Today things are looking better than ever, and I'm not exaggerating. The last update I had was on Thursday, its now Sunday and a lot has happened since. On Friday, I wasn't home to water the plants because I was at a friends house playing poker and ended up crashing the night. Knowing this in advance I watered the plants double of what I usually used on the Thursday.
It turns out that I won poker and therefore I had a little more money to spend on my plants. Saturday, I went out and bought a digital hygrometer and some potting soil (soiless soil, miracle grow actually).
Tranasplanting: I thought it was time for A2 and T2 to be transplanted so I started with A2. First step I took was the break up the soil and water the plant heavily until it was draining out the bottom. The reason you want to soak the plant with water is for two main reasons. First being that it will hold the soil together so when you remove the plastic container, the roots will be held intact by the wet soil. The second being that you want to have consistant and even moisture through out your plant's existing soil and the new soil you'll be added to the new pot. To do this we simply flood the larger pot with water after the transplant is done. When I took A2 and watered it, I removed the plastic container and I was shocked! The roots were not quite root bound, but pretty fucking close! This is great news to know that I was right on my suspicion of needing a transplant. I transplanted A2 into a 2 gallon container, the biggest I have. After transplanting A2 I found that I had very little potting soil left. I stll wanted to get another plant transplanted but I didn't want to put T2 into a 1 gallon container, so I decided to hold of on transplanting T2. Instead I took X3 and transplanted it into the 1 gallon container with the remaining soiless soil I had. I was shocked once again when I discovered the roots were pushing the limits of the 4" pot I had it in. Not only that, but X3 is two weeks younger than A2! Today I look at the plants to check up on the progress and it appears that A2 and X3 have taken well to the transplant and are now showing great signs of rapid growth!
X1, A1 and T1: For those of you who have been following my logs from the beginning, you'll recall I had issues with these ones. Well it turns out after putting them into the soil, they died. Once again, I am not upset at all, if anything I'm very happy. Why am I happy? Well it because now I can focus all my attention on the eight healthy ones I have and I have plenty more seeds if I need to start some more plants.
Positive Vibes: Check this out: Talking to your plants help. I'm not making this shit up, I've discovered this through extensive research (which I am not going to bore you with the details). All plant life in general is sensitive to the atmophereic conditions around it since the plant never moves out of the soil. It's like they have a heightened senses. By always having a positive mood and talking great things to your plants, saying how proud you are of the growth, the impressive results, noticing the smells, texture, anything! Your thoughts, and more importantly, your feelings are communicated to any plants up to 6 feet or more away from you. This is done through brainwave frequencies and other means. Meaning if you live in the same room as your plants (your bedroom), make sure you are always happy and at peace with yourself, especially if you plan on interacting with your plants (for watering, transplanting, etc.). This will drastically reduce the amount of bad things that can happen to the plants. Similarly, the plants will make you happy in return by provided abundances of oxygen and sweet plant smells. It's also a known fact that plants who are under the least amount of stress (verbal, physical or atmosphereic), are more likely to turn into females! And of course any man knows if he treats his women like a queen, he will be treated like a king! Therefore, if you flirt, compliment or even sing to your plants, you will notice a difference in growth and sex! If you don't believe me, then plese keep doing what you are doing. If however, you have plants struggling and you don't know why when you have the ideal atmosphereic conditions, then I suggest you give it a shot. Afterall, what do you have to loose? I know it sounds kinda corny and cheesy, so if you feel uncomfortable about doing this, just do it when nobody is around.
Why it works: The thoughts and feelings you have are communicated through water, yes that's right, water! Think about this, our bodies contain about 80% water, and you feed your plants plenty of water. The air in your room has moisture which is made up of water. It's all around us and its connected and its a conductor! A scientist in Japan made a truly amazing discovery of how water holds our thoughts and feelings.
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Future plans: I intend to transplant all my plants now that I've seen the growth they've acheived. I'm also going to feed my plants with water only for the next week since I don't want nutrients becoming an added stress through the transplanting phase. I will be transplanting T2 into a 2 gallon container, and the rest into 1 gallon containers.