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Monday, September 14, 2015
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Cannatown
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Nottingham, UK
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Project 2a on the coco bed was terminated a while back following a small hole on the side of the pumpkin.
On inspecting the root zone I was taken back by the extensive root network of which I have never seen anything like it before. I also noted that the coco was far too dry.
The photo shows a section of the main vine. Although each tap root shows an enormous amount of rooting, a lot was left behind in the coco due to difficulty unthreading it.
So while CANNA's Coco Professional Plus does indeed provide excellent root zone conditions, roots will grow according to need and it is likely that the exceptional display of roots observed were produced in response to under watering (grower error).
From relatively early on guttation was observed with project 2b and I took this as a sign of over watering (high root pressure). However, consider the scenario that the plant was already under watered. Imagine that it then doubles its root mass in response. It is then watered but now the water uptake of the plant is doubled. This will result in the observed guttation. But, not due to overwatering but the opposite, under watering!
So, the onus certainly was on me to perfect my growing in Coco and that is a journey to be continued next year.
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