This is probably the longest ever between updates, but I was quite busy yesterday. I needed to raise the shelf from which the lights hang, as the tall girl is now 25" and quickly exceeded capacity of the last expansion. I added about another 12" so hopefully that's enough!
Check it out...
I've probably got 5 feet of vertical space now to work with. This added space came at the expense of the veg chamber, which I decided was now too short to pursue. So, I ran to goodwill, picked up a $10 bookshelf (about waist high) that fit my dimensions perfectly, and moved the veg operations to the closet! This, I think, will prove to be the best decision I've made thus far.
Here are the 9 recently cracked seeds, probably 12-24 hours from sprouting (now that I've got good light on them)
The shelf isn't in the best condition, but suitable enough for my needs! There is also a considerable amount of room for vertical growth here, so I can easily veg them to 10" before tossing them in the flower closet. Quite exciting!
As for the plants, they are doing just fine. I decided to water today for the first time since repotting, and the tall one was starting to show signs of thirst. The top 3 layers of leaves look really narrow are starting to droop considerably, even though the bottom foliage looks fine. It may be heat related as well--she was getting close to the hps before I moved the shelf, so she may have gotten a little heat stressed too. Buds look nice though.
Notice the lean to the left...
Nice looking buds along the middle of the stem here...
Here's the top few nodes...
Here's the bottom few nodes. Couple nice side buds forming. You can't tell from the pics, but each node the entire length of the stem has nice bud growth too...she's stretched so much that it allows a lot of light underneath.
Here's the wide girl. Less lower-bud development (because I dropped a light and knocked off at least one budding branch), but looking nice on top and at each node. She's also not too short herself at 21."
Here's her top. Starting to look really nice!
Last, but certainly not least, shorty! She's got 8-9 lower bud sites developing, as well as nice action along her tightly-packed nodes.
So, exciting things happening every day! Which reminds me, the power went out today while I was watering. Like, right in the middle of watering. I checked my fuses, but power was out in the whole house, so it wasn't my operations that caused it (which was quite relieving/comforting). I took the plants to my back porch and finished watering. They got about 35 minutes of natural sunlight today as a result, but I don't want to start making that a habit--the plants are so tall they are clearly visible from certain spots. Anyway power came back, everything is OK.
It's been a busy couple days, I must say. I've got some school work to catch up on, so hopefully the girls can just grow without too much intervention while I get some things done.
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