An open letter to my plant Dear Plant, I hope this letter finds you well. Unfortunately, I’m quite certain that’s not the case. While I’ve protected you from the more gruesome of fates - pests and disease - I’ve failed to uphold my obligation as caretaker and left you to neglect. Although I check in frequently, I ignored your pleas for water and nutrients, content to let you struggle as I was struggling. And for that I’m sorry. The loss (re: murder) of your brother affected me quite strongly and it was wrong of me to have a favorite child, although wrong of the Good Lord to test me by sacrificing my favored child. You deserve to be loved and nurtured and I took out my grief on you. In-spite of all this you’ve persevered. What life is left in you has been dutifully spent producing frosty leaves and plentiful trichomes. Now at a ripe age of 90, you’re still not yet amber and might have some life yet in you. I’ll try to do better and get you to the end. My sincerest apologies, IL

2 years ago

Recharge and occasional waterings. Kinda letting it do its thing.

2 years ago

Gave another feeding of recharge yesterday. Buds are fattening, but may not be getting enough nutrients.

2 years ago

Pay no attention to the malnourished auto flower 🤫 happy 4/20, letting this one live out its best life and try to make it to the ripe age of 100 days. Some nice frost at the very least.

2 years ago

Headed out of town for a few days and letting this girl ride. Gave a watering of ph’d calmag this morning, should be all set. Heat Wave, so the cabinets a little toasty rn.

2 years ago

Bit of a cal/mag deficiency locking out nutrients would be my guess at this point. Gave her a cal/mag soak and fed some recharge, and will keep an eye for changes. Not too concerned considering she’s already stunted. (One leaf is yellow bc the water halo has been spraying right on it)

2 years ago

I’m not sold on soil grows for small cabinets, my coco grows were much easier to control input/output and I could more clearly control the growth. I can’t believe it’s day 42 already, the growth is frankly disappointing. I’ve had a few cal/mag flushes, as well as amending with Recharge. I think it’s healthy but not pumped up steroids growth like coco grows can be. We’ll see how long we can stretch it.

2 years ago

Growth is slow, which is not a good sign for autos. Guessing it’s a bit hot, which is causing stunted growth (80-85F), but if I increase the exhaust to drop the temp, the humidity drops drastically and I don’t have an alternative humidifier at the moment. It’s low maintenance and a test with soil so I’m not too torn up about it.

2 years ago

I’m a firm believer in LST for these small grows, and this girl is no exception. Generally fine with the growth so far when I comp to past coco grows, and expecting she’ll really push in the next 10 days.

2 years ago

Well, we aborted the runt, and now it’s all up to this alpha female. Historically this week will be a massive week of growth based on my past journals. I’ve been keeping the watering down, maybe 2 100mL pours so far, with no runoff necessary. Not too many concerns, looking forward to seeing the capabilities of super soil and will be reinforcing with some silicone in upcoming watering just to help manage the not quite dialed in climate.

2 years ago

Girls are doing great, looking very healthy overall. First time growing in soil, but it’s nice to kind of let them do their own thing vs the precision of coco. Love checking in on them and seeing their successes, everydays about tiny growth!

2 years ago

Did someone say twins?!? Just kidding, probably from a seed I planted months ago, didn’t have crue conditions down for and then gave up til I could set-up a better environment management system. As you can see, still running a little low on humidity, mostly keeping it covered til it’s hardy.

2 years ago

Hats off to this grad! Moving from seed to sprout and couldn’t be more proud. Got the temp and humidity dialed in on this new setup finally and it’s brought us blessed life. Looking forward to watching this gal grow.

2 years ago