The Ninja Fruit matured, were sexed, and are 5 full weeks old. 10 females and 2 males. NF2 and NF5 are the males. Not a lot of options. Unfortunately, NF2 has been disappointing from the beginning and will probably be discarded. Fortunately, NF5 has always been an eye catcher for its quick germination, aggressive seedling growth, bushy structure, and first to show pre-flower at 25 days. Enough of the growth structure and vigor level were evaluated at 40 inches tall and full maturity. Therefore each Ninja Fruit was cloned 4 times and topped. The only thing left to know is how each one performs in flower. NF12 was removed from the garden. Because, it was 40 inches tall and there were barely 4 branches big enough to clone. NF12 has always been disappointing. 12 Tropic Moon were germinated and they all sprouted in 3 days. They are now 1 day old seedlings. The Tropic Moon will reach maturity at 5 to 6 weeks old. At that time the Ninja Fruit clones will be well rooted and the last batch in flower will be harvested. As a result both the Tropic Moon and Ninja Fruits will be ready to enter flower at the same time. Gotta be as efficient as possible with limited space and lights. The BLD mother clones that rooted were again cut and recloned. A6 has been in flower for 87 days now. The plants are still drinking sugar water. Apparently they are not dead yet. A8, on the first day of week 10, is still aggressively packing on weight. One third of A10 was lollipopped One third of A10 heavily defoliated One third of A10 has been left untouched. A10 has been in flower for 6 weeks and a couple days. Inventory was upgraded.
Well the Tropic Moon seedlings are now enjoying their second day of life. The are being manually bottom fed. Bottom feeding eliminates any chance of over watering. It makes the coco on top intriguingly fluffy and aerated. For the sake of the grow log: here is a closer look at each seedling.