...If'n I don' get caught up soon, I might just finish the dang thang before I do...

This is just a fast photo-montage of some progress, mainly because I'm too lazy to do a more in-depth thingy, and because I have actual gardening to do, with some cleanup...

So, some pics circa March 28...


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Number 7 still not feeling totally well

I'm not sure at this point why Number 7 is not feeling well. I suspect problems with the Bugz, but the yellowing leaves are a caution. Still, most of the plant seems ok, and the internode density is good.



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Methinks the goils protesteth too much

Ahh, how they love to be tickled and tricked. And it seems that no matter which way I set 'em, they spin 'round and re-orient like nothin'. Was initially worried about the 90 degree bend in Number 11, but the plant seems not to notice now.



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A tender moment

Here we see Number 9 leaning on Numba1, which is also leaning to get light sideways into that MASSIVE canopy it's building. A very touching and tender moment.



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Time to transplant

In the back, you can see Numba3, and Numba2, from back to front. The empty tray right in front is for Numba1 in its new GrowBag (still being transplanted).

Let's jump ahead another day or so.



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Aww, isn't it cute that it wants coffee in with the nutes...

Number 10 is just looking sooo thirsty for a good espresso. Note the !ntel conference strap thingy for LST purposes...



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It looks tiny /now/...

I don't know why, but I seem to have put a lot more dirt into the transplanting of Numba8. This is not necessarily a Bad Thing.



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Numba3 looking shiny

This plant was always kind of spread-out, but took to LST like a duck to water, and seemed to like the cover I chose to keep the dirt moist...



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Number 12 getting stronger

Number 12's stalk seemed a bit understimulated, so placing it from time to time right in the air stream gave it a bit of a workout, as well as a bunch of fresh air.



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Number 7 in its new digs

After deciding that this poor lil' girl needed a bit of extra help, I decided to try the cheapest ebb and flow system that I could muster. With exclusively discarded or un-needed materials, and a little elbow grease, I transplanted her into nearly pure Perlite in the top bucket. While doing this, I kind of discovered the reason for the stunting/yellowing--the darlin' was ROOTBOUND. The bottom bucket serves as resevoir, with the top being dunked into it 2-3 times per day.

She seemed to like the new idea, and greened up a bit...



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9, 10, and 11 in the middle

Plants 9, 10, and 11 looked like they were about to outgrow their little 500ml containers, so I transplanted them into the 1ga Ice Cream buckets I had lying around from the previous transplants. I made one major change, though, in deciding to use the buckets double-stacked, with shoelace-sized wicks coming up halfway into the top buckets, and the bottoms acting as resevoirs.

You can still see 4, 5, and 6 awaiting transplant in the left-background.

Moving right along....


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Number 7 getting better...

Things seem to be looking up for Number 7. Her colour is better, and there is new growth coming up.



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Number 9. What can I say?

Even though the fan leaves say 'annoyed', the plant is thriving beyond any expectations. I'm hoping that this is the Widow...



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Counter-clockwise from front right: 1, 2, 3, 8, 4, 5, 7, 6; inner circle from front right 11, 9, 10, with a space for 12 awaiting.

MMmm.. A nice, tidy garden. Very peaceful.



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Number 6, in its new Bug-trapping HyperWick pot

Number 6 looks tiny atop its new perch, but seems happy. The top pot contains soil, with a bunch of aeration holes in the bottom. The second-to-top pot has a large-ish hole in the middle to allow the wicks from the top to dip into the third pot, the resevoir. Two of the thinner wicks come up to about 2/3 soil height, two of them to 1/3 soil height, and a large wick in the middle comes up to 1/4 of soil height in the top pot. The bottom pot is the backup resevoir, but is mostly there to provide stickytraps and yellow duct-tape to attract the bugz.



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Looks like someone needs a haircut...

Numba1 just looks great here. It's not that I want to remove the undergrowth, it's just that I /have/ to... lesse if'n I can git some of these useless fan leaves to sprout...



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Inside close-up: clockwise from upper left, 10, 9, 11

Good thing these 1ga buckets are squareish... Now, I just need to get Number 12 in there.

Let's fast-forward a bit more now.



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A nice side view of HobbitHydro, Mark(s) I, III, and II

Number 12 is now in its new home--my first 'active' hydro setup. HobbitHydro Mark III is one of the aforementioned 1ga ice cream buckets, with two 6" airstones in it, being driven by a 3.5gpm aquarium airpump.



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Above view of HH-I, HH-III, and HH-II

I just love the interplay of the Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow in amidst the garden.



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Garden zoomed out, showing light

A view showing my 600w MH, and a tidy garden underneath. I've added some Vapona No-Pest strips (very old-school) to try to deal with the flying bugz.

I was going to include another pic from the same album, but apparently I'm at the 20-limit. Oh well...

Things seem to be progressing, though it is just a game of 'tend-the-garden' crossed with 'hurry-up-and-wait'...

Comments much appreciated!

(c)C :chainsaw: