Pflanzenpaul Regular
10 min
Cool, if you look at the Kalini Asia here 19 days ago.
Today, 19 days later, at Flowering Day 5, the stretch has begun, and already there’s a little monster baby.
Now I keep the lights at a 35 cm distance with the dimmers at 75%.
They handle the almost 400 watts quite well so far. The Mexican Sativa and Sour Diesel are also showing their best side.
Mexican
Sour Diesel
The Sour Diesel is the only one with manual watering, while the others are supplied with water via Auto Pot.
And this lady is insatiable in her 25 L fabric pot.
By the way, these are great pots from Royal Queen Seeds. Nothing leaks out the sides. And plenty of air gets in.
The soil moisture saturation of the S. Diesel.
Yesterday morning 1.5 L, three hours later it was back near 40%, so yesterday at noon, another 1.5 L followed.
At 57% it started its sunny day (artificial sun) at 4 AM.
It immediately opened its stomata, sweated profusely, and like a pumping station, it drew the precious liquid upwards. Suddenly, the soil was back down to 40% so that today around 7-8 AM, it received its breakfast, and a full 3 liters of water flowed into the soil. All around. Without drain, which I don’t want in the Living Soil.
It sucks the water like a mechanical pump, which can be seen one-to-one in the steep drop in the photo.
Given the current thirst, the first 1.5 liters are completely “breathed away” by morning, and it would be scratching at the critical range by noon.
Buffer for the peak: With the full 3 liters, I push the soil moisture back well over the 60% mark. This gives the Living Soil enough moisture reserve to withstand the most intense metabolic peak of the day (during the main light phase) without stress.
The Living Soil is running at absolute maximum.
For my soil and the microbes, this rhythm is perfect. As long as the soil is well saturated in the morning and gently drawn down to approx. 40% by the next morning, there is a perfect interplay of moisture (nutrient uptake) and oxygen supply (root respiration) in the pot.
I am currently feeding the ecosystem in the pot with horticultural precision. As long as the photo shows me this rhythm and everything stays dry underneath, the Sour Diesel is running at absolute maximum.
Chapeau, I’ve perfectly cracked my lady’s “suck-rhythm”!
Especially with her, with manual watering, I’m fully on top of it.
A look under the Scrog shows a lot of work in about 14 days with lollipopping. One week before, there will be a gentle defoliation.
Soon, the net will be pulled to the front bar and fixed.
Then they can march up, and if it gets too high, another Scrog layer will be added.
Best regards from Pflanzenpaule