Really need a mentor if anyone is willing. Listening and trying to please to many people is my biggest downfall. Only use my phone because computer is for work and I work for a government department that I don't want to see my personal stuff (im a teacher)
Real nice plants Aqua! Love outdoors grow, wishing to do one one day :) Listening to many people sometimes can be a wrong thing to do, as all got different methods. Hopefully with a mentor you can show us your true potential of growing beasts like the ones above!
Shit happens. Better to pull it than risk the rest of this grow.
Getting more seeds next week anyway. I need to grow or it feels so so wrong. Luckily I live in the sub tropics
oioi Aqua, didnt realize you had a diary going. Nah weather is tip top let em be . They dont like being moved from different light sources eg sunlight and then cool tube sun etc. They get sulky.
That girl is guna eat that fence hahaha. You think about super cropping her/ They all need a feed as well imo. That large one isnt in flower is it? be a laugh if it was cause it will be reverting next month and by the time stretch is done early feb its gunna be mental.
OIOI stop ripping bits off em. If i ripped bits from your respiratory, metabolic and vascular systems, would you be max performance. Check this out.
What is Photosynthesis?
The word photosynthesis can be separated to make two smaller words:
“photo” which means light
“synthesis” which means putting together
To make food plants need:
carbon dioxide
water
sunlight
Carbon dioxide from the air passes through small pores (holes) in the leaves. These pores are called stomata.
Water is absorbed by the roots and passes through vessels in the stem on its way to the leaves.
Sunlight is absorbed by a green chemical in the leaves.
The Process of Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis takes place in the leaves of plants. The leaves are made up of very small cells. Inside these cells are tiny structures called chloroplasts. Each chloroplast contains a green chemical called chlorophyll which gives leaves their green color.
Chlorophyll absorbs the sun’s energy.
It is this energy that is used to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.
Oxygen is released from the leaves into the atmosphere.
Hydrogen and carbon dioxide are used to form glucose or food for plants.
What is Transpiration?
Water in the roots is pulled through the plant by transpiration (loss of water vapor through the stomata of the leaves). Transpiration uses about 90% of the water that enters the plant. The other ten percent is used in photosynthesis and cell growth.
How Does Transpiration Work?
Water moves from the soil into plant roots, up through the stem and into the leaves. The water, warmed by the sun, turns into vapor (evaporates), and passes out through thousands of tiny pores (stomata) mostly on the underside of the leaf surface. Leaf transpiration occurs through stomata, and can be thought of as a necessary “cost” associated with the opening of the stomata to allow the diffusion of carbon dioxide gas from the air for photosynthesis. A simple analogy to help explain the act of transpiration is that a plant transpiring is like a human sweating. Humans sweat by excreting water through pores to cool down. Similarly, a plant goes through transpiration to help carry nutrients throughout the plant and to maintain structure.
What is the Purpose of Transpiration?
Transpiration serves three essential roles:
Movement of water and nutrients – Moves minerals up from the root (in the xylem) and sugars (products of photosynthesis) throughout the plant (in the phloem).
Cooling – 80% of the cooling effect of a shade tree is from the evaporative cooling effects of transpiration. This benefits both plants and humans.
Turgor pressure – Water maintains the turgor pressure in cells much like air inflates a balloon, giving the non-woody plant parts form. Turgidity is important so the plant can remain stiff and upright and gain a competitive advantage when it comes to light. Turgidity is important for the functioning of the guard cells, which surround the stomata and regulate water loss and carbon dioxide uptake. Turgidity is also the force that pushes roots through the soil.