yeah everything has been pretty good now. these plants dont need much attention at all....i see why ppl say this is a good plant for begginers now! i think about them all day while im at work hoping the 95 degree sun doesnt toast them to a crisp (it peaked around 104 today.....)
the only minor problem i had this week (besides those blasted caterpillars....havent seen anymore though) was this morning when i was a little rough with two of the HST'd widows and actually split the stems wide open! i was slightly worried about it until some good folks here reassured it was gonna be ok.
as for the ferts, i gave them another dosage today of gb as id plannned to. besides me going through the growing pains of using ferts for the 1st time, the widows have shown very little signs of nute burn. i upped the concentration a little (5 plastic spoons to a gal of water)
but only gave them about half strength as i diluted that mix with straight bottled water. i think within the next two weeks or so ill start giving them the full strength treatment twice a week and see how that goes.
as for my friends plants, one died a few days ago but the others are looking great since the 1st time i gave them ferts. i bet his will end up looking better than mine with all the crap theyve gone through with the terrible weather the 1st few weeks lol but its all love this was more or less a joint op between us but i have the better growing locale on my side. his plants are just starting to get the 5 flora fan leaves. mine range from 3 to 7 i believe....i hope i get one with 9 that will be kool haha
after my little caterpillar ordeal, this is the healthiest plant. lookin good.....lookin good
these two are the ones i damaged this morning......you can tell by the slumping groing tips. im pretty sure theyll be ok though ill have to see what they look like in the morning.
battle scars from the caterpillar saga...still my fave though. since these are from bcseeds, if any of these look to be a real widow its definitely this one....dont want to speak on it too soon though. this is the only one ive come up with a name for so far.....Star!
even the runt of the litter is starting to come up!
these are my friends two. they sure do like them some grow big......the bottom one grew so fast that it completley straightened out the 90 degree bend in the stem! i think it was trying to tell me something so im letting this one grow without training
and here is ms lady. judging by the development id say im somewhere around 3 weeks? thats a complete guess....i never though this would be a female in the first place because i tinkered with it so much and intentionally stressed it to learn from it. im not even using any nutes but i will be using molasses to see how that works out by the end of the week.
my only real concern is that i have no idea when to expect them to start flowering. seeing as to how this one just burst into flower has been really irking me because it happened in the middle of july out of nowhere. i have this one in the same spot as the rest yet they dont flower (thankfully so)? if i could get another month of veg i would be more than happy but i doubt it...........heres to hoping!