Hello friends! I offer my most sincere apologies for taking so long between updates...I've just completed moving (and all the annoyances associated with it) and have not had the time to properly chronicle my progress. I am now settled and the babies are happily bathing in some 400w MH sunshine, though they clearly suffered from a slight case of neglect during the move.
Typically I start my plants in 24oz clear plastic cups, but apparently my grocery store stopped selling them and now only offers the 16oz size, so I used them to start my seeds and definitely regret it. Turns out 8oz of additional soil volume makes a noticeable difference in the amount of nutrients available in the medium, a fact I neglected during my mixing of soil, resulting in some yellowing and overall unhealthy looking plants. Now settled in my new house, I've transplanted all into my 4" square pots that hold about .5 gallons of medium, and they are much happier as a result. Usually I can keep them in the 24oz cups for up to 3 weeks without any problems, but the 16oz cups just can't last long without supplementing with liquid fertilizer.
Anyway, they are all very happy in their new digs, and are just about to get their first round of training! For those new to my grows, I heavily train every plant I grow and never top/fim/cut any growing tips unless I have to. So expect the plants to look a bit different in the next round of pics! Let's take a look at them today though...
Here's an overview of all 13 plants.
The left 2 are CC Sour Diesels, the right 2 are White Old Larry's. The right front WOL is the one started about a week ahead of the others.
Closeup of the slightly older White Old Larry. Both of these plants struggled mightily in the early stages, but have responded quite well to the black pots.
The left 2 are CC Sour OG S1's, the right 2 are Connoisseur Genetics Sour Hazy Jones. It's hard to see in this pic, but the SHJ in the back is actually a triploid...it's growing 3 sets of leaves per node. Though this sounds like a positive thing, every triploid plant I've ever have has turned out male. Every one. So I'm actually kinda bummed about this one.
Finally, the 2 on the left are the Gage Green Genetics Chemporer x Candy, the two in the middle are the TGA Apollo 13 x Vortex, and the one on the right is the Dinafem White Widow. The WW is the only feminized plant I'm growing, and honestly I thought it was dead last week. It sprouted but someone became stunted and showed no signs of growth for many days in a row. Recently I noticed some new growth, and she seems to have pulled through whatever her problems were.
So that's it for now. I'm growing in a closet until I get the tent back up and running, but they are still so small I'm not really in a hurry. Next on the agenda is training, so stay tuned for the next installment of images (which I promise will be more frequent from here on out!)
