Week 5 Update, [HASHTAG]#OpticFoliar[/HASHTAG] test for [HASHTAG]#autoflower[/HASHTAG].net
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Now we are seeing a real difference and divergence, it could almost look like two different strains now! The Optic Foliar test plant has much better branching, a more robust overall appearance, more leaves now, much thicker stalk, more and better bud sites, and I can tell even the roots are better!
So basically I'm sold. Lol!
No issues to report now. There was that early Mag def that I caught early and just added more CalMag and Epsom to the feed water, but it's been cleared up now. I have not detected any pH drift in the test plant soil. (remember friends that if a plant pulls certain nutes too hard in the root zone, it can drift the pH).
My plant's leaves don't appear dramatically darker green than the control like a couple members did, but I do have more and bigger leaves, so just as well to the plant. Ok enough talk, show us da peeks!
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Together, test plant left, control plant right.
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Optic Foliar test plant, Industrial Plant CBD auto:
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Compare to control plant, Industrial Plant CBD auto:
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Let's compare stalks too, I'm tellin' ya there's a surprising difference in stalks!
Optic Foliar test plant stalk is much more solid and thicker, immediately better branching from the jump!:
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Control plant stalk, just fine and healthy but much less thick and less branching, thinner branches too:
You can just tell looking at it that somehow even the test roots are better! And we all know that means better-bigger herb!
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I'm really happy with this, this is the kind of test we allllll love to see! It just sold itself to me lol! Sometime soon I'll clip a few leaf samples and see what they look like under a microscope.
But I think there's more to it than chloroplasts. I spent a great deal of time thinking about it, and it all adds up: what does the plant want to do? It wants to reproduce, just like every single thing. To do this, it has to expend large amounts of energy collecting building blocks from the sun and the soil. If it can save or conserve energy, it would love to. So if some of it's needs can be delivered (by us) right to the factories (in the leaf), then that is saved energy it doesn't have to fight stuff out of the soil/sun with! With that saved energy and surplus building blocks, it can build more sex stuff and more defenses! This is precisely what we (humans) are after. Win!
