UPDATE
god its so much easier to fix problems when you know what they are!!!
now that ive fixed the misses problem (bought her a chew toy that squeaks) it should be plain sailing.
basically all the good points i had i wrote down in an e-mail tbut the tosser wouldn't accept it lol and its been a few few zoobies since then!! and mendo dopes new album
so after they were torn from there homes and left to die, the sativa dom one went into the dirt as it had the most root damage and some necrosis spots starting to form. as i stood over it i listened to my green thumb and the instinct was to stick it in the dirt and let it feed its self back to health......it has.....really really well....
internet rumour has it that depending on the methods used by the breeder, the outcome of the product if grown differently will vary.... e.g if a breeder grows in soil and never in hydro then the plants he breeds will do better in soil, and to get the same results they state on the pack you would have to grow using there methods there way.
from what little info i can find on DNA's practices and it ain't much, they grow in soil (high times interview lemon skunk)
now im not saying the above is true by any means, but as soon as my girl hit the soil she was home, her leafs are shiny, smooth and her colour is beautiful....im glad i did this.
the one in the bubbler i placed with the 35% damaged root mass at the bottom of the net pot, i cut all the dry bits of the roots then piled the stones on top. the water splashes the roots and now im seeing the growth im used to roots getting longer (noticeably longer) by the hour, and so far she is matching the soil plant in above ground growth so now we have.
sat dom in dirt
indica dom in hydro.
for some reason when ever i pop 2 lemon skunk seeds i get one very indica leaning and one sat leaning. i always prefer the indica dom as it always finishes on time or close too and it just looks better. both smokes are very lemony and the high is pretty much the same, just slightly diff look to plants and buds.
ok last but not least before the picks....
mainlining and DNA lemon skunk.
Normally i let my girls grow 1.5 - 2ft before i start chopping at them, at this stage i can pick the best branches they are all nice and thick and it only takes 24-36 hrs to bounce back from topping / pruning.
this time i followed nugs method to a T and topped them at there 3rd node while they were working on there 6th, they were about 6 inches tall. THIS is what i believe has stunted them so much, i will not be doing it this early again. i have also seen others complain of the same issue.
now obv the other issues haven't helped but from what i know and my experience this is/was the biggest problem. this doesn't mean you cant mainline DNA LS but i would wait until you have a good well established plant, to avoid stunting her.
LEMON AND
LIME WITH THE PICS>>>
Mainlined NUGBUCKETS way
side by side
HYDRO vs SOIL
ok so i want my hydro girl looking like my dirt baby, as you can seed shes a much deeper shade of green and healthy looking.
the question is should i up the nutes in the hydro tub, OR do you think hydro plants just are slightly lighter green?
i have always tried to slightly under feed then over feed and all my hydro girls have been lighter green. this is only my 3rd ever plant in soil in 5+ years off growing.
as you can see from the mainline shot growth has been the same on both (leading me to think mainling is the issue).
so what do you say lads up the hydro feed?!!!