Good Day fellow enthusiasts.
After an interesting evening with a good buddy of mine, I decided to take a seed he had, pop in in some soil and see what happened.
Two days in the dark and it sprouted a little white tail.
I put it under a generic light ( I have no idea what it is, its not high powered though ) with a timer 18/6 and in a couple of days it was searching for light! I was amazed.
So, I headed down the shop and got a light and fan as suggested on here. I put it in some 'coco' soil and its going great.
I think because the first week or 2 it was under the bad light, it stretched out to get to the light. I was about 4inches tall and then it sprouted it first leaves. So was tall and thin, like me! I then put it under the bigger light. It started growing quite well and so I began feeding it a little Nutrient. So far so good, began bulking up and branching out. Anyway, a mate of mine suggested I bend the plant horizontal and it would sprout more branches. So, I thought, why not! So far it seems pretty happy, I have tied it down ( as you will see in the pictures ) to a basket to train it and support it.
So far, Im afraid, I have not logged or remembered the time frame of which I have had the plant. I would guess that its been under the bad light for about 2 weeks ( maybe 10 days ) and the good light for about 3 weeks.
Its ever so slightly starting to show signs of the tips of the bigger mature fan leaves turning yellow. I initially was feeding it when it was young and stopped as I think I would have killed it. Have been watering it filtered water but I think it may either be deficient ( I dont think so ) but I think it may be heat stress. The light is a HCL? ( looks like an oversized energy saver light ) about 95k? I had it about 2 or 3 inches from the pant, I had a Fan blowing in my closet ( its quite a big space ) and the temperature is about 85f.
I have attached a few pictures showing the way Im growing the plant and the small yellowing spots on the edges and some on the actual body of the leaf.
I want to try and get some more light into the little sprouts closer to the stem ( that is horizontal remember ) to get them growing and want to make sure its either getting what it needs or easy off the water/feeding.
Any help would be great
After an interesting evening with a good buddy of mine, I decided to take a seed he had, pop in in some soil and see what happened.
Two days in the dark and it sprouted a little white tail.
I put it under a generic light ( I have no idea what it is, its not high powered though ) with a timer 18/6 and in a couple of days it was searching for light! I was amazed.
So, I headed down the shop and got a light and fan as suggested on here. I put it in some 'coco' soil and its going great.
I think because the first week or 2 it was under the bad light, it stretched out to get to the light. I was about 4inches tall and then it sprouted it first leaves. So was tall and thin, like me! I then put it under the bigger light. It started growing quite well and so I began feeding it a little Nutrient. So far so good, began bulking up and branching out. Anyway, a mate of mine suggested I bend the plant horizontal and it would sprout more branches. So, I thought, why not! So far it seems pretty happy, I have tied it down ( as you will see in the pictures ) to a basket to train it and support it.
So far, Im afraid, I have not logged or remembered the time frame of which I have had the plant. I would guess that its been under the bad light for about 2 weeks ( maybe 10 days ) and the good light for about 3 weeks.
Its ever so slightly starting to show signs of the tips of the bigger mature fan leaves turning yellow. I initially was feeding it when it was young and stopped as I think I would have killed it. Have been watering it filtered water but I think it may either be deficient ( I dont think so ) but I think it may be heat stress. The light is a HCL? ( looks like an oversized energy saver light ) about 95k? I had it about 2 or 3 inches from the pant, I had a Fan blowing in my closet ( its quite a big space ) and the temperature is about 85f.
I have attached a few pictures showing the way Im growing the plant and the small yellowing spots on the edges and some on the actual body of the leaf.
I want to try and get some more light into the little sprouts closer to the stem ( that is horizontal remember ) to get them growing and want to make sure its either getting what it needs or easy off the water/feeding.
Any help would be great
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