Indoor Brother Mendels Purple Thai Sip

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Day 35 Got distracted with all the prep we had to do for a speedweek event we had here at the track.
The 3 Dark Planets I had germed did not go well. One poked out of the ground about 3/4" and just stayed that way and withered away. The other 2, the tap root corkscrewed and grew very little in the 3 weeks they've been alive. Instead of fussin with em I just popped 2 Rob Bud Purple B1's. Can't see wastin time and box space. The 2 DP look healthy but just not goin anywhere.
The tiki hut hides an avocado bomb. I always seem to make mor stuffing than will fill in the avocado so I broke up some coconuts to stuff

The 3 Purple Thais are doing quite well. They should be switching to bloom shortly. I've been religiously adjusting water ph so hopefully I won't be seeing any yellow leaf disease. (insert praying hands smiley)
#3 has been topped and ready for lst. With all the work for speedweek I never got a cover on her soooo, I had some swamp oak wood from a fallen tree I had cutup into lumber for some furniture. I figured since they use a lot of oak as a base for mushrooms, maybe I'd try it as a "cover". I soaked the pieces in EM1 for a day. Run it up a pole and see who salutes. She's 10" tall

#1 has been topped and lst. Currently clocking in at 18"

Number 2 girl is in the Grass Roots pot. Again, topped and lst. Got a feeling this will be the last "potted" girl. The stems on sip plants are at least twice as thick as the potted gal. Currently 8" in the air
Since they will be going into bloom, tomorrow I'll give em a fresh coat of compost, castings and some amendments

All for now, D

@TxRebel/Mark @WildBill

 

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Pic of one of the girls I pulled due to corkscrewing. Thinking when it bent, the flow of nutes got throttled causing the stunted growth

 

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02/14/21 Day 37

Recharge Soil with 1/2” Composte, Worm Castings, ¼ cup Craft Blend, 1/8 cup Kashi, 19 grms dolomite, ½ cup alfalfa, ½ cup barly​

 

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Since the girl in the giant sip stalled, I decided I would try growing 2 plants in this box. See if there is anything to this crosstalk between plants. Also thinking of putting in a small aloe companion plant. BTW this is a 19 gal tote from the Depot
I'm going with my last 2 RocBud Purple Roc Bx1. Instead of planting direct, I soaked seeds for 24 hrs in water w/ a little aloe juice. After I places in unbleached coffee filter with a little liquid from the jar. Folded filter up and placed in a baggy with end open. 32 hrs later 1 had 3/4" root and other 1/2". I dug out a small hole for each and filled it with COM(Coast of Maine) seed starter. Poked a hole with magic marker and added a little VAM. Placed seed with root down--no more corkscrewing please.

 

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To fill out this run I'm going with 2 Wild Thai Ryders from World of Seeds. Soaked in water/aloe for 24 hours and into the coffee filter to germ

 

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The first girl popped 2 days ago and the second just poked out yesterday.(too small for pic) I gave em a mycelium pie and going to try 50/50 with the cover. Help keep the top root area dry and any top dressing moist- that's the theory anyway.

 

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Guess it doesn't matter how much you pay for seeds- they are gonna grow the way they wanna grow.#1 & #2 (Left & Right) born the same time, feeding the same and both in same size boxes. #1 is 37" and #2 is 25". #1 looks a lot skinnier cause I've trimmed a lot more than the other. The tops grew quick but the secondary stems, not so much and I couldn't see them amounting to much. I'm liking how close the bud spacing is. Should be nice looking when all is done. #1 I've been running with full top and #2 has been running without cover. Maybe that is why 1 is taller than 2? Food for thought.

#1

#2

#1

#2

#3 She's the one in the 15 gal Grassroots pot. She started flowering a week ago. She's a cute little thing running 22". Hoping her buds don't stay "cute". Still seeing biggest difference between the 2 styles is that the stems on the EB girls are twice as stout as the pots. Hoping that will lead to some hefty buds.

For me the best news is absolutely no sign of yellow leaf issues. The main change I've made has been in ph ing my water. I've noticed that some of these nutes will drag ph down into the 4's
All for now, D.

 

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Day 72 Buds are starting to fatten and get denser. Sugar is starting to stack. Not sure if the girl on the right has an issue or its an end of life thing. Leaves have started some yellowing from bottom up. A couple weeks ago I forgot to ph the water and caught it after watering her first. Got the water to proper ph and ran some through her hoping it might cancel any problem but maybe not. On the other hand, she is the only one showing purpling. They all have been hands up the full grow.

This is the girl in the grass roots pot

 

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Day30 of Purple Roc b1
With the difference's in size and age, I broke down and bought another MarsHydro Sp150 and canned the big 2000 so I can better adjust the height of the lights.
Left hand girl is doing quite nicely. She needs a trim job. The one on the right is a bit of a quandary. Couple weeks ago I bumped her and she fell over. Found the stem where it hit the soil was emaciated. I stuck it a back into the soil and propped her up with some popcycle sticks and so far she seems to be sorta ok. A couple days ago a few bottom leaves started showing some yellowing. I'll stick with her for a bit. Thinking I might trim back the lower branches to eventually have just the main stem. Not sure if there is enough of the main stem to support growth of the other branches. Could have been just rot or maybe it was the damn cockaroach that came crawling out of the side of the box. That sucah was summarily terminated

That is one problem with putting 2 plants in one box. If one dies, it's kind of difficult to start another cause of different sizes and feeding schedules.
Left one

Right one

 

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Day 31
What is supposed to be a landrace sativa is showing more as an indica. Both have remained quite squat with wider leaves. Both are just starting to show signs of switching to flower so along with normal routine of Homegrown Microbe Bokashi amendments, I've recharged the top soil with 1/2” Composte, Worm Castings, ¼ cup Craft Blend, 1/8 cup Kashi, 19 grms dolomite, ½ cup alfalfa, ½ cup barly, 1 tbl azokashi, ¼ cup frass. Fed the worms with avocado/coconut/banana bomb.
#1 gal is the shortest at 11" even though she's in the biggest box---but she was topped and lst

#2 gal was the real runt so I decided not to top her and just grow out au natural. She's currently at a whopping 12". For some reason the gnats like hanging out around her so along with the usual nematodes I've been adding some mint and citronella plant leaves as a sort of deterrent mulch. Seems to have helped.