I am very happy to say that the test tent is rocking and rolling with many special beans from my friends and Gage Green Group! It has been a wild summer so far and it is looking to be an excellent Fall. Please feel free to ask questions or leave comments.
Three weeks from sprouting and the group as a whole is looking very well. However, from the ALLA test group that had two seeds that did not germinate, I lost one sprout after 2 weeks leaving this test group with only three plants which are doing very well.
Average height of plants in each group
ALCI: 8 1/8 inches
EPTA: 8.5 inches
YMPH: 6.5 inches
ALLA: 7 1/3 inches
Structure From greatest overall to least:
EPTA: Most developed stocks at 2-3cm for entire group and displaying the most consistent node spacing from leaf set to leaf set. Each has 5 to 6 nodes.
ALCI: All of the plants in set are very strong with common stock width of 2cm and bulking. Each has 5 nodes that very consistently spaced apart.
YMPH: This test set has shown the most variation in growth and base stock width. 3 of this group are very robust and have both shown extra vigor, while the other half of this group is slow to catch up. 4 of the 5 largest show consistent node spacing and over all this group shows signs of greatness, even though the have grown much less uniformly than the other 4 test groups (Besides the loss of half of ALLA).
ALLA: This group is quite amazing. While 2 did not germinate and 1 was lost shortly after germination the remaining 3 are very healthy though they are displaying some less than desirable traits. 1 from this test group is very strong and would compare to the other test groups, it is the most developed plant from the entire 4 groups and has begun to push out its branches from the lower nodes (beyond leafs no other plant in the test tent has developed this much). The remaining 2 have very slender stocks from 1-2 cm and have shown a bit of over stretching.
Happy Medicating!