Hardonna update...

[9ski9]

Figured I'd just throw up a pic each week of Harddona.

Bag seed; 100w CFL's for veg; 18 hr. light; small fan; good potting soil, with no added nutes.

Because I talk to her, she's already the strongest looking of 12 sisters.

9ski9 Reviewed by 9ski9 on 07-29-2005. Hardonna update... Figured I'd just throw up a pic each week of Harddona. Bag seed; 100w CFL's for veg; 18 hr. light; small fan; good potting soil, with no added nutes. Because I talk to her, she's already the strongest looking of 12 sisters. Rating: 5

[HARDDON]

FRICKIN AWESUM!

Look at that stem already growing

Perfectly formed leaves and uniform color.

But why does the soil look dry there on the left of the pot?

You are watering the entire soil ball, right?

Don't kill my lil neice...lol

Looking good, just likes its supposed to

[9ski9]

Ha, thanks. That's just where I was fingering her. Er, I mean fingering the soil to check for wetness. The combination of the recent heat wave, close CFL's, and the fan have me worrying over them.

My water plan is to check the soil daily to see if it clumps (still wet); when it's crumbly and dry even below the immediate surface, I water until the entire soil is wet and some seeps out of the base. That's been my experience for all our other house plants...

BTW, Harddon, do you ever mist? I live in humid area and even our indoor relative humidity is generally pretty high. I understand that during the last weeks of flowering humidity should be kept dry to promote resin production. But what about veg and the first weeks of flowering?

[HARDDON]

Absolutely I mist.

They love it.

As long as you have good air movement it wont stress her...good air movement is a must.

Soon you will learn the weight of the pot dry and guess with that.

Just keep that fan blowing across the tops and she'll be fine.

[9ski9]

All my other ferns love the mist, too. And, jeez, I never thought to just pick up the pot. Cool, thanks!!

[HARDDON]

You can get the pot when you KNOW it's dry and weigh it.

Water weighs 8 pounds to a gallon....so you can determine how much water is in there at anytime you want.

[HARDDON]

HOw is my baby bitch ???

Update please

[MyMindIsGlowing]

wow, Harddona lol.

Next comes a statue of Sir Harddon lol

[9ski9]

Figured I'd just throw up a pic each week of Harddona.

Bag seed; 100w CFL's for veg; 18 hr. light; small fan; good potting soil, with no added nutes.

Because I talk to her, she's already the strongest looking of 12 sisters.

Day 11...her stalk is fat and really short; and the leaves just keep unrolling...

[MyMindIsGlowing]

that is nice and tight.

good job