Four days have passed since the plants were transplanted into their main systems, with the bubbler system now holding the hydroponically grown plant, and an eleven litre pot at last accommodating the soil based one.

I don’t like to open on a negative note, but this is often a worrying time for any grower. All the effort and hard work spent nurturing plants through the early stages of growth can very quickly be undone by them failing to take to the new environment – an admittedly slightly higher risk in the hydroponic set up.

The weather was not on my side, given that the days following the transplanting represented the coldest of the winter so far. However, I made slight adjustments to the timing of the grow room heater to overcome the possibility of a problem.

Here we can see after four days the plants look fine… well, the same as they did before anyway. Thankfully no sign of change is definitely a good thing. If the plants had not taken there would already be evidence of this – namely drooping leaves, but the plant in the bubbler system seems quite happy. The roots are hopefully flourishing too. Disrupting the plant to check on them whilst still in a delicate stage is unnecessary, I am hoping that when I change my nutrients in the next few days the roots will be coming out of the net pot.

The soil plant also appears to be nice and healthy. As I did not water the plant after transplanting, the roots were encouraged to grow and spread in search of it – justifying my actions. Remembering that in an indoor environment the lights can dry out the soil, I’ve decided to give the plant a little water with some Hygrozyme. I used 2ml per litre of water (left to stand to allow the chlorine to dissipate) and added about a litre, there or thereabouts.

Happy that both plants seemed ok, I left them to continue in their vegetative stage.

Next time – Changing Nutrients

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