Impressions about plant
September 17, 2022
BBA-0 is getting a few days of LST with tie downs. She is no longer a viable control. Soil was 4 months out of a container before holding a plant. It was from my last grow and the second plant didn't make it. Whoops.
BBA-1 is getting gentle hand bending for the rest of the veg cycle but not much.
BBA-2 will have no training due to her small size.
Rearranged BBA-0 to the center BBA-1 on the left and BBA-2 on the right.
Added a 1 gallon jug for BBA-1 and BBA-2 so BBA-0 can have the Tiger Bloom mix in the reservoir. Fishsh!t still running for the whole grow.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 77°
RH: 52%
VPD: 1.51
Beginning of Week Stats:
BBA-0: 9" tall LST. 30 days from seed
BBA-1: 6" tall LST bending. 20 days
BBA-2: 3" tall no training. 19 days
September 18, 2022
BBA-0 has a near flat canopy. Just waiting for the lower bud sites to catch up. She's 9" with training.
BBA-1 will have hand bending several times today.
BBA-2 is still super small. Dwarf?
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 77°
RH: 51%
VPD: 1.44
September 19, 2022
Final day of training for BBA-0. Removed some ties, moved a couple around and pulled the top down one last time.
BBA-1 is finally poking branches out. Still performing hand bending.
BBA-2 grew a half inch. Nothing else. Lol
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 79°
RH: 53%
VPD: 1.56
I measured soil moisture on all plants. Between 30% and 45%.
September 20, 2022
BBA-0 has a beautiful canopy. Flat and filled. Kept her at 9". Final stretch should give a few more inches.
BBA-1 is starting to show more branches through the dense foliage. She hasn't really made any strides to upward growth. 6" tall.
BBA-2 has to be a dwarf. She's still only 3.5" tall. Still looks healthy, just tiny.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 78°
RH: 55%
VPD: 1.44
September 21, 2022
BBA-0 has some beautiful buds going. Her canopy is as level as I could get it. And she no longer seems to have a nitrogen issue. I'm guessing the leaves don't recover.
BBA-1 is starting to show her sex and branches are starting to pop out everywhere.
BBA-2 is showing signs of sex as well. However, she is still extremely small and compact.
They all grew about a half inch yesterday.
I noticed the pots were pretty light. So I bottom fed all of them about 1 liter each.
I'll be starting 2 more seeds tonight. I'm just waiting for the water temp to get warm.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 77.2°
RH: 54.5%
VPD: 1.42
September 22, 2022
BBA-0 is doing just fine now. I've decided to do a small amount of bottom feeding per day or as needed. Her growth is quite steady. Buds are forming nicely. Still stretching as well
BBA-1 is growing steadily with more branches emerging. Height is still slow though. Only another half inch yesterday
BBA-2 also only grew about a half inch yesterday.
I ran into a watering issue with the blumats. All fixed and working just fine.
Both BBA-1 and BBA-2 are in pre-flower.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 76.4°
RH: 54 8%
VPD: 1.38
All 3 plants are getting thirsty. Another small bottom feed. BBA-1 took the whole feeding. I may check on her in a few hours. BBA-0 and BBA-2 didn't drink their feeding very quickly. So they are satisfied until tomorrow or the next day.
Update: I discovered after watering, all 3 ladies perked right up. Apparently I have been starving them. Lesson learned.
September 23, 2022
I have no idea if these blumats are working correctly. It seems that they kinda do? But I don't think they give enough water. The classic carrots, that is. So I created a makeshift automatic bottom feeder. I have injection saucers so one of those, a cooling rack and some strips of an old hand towel. No clue how well it will work, but why not give it a go? This is just in BBA-0. I'm focusing on hand watering and letting the blumats keep the upper root zone moist for BBA-1 and BBA-2.
BBA-0 is growing quite nicely and the internodal spacing is still pretty tight.
BBA-1 is stretching at a good rate. About an inch yesterday.
BBA-2 is really perking up. She is over 4" now and hopefully she explodes in growth very soon.