Sooooo made my rounds this morning taking a peak for what areas lights are on and saw the “boy” sagging asking for water…gave him ~2oz of plain water then checked on him again 3 hrs later - wilting!!! Decided to apply LIFTA for the rest of the day (9 hrs) and “he” is worse ((smh))
Everything was going so smoothly too! Aww well it happens especially when chemicals are involved…from the looks, I am thinking thirsty to overwatered though “he shouldn’t” be looking like this now which makes me think some sort of root issue is going on…algae or the chemicals got into the root system somehow. Anyway, applying more LIFTA though if “he” hasn’t rebounded by tomorrow after a nice 12 hr dark cycle, I will pull him and give SST treatments to the spread out girl to try again…
…and you guys want me to fill the space like my bigger cabinets ((smh)) I will once my confidence is up. It was getting there though now not so sure… I’ll have to think on it and weigh out if I want to continue trying to feminize DBHP atm or move on and try again later.
For the moment, I really enjoyed my 38F weather today from -10F 2 days ago (2F yesterday) and still in the afterglow of spending $24.00 instead of the full price of $365 for the preservation mail outs and now must turn the computer over to the youngest for his homework assignment of 40 min on Lexia = my time to smoke and think
Its hard not to though your right…shit happens though “he” looks even worse today (if that’s even possible lol) so a bit later I will inspect the roots as I am sure that is the issue. For now “he” is on my kitchen counter chill-axing
Absolutely no root growth since “his” root trim What roots are there definitely isn’t enough to handle this type of stress…well damn! No wonder “he” wilted and surprised it wasn’t sooner!
I have 3 other bonsai clones that need inspecting anyhow…maybe one of them is a good candidate to replace him? If so, I gotta get on it!
Your probably right…gentler. I just haven’t been able to get it to work for me then again I haven’t made my own yet either so there is that…if it fails again this time, i’ll bite the bullet and face my fear of electricity being so close to water as I am determined now
accidentally let their pots dry out too much…common theme in this journal lol Got it fixed just before they wilted then overdid it with a kelp and liquid fish foliar which they apparently didn’t need
This test may seem like a waste to many as I am taking them 12/12 from seed to check germination and Males:Female ratio only…I may keep 1 or 2 girls (if any) to see how they fair in my cold(er) and dry summers for growth only…just do not have the space to take them to fruition nor want to deal with light deprivation outside though that may change. Women’s prerogative and all that lol
Yesterday, I decided to pull the girl as I cannot keep up with her needs in the small pot…
Drench every night = dry soil in morning; moist afternoon, dry in eve
Fill bowl with 2 cups water overnight = moist soil in morning, totally dry in afternoon, moist in eve
Too mature for the little pot I suppose and tired of watching her barely maintain unable to pull her out of it
The new clones rooted and put into 3" pots on the 2nd…5 days
Its a bit higher up than I wanted it so I removed the upside down 6qt container and put in 3 foam blocks and 2 old dvd cases on top of the blocks side by side then recovered with the felt
After adding 1 cup water and waiting 3 days, the soil got and stayed too moist so I added a 2nd layer of old dvd cases, let the soil dry out to bone dry then tried again…after 24 hrs 1/4 of the soil was moist and after 48 hrs, the soil is to the moisture level where I like it
I am so pleased with the self wicking this is doing outside of the cabinet, its time to try it out for real with 2 of the new DBHP girl clones…their light is currently out so i’ll wait until their morning to do the transplant
If they find their way out of the holes, they could weave through the felt which is wet from wicking the water up. This is something I am going to have to periodically check and see though I am hoping they won’t make it that far and stay nice and happy in the shallow bed I gave them
Thanks! I was wanting 1 bed though the under the bed storage box was ~1/4" shy of fitting so just lucked out that the 12 qt fits so nice with room for another
What roots are there definitely isn’t enough to handle this type of stress…well damn! No wonder “he” wilted and surprised it wasn’t sooner!
