Indoor kfigerm tries his best

[kfigerm]

not much happening, but calling thisday 2 because the glue gelato is up with the first leaves since yesterday.
The other two beans don't do too much. The runtz has been replaced, which makes the germination rate no longer 100%. - this was just a matter of time and i was lucky until now. the third pyramid isn't prepared yet for it.
The mimosa cake cracked open but it doesn't grow upwards - but the "helmet" is moving.

So this is how it looks like now

the pyramids were soaked with 3.5/3/0/2 (NPK 16-7-21) EC 1300 PH 5.8.
Some xtreme gardening mycos were sprayed on the top of the pyramid before placing the cube ontop.
On the clay pebbles below some mineral magic (terra aquatica silicate) was sprinkled.
Nothing else - now we simply wait whats going on in there. No nursing needed for another week or so.

Cheers!

 

[kfigerm]

So yesterday was funny. I was on my way to the trash, when the mimosa cake in the crumbled paper popped open and i saw the sprout.
So she is back in the game in the last minute...actually second. The third of them was already in the water, what a pity.
So we have
glue gelato - 8cm
wedding cake - day 1 today for her -3cm
mimosa cake - just developing, but no one will be left behind (I have the last mimosa cake bean now already soaked and look how she does - if she pops fast, i'll plant her together with her sister on the same pyramid - :-o )

@St. Tom and all the others - the floor is set

no feed yet, just kept the surface moist. The third pyramid will be prepared in 2-3 days when the roots of the last bean come through the cube.

Cheers!

 

[kfigerm]

The second mimosa cake sprouted rather fast so i did what i announced - a nice little experiment.
so look what I have done:

i cut one cube in half to put them as support under the two upper cubes - the green stiks are just temporarily there, hope the roots themselves fill fixate the whole construction once they go in.It was just about the right time, cos the roots of the first mimosa cake just penetrated the cube.
Those two hopefully grow nice together, i will trim and HST whenever they interfere too much
Heres' an overview. after the preparation

Cheers!

 

[kfigerm]

Do from now on all girls are in the race and i'll give alt least weekly updates whenever possible.
I fed all pyramids today til runoff with 3,5-3-0-2 of my nutes which gives NPK 16/7/21 PH 5.8 EC 1200. Diluted the runoff a bit with RO water but let it sit in there - no waste!
Lights are at dli 32 on the "biggest" baby and RH sunk today below 50 but is adjusted back to 60+
Everything is cozy for flora and fauna, we have a nice autumn here.
So here are the little ladies

and a birdview from above the lights

Cheers!

 

[kfigerm]

an easy week passed and all is lush and green. About 10 mins maintenance every day. They are all getting the same feed as before. While just keeping the small pyramids moist using the res i see some N excess on the littles, but all OK, no damage - will not change anything, the pyramids take care of this. The oldest lady soon wants more, so I will first feed the big one to runoff, then dilute water in the res to get a lighter mix (guessing I'll go with EC1400 and dilute back to EC 1200 for the smallers).
They are still fed 3,5-3-0-2 of my nutes which gives NPK 16/7/21. PH 5.8.

Here are the pics - rearranged a bit and was in a hurry, thus not too nice pics this week.

overview

two mimosas on a pyramid

wedding cake - here you can spot some mold plaques on the pyramid - will watch that, but i think it will play out well.

and the glue gelato - topped her today and she stands at 28 cm atm. Again very dense growth, but nice shape - the branches already start to grow out the main cola(s), so I hope i will see a nice canopy at least on her.

my little chichen itza will soon be hidden under the jungle again

Cheers! Have a nice week!

 

[kfigerm]

So i saw the humidity rising now that one taller girl is in there. So I decided to do some training and pluck off some inward bound leaves .
Then i was also raising the DLI to 45 on the tall girl, the smalls get 32-35 at approx 45% of the lights power.
The lights now draw 240w from the wall, the whole setup needs ~260w atm.

glue gelato after first treatments today - topped in the morning, trained in the evening

Cheers!

