I haven’t really done a proper update on Gen 13 (“the hunt for the lemon”) so here we go
Mission: Find a lemony strain. Learn to successfully clone. Possibly try a SOG? Keep the best performer whilst I try the next set of beans
So far the grow is going fine. I on the fence about whether or not to top these plants as to allow them to grow their natural structure to make cloning easier. Im at the point where if I were to top, I would, down to the 2nd node.
The structures of the plants is generally good, A, B, and C are still performing well, C is definitely the worst performer out of the top 3, could possibly be replaced by E.
Planted: 2020-04-25
Popped after 4 days and germinated for 6 days before transplanting into small pots
Currently 15 days veg
Nutrient lineup is the same as all my previous grows, with the addition of Liquid Silicone by Ionic.
- Canna coco A&B - 2.5ml/l
- Canna Rhizotonic - 3.5ml/l
- A note about rhizo, been reading that this is just a glorified seaweed concentrate, and i’m currently running low and using Seasol (which is a seaweed concentrate) as a replacement to Canna Boost anyway, so I may just let the rhizo run out and carry on using the Seasol to see if there’s any change
- Vitalink Calmag - 2ml/l
- Seasol - 2ml/l
- Ionic Liquid Silicone - 1ml/l
Mixing 10L and EC ranging currently between 2.1-2.3 with a pH of 5.5-5.7.
Was reading that you should pre-buffer your water with silicon for a few days before mixing to let it dissolve properly. I tried that at the start but found that it never really dissolved until it was properly pH’d regardless of how long it was left before mixing (you can see this product easily because its cloudy when it gets added) so now I just add the silicon first, then the calmag, rhizo, seasol, A&B in that order.
They were all transferred into 16L pots 4 days ago have been watering 2L of mixed nutes every other day. I know some people water their coco multiple times a day, but I find that every other day is OK because the coco stays pretty wet as it is. When the roots are more developed, though, I will start watering every day.
Plant A. Growing well, Some tips are starting to show N toxicity, but generally fine
Plant B. Very well performer so far. Slightly smaller than plant A.
Plant C. Tacoing? strange, possibly more sensitive to the heat than the others. Also signs of N toxicity.
Plant D. Big signs of N toxicity, possibly more sensitive because of genetics?
Plant E. A little stunted/lagging behind the others. Little sign of N toxicity, but generally the better performer of the bottom 3
Will have to pull back on the nitrogen next water. I usually mix A and B in exact proportions, is it even possible to reduce the A and keep the same amount of B? A has the more N ratio than B does. Will need to research.