will only turn on when the humidity is high.
Iโm going to turn the night time temps down to 70f to prevent root problems now that Iโm watering much bigger amounts less frequently and itโs getting warmer during the day.
(Day 81/Day 1F) Ever since Iโve been watering in the proper amounts I have seen an absolute explosion in growth. Iโve decided to flip today, now that Iโm confident my soil mix isnโt completely fucked. I might run into some N/mg problems during the stretch so I will make sure to give a final foliar feeding around the end of week 1.
(Day 3F) So Iโm literally seeing dwc growth rates now. Plants have grown more in the last 5 days than the last 3 weeks. If I had stayed at this pace of growth since day 1, I would have an 8 foot tall plant or I would be halfway through flower already. Oh well. Good learning experience. *grits teeth*
Iโm going to put up the second layer of trellis before these girls stretch out of control. Bbb#3 is seriously stretchy and will likely more than double in size in the next 2 weeks. The other 4 are all quite stout and bushy.
Iโm giving a light, preemptive defoliation each day and picking off some of the lower sucker branches. I will do a full strip around day 21F.