You are slowly getting into the territory of pushing plant growing boundaries here. Ever thought about collecting some data and putting results together in a paper?
Well,I do record all nutrient formulas.Definately putting to practice new iseas from last season like much less nitrate nitrogen( at the start anyway). Not being in a rush.My goal this season is to literally stunt the growth of sprouting seeds with the blue spectrum light suppliment.And give everything the young plant needs to photosynthesize at high rate.I have read i struction from reputable sources of letting the plant subside a bit from meristem elongation will actually build energy reserves in the plant and make phospherous and natural rooting agents at the roots.
I am exploring this so as to have no need for seedling cuttings( deciduous) and get quite nice rooting on relatively tiny plants.Dearf them and make masses of low budding and eventually push the plant on or after selling them.
Light recipe experiments are intersting.These seedlings are getting vast blue lighting.I wonder if there is a OD limit..........probably bot when accented with a regular full spectrum white light source.
Usually no time to record much data(for proofing),
But enough charting to improve.....for sure.
So doing everything I know for these this season.
Mainly starting at seed sprouting...low EC(.2),almost all ammoniacal nitrogen,Motherplant 1:1 ratio (rooting) nutrient base,essentially 2-9-2 (ratio)high mono ammonium phosphate starter boost with Calcium at 5 respectively..... right at germination,all fulvic acid and select amino acid as organic chelaters of all mineral ion( organic are taken into plant as a whole with the chelated ion) unlike synthetic chelaters like etda? or whatever which the outer chelate does not get into the plant...so less efficient.
All this happening with ammoniacle nirogen is supposed to be very good as when ammonia nitrogen is finally absorbed it releases a protein based something or other similiar to microbial type amino acid avaiable npk......essentially like lots of chemical reactions going on in the roots first.......like nature.Coupled with co2 fertiliation and blue light ,foliar feeds of kelp................well lets just say I want photosynthetic machines........at the earliest age possible.Extra blue can do this alone.......I tried to up all the parameters in this direction this year.
Ammonium nitrate is only safe in very high amounts at first 1 mnth........otherwise will throw off ph........ammonium takes one direction and nitrate goes the other........there are benchmark percentages.
Each form will produce a different ph root exudate?
Check these!!!
See how long I can keep this going......hopefully extraordinary low branching is the outcome with air-layer like rooting(especially on the deciduous seed stock).
These are definately being meristem suppressed( not always a bad thing).
The fulvic/kelp foliar will make backbudding extraordinarily also( as usual). Lets see what happens.
Even the cotyledon leaves look high brix to me!!!
I want masses of roots to form first.....full of calcium in the stems for future mineral and water uptake and overall a great start .
Letting them stall for as long as possible.........very fun experiment.......instant cuttings or air-layer without the extra work.
oh well we’ll see.Learn by doing
