Well it has been awhile since I last updated this thread, so here is an update! The girls are now on day 46 & 47 & 41 respectively. Two days ago, I found that the last 5G of water I have been Ph testing, my PH pen was way off. Figured it out as the one plant
I called her runt @ 41 days, was showing some very unusual signs of Calmag deficiency to sulfur and boron. Borrowed a freinds good tester and found I was almost 3 points off in the negative! So what I thought was 5.9 to 6.1, was actually 2.9 to 3.1. Somehow my 2 main plants have not shown a sign and are resilient as all get up! I am hoping it was the LOS I use and my microbes still did their job and continue.
I have a new Apera 60 coming tomorrow. In the meantime I have flushed my reservoir, and all my water buckets and started over on my water supply. Currently they sit at 5.9 and my reservoir at 6.1 to 6.3. I know LOS you don't need to check, but I do and still insist that though LOS should help, it did in this case, but there is still the potential for bad PH'd water.
I continue to feed them the ELM Dirt Bloom Juice tea mix now using 3 oz of it, 1 oz REV, 1g Kelp extract, Sweet Candy 2g, MC 1 part 1g, and Dynomica Spark 1 tsp mixed to 1 G de-chlorinated water PH 6.2. I have continued to top dress with Gaia Green Bloom the last 3 weekends and top feed twice weekly now after shutting the flow off for a few hours. I still foliar spray GG mono Silica once weekly, and also have used REV once a week as a foliar spray as well. The plants really seem to show the next few days after these foliar sprays. Leaves stay supple and soft, great color etc.
After receiving this mix 500ml and fresh 6.2 water for the last two days
the runt is showing great recovery! Color has come back and new growth is vivid in color.
GG is now packing on muscle and filling the cola sites @ 47 days she looks great, Color is solid and starting to show frost forming around the cola sites. Her buds are filling in more and more every day, and I am really hoping she continues packing on the muscle. The one thing GG has lacked is an odor or smell of any kind, though I did notice yesterday a slight rubber/light fruity smell after pushing some of her leaves down around a few bud sites. She is definitely wider 54" around than tall, her tallest cola is 18 inches form soil. She is in a 6G tall fabric bag and autopot system
FCOF3#1 is a duplicate of her sibling GG. She is at 46 days but IMHO ahead of GG some in development. Her colas are filling nicely, and her smells are divine, fruity (juicy fruit comes to mind), sweet and a slight petrol smell. Pistols are white and light brownish and noticed the other day she is starting to frost some all over her cola sites. This cultivar is noted for frostiness so looking forward to her developing even more! I am very happy where she is and the bulk her colas are starting to take on. She is 18" at her tallest cola and 51 inches in circumference. Colors are similar to GG but here colas seem to be a little lighter green vs dark like GG. She is also in a 6G tall fabric bag and autopot system
FCOF3#2 nickname the runt, as stated showed really fast signs of something wrong. She is in similar mixture as the two above, but in a DIY Swick set up and only a 2G planter. So maybe due to less soil and space the bad PH'd water had a quick effect? Either way she is looking much better today than the last week. She was unplanned but allowed her to go on, now just hope she makes a complete recovery. She is spindly and nowhere near her siblings. She started out badly (thought she was stunted) then grew and caught up in height but stayed skinny and scrawny. At worse, she will be used for oil and butters! She is picking up the fruity sweet petrol smells. not showing any frost yet.
Here are some updated photos, one day I'll learn to take better pics!.
