s3ntient's Indoor Growlog

[s3ntient]

Hi everyone, this is my first post here

Plant A:
Strain: Unknown
Lighting: 400W Metal Halide
Grow Media/Soil Mix: Mix of potting soil, perlite and expanded clay pellets
Fertilizer: None yet
Temperature Range: Average temperature around 26°C
Humidity: 55-80%
Started From: Clone
Start Date: November 2nd

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When this plant arrived she was in awfully bad shape and much smaller than I thought it would be.  Unfortunately I had to cut the main stem off to have a chance of saving her.  A branch has sprouted from what's left of the stem and four leaves are growing, the plant seems to be doing fine now.




Plant B:
Strain: Hofmann & Wasson
Lighting: 400W Metal Halide
Grow Media/Soil Mix: Mix of potting soil, perlite and expanded clay pellets
Fertilizer: None yet
Temperature Range: Average temperature around 26°C
Humidity: 55-80%
Started From: Clone
Start Date: November 6th

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This plant got here in much better condition, was taller, stronger, and had more leaves.  She is growing well, new leaves are starting to sprout all over.  However for the last couple of day, some of her leaves are completely curled up and I don't know why, any suggestions? 

Upon arrival, after repotting:


Yesterday evening:


Should I be keeping the humidity level stable?  Right now I'm misting them when the humidity drops to around 55% which usually raises humidity to the 70s.

[MstryShovel]

wow that is some crazy curling, that one leaf is all the way inside itself! the curling though is just the plants way of defending itself. Its getting used to its new environment, so just give her some time.

that little stem is crazy at first i was like 0_0 did someone get a seedling?!?! but at least shes bouncing back, just make sure you dont stress her too much as that little stem is fragile!

[Paradoxic]

Yeah I thought you had a seedling at first too. I've had a plant that grew back from the dead like plant A as well. Right now my plants need to do that too because they are nearly dead.

So you just cut off the entire main stem and then that little guy sprouted right out of it..?

Welcome to Salvia Source!

[s3ntient]

wow that is some crazy curling, that one leaf is all the way inside itself! the curling though is just the plants way of defending itself. Its getting used to its new environment, so just give her some time.

I think my light might be too close to the plant, I'm going to try raising it and hope it helps.

I thought you had a seedling at first too. I've had a plant that grew back from the dead like plant A as well. Right now my plants need to do that too because they are nearly dead.

So you just cut off the entire main stem and then that little guy sprouted right out of it..?

Welcome to Salvia Source!

Thanks for the welcome

When the plant got here, like I said she was in bad shape and had lost most of her leaves in shipping.  Shortly after repotting the stem bent over, I tried adding something to support it but that didn't help.  The stem started getting brown where the stem had bent over and she lost her last two leaves.  I knew the only chance I had of saving her was to cut her stem below the browning since I didn't think she'd recover stem pressure.  Unfortunately, I noticed afterwards that the browning continued to creep down the stem even though I had cut below it so I had to cut it again, this time just above the first node.  I had lost all hope at this point but a tiny branch and two tiny leaves started to sprout from that one node.  The browning stopped and she seems to be growing very fast, I can already see a third pair of leaves about to come out

I hope you manage to save your plants!

[MstryShovel]

I wouldnt recon its the light too close, but hey if it helps, then go for it! good luck!

[s3ntient]

I wouldnt recon its the light too close, but hey if it helps, then go for it! good luck!

I dunno, the guy from the place I bought her told me he has the same lamp as I do but has it placed twice as high as mine, so I'm trying it to see what happens.

In other news, the third set of leaves on Plant A is growing nicely, she even put out a tiny air root (you can also see in the picrture where I had to cut the main stem):

[s3ntient]

Plant B is growing well, the leaves that were sprouting at the nodes are growing nicely.  Also the two top leaves that were just coming out in the photo in my first post have gotten pretty big in a week.  The leaf that was completely curled up has straightened out a bit.

Top leaves:


New leaves:


Side view:



Plant A however has slowed it's growth despite producing multiple air roots.  Her color has faded a bit and there's a couple red spots on her leaves.  I'll try to get a pic later.

[Arcygenical]

Your at a perfect position to start pruning.

Seriously, if you remove the newest growth from the very top of each plant, they'll explode outwards.

Just look at all those side branches forming!

[s3ntient]

Your at a perfect position to start pruning.

Seriously, if you remove the newest growth from the very top of each plant, they'll explode outwards.

Just look at all those side branches forming!

Really?  You don't think it's too soon?  She's only about 6in tall now, wouldn't pruning the top growth stop her from growing any taller?

[Arcygenical]

Nope. When you only remove the top leaves (you don't actually snip the stem) you'll get 2 stems in their place... It'll keep growing up. Trust me

Just don't cut too deep. Remove ONLY the leaves. No stem.

[MstryShovel]

Nope. When you only remove the top leaves (you don't actually snip the stem) you'll get 2 stems in their place... It'll keep growing up. Trust me

Just don't cut too deep. Remove ONLY the leaves. No stem.

listen to this man

[s3ntient]

Well I followed your advice and cut off the new growth at the top of Plant B.  She spent a while developing lower growth and extending her new branches, she's become very bushy and has since resumed vertical growth.  I can see something developing at the place where I cut her new growth, we'll see if they become branches.  Thanks for the suggestion in any case, it seems to have done her a lot of good.  Can I do the same to the topmost growth on her side branches to similar effect?

It's been a month since my last update so here are some pics of her now:








Plant A is growing slowly but steadily.  She started developing red spots on a few of her leaves, one of which has slowly started to dry up.  The red spots haven't spread to other leaves so I'm letting her do her thing for the time being.



I slowly accustomed both plants to the very low humidity levels around here and neither seems to have a problem with it.

[Arcygenical]

She's almost TOO perfect. Damn 

[Paradoxic]

I agree, that's an amazing looking plant you have there. What kind of soil are you using for that guy? It looks like it changed since you started the grow log.

[Darty]

Looks like a layer of mulch, but I would have thought that that would restrict air flow? It seems to be doing very well though!