 

[kfigerm]

rearranged a bit. The bigger one showed me a slight def of P and K, so I switched to 4-5-5-4 Ratio / 8-6-12 NPK.
Also again plucked some leaves.

The wedding cake gets the same mix now. See some rust spots on her, cos i , The girl became N heavy, cos she sat too long in the strong runoff in the first days when her roots went down - then i diluted her runoff too much with RO, so rusty spots came immediately cos of lacking Ca. The early switch to 8-6-12 NPK will help rule this all out i think.
Today i sprayed some skin-desinfectant on the mold spots of the pyramid - lets see how that works out.

the small ones stay on early growth mix - have to be careful not to do the same as with the wc.

a tag from time to time to @St. Tom . Pyramid fun - if you like it, perhaps look at @The Iconoclast s new addendums to his test thread.
Cheers!

 

[kfigerm]

Hi all,
the ladies had some way to go this week. One of the mimosas went directly into the bin. It grew ugly and wouldn't have a chance to cope with her little sister on the same pyramid, so i took her out.
The glue gelato is on 4-5-5-4 / 8-6-12 NPK EC 1400, like is the wedding cake.
The wedding cake showed me some excesses and also grew very dense, i hope this will stretch out.
Like I said, there's only one mimosa cake left, and it is a tiny one, still on day 16 - baby feed 3,5-3-0-2 / NPK 16/7/21 - but she will be OK soon.

The mold on the pyramid was mostly successful treated with the ethanol/isopropanol disinfectant - can't spot any problems on the plants.
I sprayed always on a completely saturated pyramid, so it wouldn't suck in before damped off. Think it worked, but i guess i'll have to try on on some spots.

pics tell the story:

she no longer is - ugly beast - any clue what could have gone wrong?

she is alone now on her pyramid - mimosa cake day 16
you can easily see the spot of the RIPped plant

her main colas are grown out by the sides - wedding cake day 23 - very little distance between nodes

she is doing well - glue gelato day 27 starting zigzag

the gang

Have a nice and comfy week.
Cheers!

 

[kfigerm]

Hello fellow growmies.
All girls are on 4-5-5-4 / 8-6-12 NPK - the smallers get a EC of 1.500
had to clean up the glue gelato a bit. She gets EC 2.000 since today.
gg ~45 cm dominates the tent. spread up, she won't get wider, just taller now i hope
had to take off a lot of leaves.
wc ~25 grows very dense, stays smaller than the last one i grew, but lets see, she may still surprise me
mc 18 - small but OK, she will catch up i think.

I hate it if they are at this different stages, but looks nice - the small mimosa cake in the back looks lost next to the glue gelato. Wedding cake front right is very dense, hope she takes off soon.

pic from above, the glue gelato now top, mimosa cake bottom right and wedding cake bottom left

Cheers mates!

 

[kfigerm]

Hello everyone!

This time the days in the threadmark are correct again.

have a glance @St. Tom - are you subbed now or do i have to throw tags at you to remember to sneak in from time to time ;-)

They are growing nicely, but i am not as laid back as i want to be.
The glue gelato had a little mg def, cos i thought there would be enough in the mix, but i started adding the epsom salt very quickly.
She grows very nice and shades the other two a bit, but they are taking off now also - but they will stay lean and slim i think, though i try to open them up.
wc comes very dense and sturdy this time
mc is smallest but will outgrow the mc soon i guess - but i am open for surprises - go wedding cake go!
All fed the same now , the big one at EC 2(.000), the smaller ones at 1600. Glue gelato drinks 2/3 times a day.

The mars hydro light with the programmable scenes still gives me a hard time - it doesn't quite follow the schedule and at times it simply put itself off and not back on. But I am super cautious and recognized it within 20 minutes. So nothing goes wrong with the ladies at least.
Also i think it doesn't take daylight saving time into account (mest/mest) @Marshydro ?
Reset it today, deleted all scenes and lights and started from scratch - hope it is correct now..
The light range is 4h 30% 4h 60 % 4h 75% 12h 60%

here are some pics

small mc at day 22

wedding cake at day 28

glue gelato at day 34

and some groups shots

Cheers and have a nice week!