They grow up so fast
It has been 12 days since this little lady emerged from the soil and began her journey. She has two full sets of leaves now and is really going to start growing faster over this next week.
The makeshift greenhouse has been working perfectly for her. I think by Friday, she will be too big to continue using the greenhouse, so I will be removing it so that her leaves don't catch on the sides as I put it back over her. Seedlings love a high humidity environment, so I have been removing the bottle and misting the insides of it a couple times a day to keep the humidity levels up.
She seems to be doing great so far. She has a nice long and sturdy stalk that will just continue to thicken up as she gets larger and puts on more weight. Next week, I will being to introduce some airflow across her leaves to strengthen her up a bit.
I haven't really had to add much water to her little pot over the last 12 days because the little greenhouse has kept things moist. I am pretty optimistic with this new soil and I think that once I get her into the 10 gallon pot, she is going to get pretty massive. I am just hoping that she has begun to get a nice thick root system under the soil.
So much happens under the soil during the first few weeks of a seedlings life. Having a good root system is crucial to the health of your cannabis plants. You can think of the roots like the circulatory system of your body. The roots seek out all the nutrients to feed your plant, but at same time, it creates a sturdy foundation for your plant to hold up all the weight of those thick buds that you are aiming for late in harvest.
It's pretty crazy that this skinny little thing will soon become a massive plant with close to a 16 square foot canopy. I have some really high hopes for this grow and I really hope that she does as well as I think she can.
The next few weeks are going to be very important to ensure she has success in her later weeks. I have a new vegetative nutrient that I am going to try along with the kelp nutrient that I have used in the past. This soil is not a living soil like I have used in the past few grows, so she will need some nutrients during veg. For flower, she will be getting the same mixture of flowering nutrients I have been using in the past that I have had a lot of success with.
One thing I am really looking forward to with this grow is that it is the only plant in the tent, so I don't have to worry about differing canopy heights. I think that was part of the reason why my Purple Haze didn't do as great as the other plants because it was below the white widow and it didn't get as much light.
Growing cannabis is a lot of fun and super rewarding and it is nice to learn new things with each grow so that the next grows turn out even better.