Venom818
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could it be that canna retains more moisture thats why its falling behind
I don't think it's the moisture content as much as it seems more bogged down compared to the generic coco which seems looser. So I'd guess it has to do with the ease that the roots can spread, and more space in the medium for oxygen. But then that is what perlite is supposed to do, but my tests showed twice that it slowed growth down when added. Idk.
The canna very well could catch up after the roots spread out.. Maybe then the beneficial fungi will kick in or something. This test isn't over yet in my mind... Seems like it, but you never know. Fairly certain it is though, haha.
homedepot coco FTW just saw that shit, a 5kg brick is $8 bucks, makes 2 bags worth of canna, plus no hydrostore visits to grab 10bags of coco
Close ups reveal something new. Each shot has a canna compared to a generic.
Look how stacked the nodes in the canna are compared to the plant in the back ground which is in the generic. I'll get some measurements, but this is mm's we're talking about. So tight it makes the donks nodes in the generic look lanky, but they are stacked too. I counted an average of one node less compared to the donks in the generic. And all 3 of the plants in canna are like this.
This competition isn't nearly as close to over as I thought it was.
Yeah but look how much thicker the stalks (nutrient highways) are with the generic. Even though the Canna is producing tighter inter-nodal spacing I'll bet the generics produce a way bigger harvest in the end. I'm still much more impressed with the generic results so far.
Sorry if you already said it, but, what kind of lighting are you using for veg again? How far are your lights from the tops of the plants?
That's very interesting Venom. I started getting bigger yields when I switched over to smart pots. I noticed a big difference in the root balls after harvest. More roots and fewer roots at the edges of the pot. I simultaneously noticed much larger stalks. For me, bigger roots = bigger stalks. Bigger roots + bigger stalks = bigger yields. Same strains, same medium(super soil), different pots. It makes sense if you think about it.