Day 29:
What a fucking nightmare....
Id like to apologize for the wall of text/ photos to follow this.
In short i had to transplant my plants due to my idiotic mistake of using Miracle grow soil. In total there are 20 odd photos to follow. And i think the plants suffered...
Now in detail...
So i grabbed some bags of compost and soil that i had in the yard to prepare with perlite. Everything seemed fine until i got to my second transplanting (Mary) Where i ran out of bloody soil.... SO i had no choice but to add some of the soil from before. How ever i water logged this then squeezed it dry and repeated this two or three times to try and flush out as much of the nutrients as i could. Besides this soil was only to cover the top two inches or so...
Anyway heres the photos.
So heres Jane... as you can see she is suffering from what i assume is nute burn.. More so by the day.
It almost hurts to look at these photos
Right so this is when i first started to remove the soil. This was difficult because i didnt know where the roots would start etc.
This is the root clump from when i doug around it..
After bloody ages i managed to get rid of most of the soil. Had to be very delicate and softly rub the dirt away. This went alot better than i thought it would, im pretty confident that i did this with minimal root damage.
So thats Jane done.. She had wilted a bit when it was all done.
Now my pride and joy, Mary.
Before transplantation so you can see her growth. She hasnt been affected too badly by the burn but there are signs.
New growth below:
size comparison:
At the bottom of her tray was all of this residue i guess its a mixture of nutes etc.
Anyway beginning of soil removal..
Her roots were much more vast which is probably due to the fact shes developing alot faster and bushier.
And this is the point where i ran out of normal soil...
Now this is them back in the grow area (I bought them new bigger pots and they barely fit lol
After the transplantation both plants wilted noticeably. Jane particularly looks really down. So im a bit worried, only time will tell...
Jane:
Mary:
Mary:
Jane:
And thats it. Sorry about the massive post... Im kind of gutted it seemed by grow was going brilliantly. Too good to be true. Just got to keep my fingers crossed over the next few days and hope they pick up!!!
Cheers for your patience and for popping by!
TGP.
Edit: forgot to mention that the soil was warm throughout. Would this be a problem? i cant really see anyway for my to prevent this to be honest. Wasnt sure if it is an issue or not.