Did a heavy defoliation of the leaves. Took another major round of cuttings to clone out. Lost the runt Durban Poison due to what I believe was potentially temp shock to the roots when I changed the reservoir. The roots aren’t looking as good as they once were so I’m adding a second air stone into each reservoir. Flipping these girls to flower next week!

3 years ago

Girls are almost ready to flip to flower! The second Durban is still a runt compared to how well her sister is doing. Going to take another round of cuttings before I flip first.

3 years ago

Been going back and forth between doing well and struggling. Such is the life of learning hydro. Roots are looking really good. Not pictured in the photo I removed some of the really large fan leaves and additionally did some leaf tucking.

3 years ago

Tried introducing Fish Sh!t and it did not go over well. Plants almost immediately started drooping and now dealing with root rot. I rinsed the roots and gave them fresh water with their regular nutrients but I was out of micro so they’re looking a little deficient. Have since added micro and waiting for them to bounce back from that. I pulled off all the dying leaves and she’s perked back up a bit but still need more time as theyve looked better. The older roots are soft and don’t feel as healthy as they should, however, there is excellent new root growth happening. So I’m gonna have to deal with the old root so it doesn’t takeover the new good stuff. They are looking better than they were

3 years ago

Moved these girls from the closet to veg and they’re much happier under the stronger light. They were a little light starved but I fell behind in moving them earlier. Oh well. Durban Poison #2 is a bit of a runt compared to her sister (the 3rd Durban seed I planted has genetic issues...way to go cropking 🙄). Jack Herer doing well. Looking forward to seeing these girls grow a bit faster now that they’re in their final veg home.

3 years ago

Durban Poison # 2 is a little behind. She didn’t take well to the transplant into hydro at first and as per my last update she was completely wilted over looking like she wasn’t gonna make it, however, after carefully propping up the stem she managed to thrive back to life (lost all her leaves except top most). The Jack Herer main root looked a little off and it broke off while I was inspecting it but it’s since grown new roots and is also thriving. All in all these girls are coming along. They’re ready to get under a stronger light as soon as I get I finish chopping/cleaning/rotating everyone else.

3 years ago

2/3 grew fantastic roots, I could have moved these into their buckets days ago but 🤷🏼‍♀️ got to it when I got to it. The third one has genetic issues clearly, after the cotyledon leaves it went 1 blade, 3 blades, and then back to 1 blade. Wasn’t displaying new leaf growth after that AND the root growth is very slow. I hate to throw out a plant especially after paying for the seeds but I think she will continue to give me problems.

3 years ago

Officially starting week 3 since germination. Forgot I need to be patient when starting from seed haha. Gave these girls their first round of light nute feeding. (Micro/grow/bloom, Vitathrive, root builder) pH 6.4, ppm 450. Clearly there is a gold, silver, and bronze showing up to this race. Hoping bronze doesn’t stay too far behind, her second set of serrated leaves are just barely noticeable in person. Roots have appeared out of bottom of rockwool 🙌🏼

3 years ago

First sets of leaves in past the cotyledon!! Since moving the light closer she’s stopped stretching so hard and started working on roots/leaf production instead.

3 years ago

Third girl finally popped out of the rockwool this morning. Clearly we can see who’s taken 🥇. The taproots grew so quickly I had to crack open the rockwool and place between and hold back together with rubber band. Just a low pH water so far (rockwool naturally has higher pH), humidity dome, and heat mat underneath. Also lowered the light so they don’t stretch too hard and grow downwards.

3 years ago

After 24 hours these ladies are thriving. Going to get them into some rockwool

3 years ago

Left these girls soaking for 18 hours

3 years ago