Transplant day
Blech. I hate transplanting a bunch of plants at once. Add 12 more to these 5 today. And then, of course, I was out of soil and perlite, so I had to go get some - closest open place is 25 miles away. They didn't have the brand of compost I normally use (or ANY organic compost!), so I got the "cleanest" or most fertilizer free soil I could find - Hyponex. It was the only one that said to feed immediately after xplant. Blech.

So anyways, in case you are wondering, my soil recipe for this batch is

2 Cu Ft Hyponex Potting soil
1.3 cu Ft Perlite
1 Cup Powdered Dolemite lime
2 Cups Greensand
1 Cups Kelp meal

Mix well and serve. Makes approx ~ 25 gallons of soil. I have started to regularly add the greensand, lime and kelp meal when I make a batch of soil - I don't tend to feed much in veg and figured it might help them get a kickstart, and make the overall soil a little juicier. I should convert a bathroom and go hydro it'd be a lot less work...


Details and changes

I did not "water in" these plants tonight, as the soil was very wet to begin with, even after mixing it up and letting it air out a bit.
I did foilar feed them a little early on the schedule, but since I was x-planting tonight...
I will continue each ones "alternative" treatments on friday, giving them'all a little time to settle into the new pots (except the LST will start tomorrow as to not lose the "bend")
Lighting has changed to 2x40watt Daylight(6500k) tubes and 4 x 26 watt Daylight CFLS (6500k)
Light schedule became 18/6 today

Onto the transplanting!
Tokudai Reviewed by Tokudai on . Topping vs Breaking vs Bending vs LST - a photojournal I was recently experimenting with some plants and figured this is a great chance to illustrate the differences of each technique. I am not saying one is better than another or one yields more, simply trying to help growers visualize the concepts and view them right next to each other, using the same plants, same age, lighting, nutes, atmosphere, etc So onto the details. Plants were all Nirvana Aurora Indica clones, nearly identical in size and nodes, rooted and transplanted to 16 0z cups Rating: 5