Live Canna

Looking great!

Looking a decent amount healthier this week. Cold week up ahead, but overall happier looking plants. The one that I re-topped is doing well and probably the best (back centre). But front right is also looking nice and bushy and healthy.

3 hours ago, CreX said:

if thats the case man! then it is so! sounds pretty good for you man! all the best and good luck!

Thanks bud, really appreciate that. Its a pity as I prepped/bought and spent for some big growing plans, but all on hold/cancelled now for bigger LIFE plans which supersedes at this point 

2 hours ago, CreX said:

quick! make a cutting!!

Hehe thanks bud, I also thought of that...two good samples there. But honestly I don't have the time for anything more right now. There is a lot going on in my mind and with work and life (looking/exploring at a major move) so the focus is just not there for my growing right now. Sadly it is what it is    

And then the pics from this morning.

Sadly, on opening the tent this morning, I saw my one plant (front left) had fallen over off the wooden stand, and was squished against the side of the tent...so I righted it as much as I could.

They are not as far as I wanted them, but work has just been stupidly busy again and my priorities are just not able to cater for the grow right now. But I continue as much as I can 

Back centre - is the one whose 2 main stems I have removed.
Front left - as you can see is the one that fell 

So, the time has come for the flip 

I spent some time over the weekend transplanting the last 2 plants  Roots were staring to spin a bit but were looking nice and healthy. I pruned them a bit (by plucking/pulling them outwards so that they are enticed to grow and not continue on their spinning path).

I have been feeding with a reduced PH of around 5.7-5.8 now. They are looking a bit healthier. And then of course I went to bend the one main stem (out of the 2 from topping), and it snapped off...eish. So I decided to pluck the other one off, this late in the game, I know. Any who, that one does look better. I will post some pics from this morning in another post.

Herewith the pics.

Some awesome looking plants   Well done!

Update   The two in the back are looking better and have resumed growth. The one in front is still struggling. The temps have been bitter cold this week though.

Yeah I am also not so happy with them the last week. Not looking as perky and growth not as good as the previous week. I have been hitting them harder than usual with nutes also, so I may just flush and see from there. Appreciate the concern though 

So, these lovely ladies are on their way to recovery. One is doing a little worse than the other two (the smaller one). The topping seems to have gone well. Still dipping a little, but I have been watering a little more. Going to be backing off the next few days. But they are looking green and healthy.

2 photos from Wednesday, and the rest from today.

3 hours ago, CreX said:

Spot on then... I am just trying to figure out why the leaves aren't spread out and are dipping low.. Maybe you are taking pics when they are waking up or about to sleep? 

Sorry yes, did mean to mention this was 1 minute after lights on. Good spotting/thinking though  Nice to hear people say my PH is spot on though! So many varying opinions always, and most don't understand that there are so many ranges for the different mediums/depending whats in the soil.

But in all honesty, I have also not fed them until earlier tonight  Bad grower, BAD!  So they still look droopy. Realistically, they should have been fed on Sunday latest. Preferably Saturday evening. But anyways...things are a bit hectic this side. Will send updated pics tomorrow hopefully. They got a real nice feed of BioGrow Bloom and Grow + Molasses + Epsom Salts. So should be happy chappies soon  

On 6/14/2021 at 10:11 AM, CreX said:

what are you Ph'ing your feeds at?

Usually around 5.8 - 6.2  

So these lovely ladies were transplanted on Friday   They had a nice feeding and then I topped them a day later. So some decent stress on them. I am going to give them a nice feeding again shortly.

I transplanted two of them into the 2 odd litre pot. And then another into a 10l fabric. The roots looked great, bit of spinning already, but a healthy system none the less. The 2l pots I am hoping will last until it is time to flip. But it should work out nicely to transplant in 2 weeks, give a week to recover and then flip to flower.

The reason for putting one in a different pot is purely experimental. I will most likely not repot it before flower (I usually ALWAYS repot before flower). It will be interesting to see the growth difference.

On 6/7/2021 at 12:18 PM, mantis said:

They look great, They are going to explode once transplanted 
What's going to be your next size pot? 

Thanks bud! I reckon so too. When I watered them yesterday I saw nice roots starting to poke out. That coupled with the growth and extension I have seen makes me want to transplant some time this week. I am thinking of going to what I would call a 2l plastic pot. Looks about that size anyway, maybe slightly larger.

From there we will see based on growth, but I reckon into a 10l fabric for final as there is not that much time left.

1 Week later and the ladies are still looking nice and happy   One feeding this week, same mix. Another feeding due now.

3 hours ago, CreX said:

now here are some happy seedlings!! well done man!! definitely nailed the germination part of this comp! i think im even going to follow along!

Thanks bud   hehe I hope so, they do look happy though  

2 hours ago, iGrowDagga said:

Happy happy seedlings! 

What did you feed them? 

Thanks  

So...I was a little lazy yesterday  Had a rich mix of BioBizz Grow for my others going (and possibly some bloom ...) And I just gave them a good squirt of that. Prior to this I gave them a solid dose of just the BB grow also.  FF soil should be good for 3 weeks, but I figured I would try starting a little earlier, and as of today we are on the 3 week mark.

Update  

The three ladies are going strong. Albeit a bit slow with the cold weather. The temps have not ben grand this side, but we power on   They got a nice feeding yesterday of some good nutes already and did not even flinch 

4 minutes ago, iGrowDagga said:

@420SA

@Live Canna Your update is due bud

Hehe thanks bud, was literally thinking of that an hour ago, already took pics, just transferring across and then will update after my next call 

They are growing fast and nice sho! Well done  

Looking good and strong! Onwards  

So ladies and gents, one week later and this is the state of my 3 ladies. All looking healthy, drinking and growing nicely too. 

The second set of true leaves have just started poking out. I am spraying them with un-PH'd RO water day and night. Just a nice spritz on the soil and inevitably some on the leaves. I have moved them to the flower tent (which is still on veg lighting) for the time being to help with the cold nights we have had. That light is sitting at around 150w right now. Will be beefing it up over the weekend for the other 2 ladies in there. Not sure what to do there as I need to flip to flower in a week or so, so will have to move them out again, but by then they should be bigger. I am honestly just winging it at the moment as with work and everything else my grows are a bit mixd up. No stress though  

Incredibly interesting to follow, I must say!

Good luck! At least you can put all your time into 1 and make it awesome 

18 hours ago, Dookie69 said:

Great pics. Did you buy the Sonoff extension cables to lengthen the TH probe cables?


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Thanks!! One I did, the other not yet  So I have a temp probe and a temp/hum probe. The temp one sits around the light area (top of tent) and thats the one coming into the picture. Its just works length wise, but would be neater with the extension.

17 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

oh yeah this cool. 

I need to extend my cable too, need to get in touch with communica. you get from them too?

Thanks man   No but I will check them out. I got from a guy in centurion when I picked up my tent.

So my ladies have all popped when I checked this morning. I quickly moved them straight to a solo cup with some FF green bag soil to start with.

Oh and the sonoff section