Alrighty folks, a little update on the Black Diesels
Day 15
Been feeding:
GH Armor Si
GO CaMg+
Big Bloom
Grow Big
Tiger Bloom (Schedule calls for just a smidge)
BD Kangaroots/Microbe Brew (alternating)
BD Boomerang
Bubbled Primo
pHing to about 6.2 - soil's at around 6.6 wet.
Love how these kids are developing...
Some observations:
Pheno isolation - Magic, fantastic job, man. 1,2 and 4 could literally be mistaken for the same plant. And 3 & 5 look to be the other pheno....very similar.
Strain theory - So I'm a relative newb so the caveat to this is out there...IIRC, HSO Sour Diesel and Diesels in general are Sativa dom strains...and Black Dragon, containing 3 HUGE Affie Indicas and Deep Chunk (and White Russian and PJem, right?) is an Indica-dom strain...that makes this a potentially really cool strain in that it could provide the Sour Diesel taste and the Black Dragon THUMP and medicinal efficacy.
At these early stages, they are definitely showing indi-dom leaves.
3 & 5: Just a question for Magic - These two have a slight downturn to the tips of the 3rd set...it doesn't look environmental, it looks genetic because all are in such similar good health. Seen it in your travels with this strain?
Soil - First time with Roots Organic Formula 707. I LOVE the fluffy texture of this soil. Lotta peat. I envision the roots having such an easy time of expansion down there. The only apparent drawback is that it doesn't seem to hold/retain as much fluid so I imagine the feeding frequency is going to go up during mid-flower.
Cruising along, happy as flora-based clams.
Cheers!