Week Five Update
Lots of good things happened this week. The plants got a good feed and I also have started defoliating the lower extremities to allow more airflow and light penetration. I have removed all the fan leaves that were not receiving light, any leaves touching the ground as well as some of the small growths underneath.
I did have an unfortunate episode when my furnace died in the evening on January 1st and was getting chilly in the house at night. Luckily it's been unseasonably warm here in Canada (-2C) and only got to about 14C (57F) in the house. Didn't do any harm but definitely not ideal and maybe slowed growth a tiny bit. No big deal. New furnace was installed on the 3rd and things are back to normal now.
Feeding
This week saw the plants get their first major feeding. All plants responded well and appear very happy.
The synthetic plants all fed the full 4ml each of the following (mixed in a 2L bottle):
Sensi Cal Mag Xtra, Micro, Grow, Bloom, and B-52
The Organic fed Star Killer received 15ml of
Gaia Green All Purpose 4-4-4 and 15ml of Power Bloom 2-8-4 and 2L of water
All plants got another 2L of water the following day. I will continue these feedings every week with 1 or 2 waterings in between as needed
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London Pound Cake
This plant is growing very tall and I have topped it again. I've also opened it up quite a bit by removing lower fan leaves.
I noticed that one of its branches is damaged right at the base where it meets the main stalk - I may have done this while reaching around to work on branches at the back, but I didn't notice when it happened so can only guess. It doesn't seem to have hurt its growth and for now I made a little cradle out of wire to support it.
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Star Killer (organic)
This is the shortest plant in the tent but it is growing well with lot of tops coming up.
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Star Killer (synthetic fed)
This plant is growing very similar to the organic Star Killer, but since it stretched as a seedling it's noticably taller and it's lower growths have reached further to get to the light.
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Jealousy
This plant is starting to show its desire to get big. I've kept it's growth tied down and spread out but it's tops are now reaching upwards quickly.
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