Thursday, June 20, 2013

update

So happy with the ladies in rehab, they are responding well!! You can see with the new growth they are now coming out of some sort of toxicity. They seem to have grown out if their previous issues deficient wise and now we are dealing with residual toxicities left behind in the plant. Hopefully with enough patience and the right balance I can get them to where they should have been in the first place, well hopefully pretty close to it. I had expected the older root system to be discolored and more sickly looking if not close to dead and wilted but I am happy to see they are white and seem to have regained some of their vigor. Since they locked up so early in their growth they will not plump more than they have but it seems they have developed new fingers along their sides which is a great happening. There  is new growth starting to peek out you can see has the characteristic fuzz and is plumper as it goes closer to the stalk. The new development is sturdy and healthy and should be on it's way to a true stage of establishment. Transfer should be no problem at this point and they will be encouraged to go further into establishment once in their home bucket. Not anticipating residual toxicity it seems I will have to wait on diagnoses of any possible genetic disorders. Perhaps they won't even show up until later in their lives. Perhaps they will show themselves soon. We'll see. 
I am gradually raising the strength of their nutrients allowing them enough time to adjust to the raise. They should be up to full strength soon so the transfer with the rest of them will be good as the entire system will be on full strength. I am considering holding them back a bit more as further establishment in the containment they are in would not hurt them in the least. 












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