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To germinate I find that it works best for me to soak the seeds first in a little RO water mixed with Hydrogen Peroxide overnight and then put them in between moist paper towels in a Tupperware container. I place the container in a kitchen cabinet and wait for them to crack open. In this case the whole process took just 2 days or within a 48 hour period. Sprouted under T5 light in grow box. Part 2/3 of perpetual grow after Crystal Candy finishes in 4x2. Will transplant into 1 gallon pots in the 3x2 room.
Sometimes you can teach an old dog a new trick and sometimes that dog just needs to be kicked in the ass for being ignorant. In my case, I need a good hard swift one! OK so where do I even begin?
This has been one of the worst grow weeks ever almost neck and neck with the first time I tried to defoliate lol! Well to begin I am trying Bokashi composting for the first time and I must say that as a food it works very well in an organic grow, living soil type setup. HOWEVER, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL I EVER EVER LET IT SIT ON LEAVES EVER AGAIN!!! I was using it to water and accidentally sprayed some on the leaves. No biggie I figured, boy was I wrong!!! Even though I shook it off the leaves and tried my best to dry them without stressing the seedling it totally burnt up the foliage under the T5. But wait, there's more! Like they say shit rolls downhill. In the mad frenzy to try and save her I watered too much and had to fight an epic battle with fungus gnats!
All in all I must say that I am VERY VERY IMPRESSED with Barney's Farm and their genetics. I mean I have literally stressed this girl to the point of no return and she still bounced back! Unlike most people I want to share my mishaps as well as successes. Everyone messes up from time to time, it's what you learn that will carry on to the next grow. Happy Growing!!!
No harm no foul and a good lesson learned! She is finally shaking off last weeks accidental Bokashi shower and is recovering quite well. I have moved her from the germ box and placed her in my veg/auto tent to hang out for the next few weeks. I also transplanted her from a 4' starter pot to a 1 gallon pot filled with all sorts of goodies, mainly blood meal, neem seed meal and bath guano by Down to Earth Organics. She has done so well that I signed her up for yoga classes lol! Glad to see my little girl is finally happy! As always Happy Growing and Good Harvesting 💪
She seems to finally have settled in her new home and is growing nicely. This week I gave her a nice compost tea to drink as well as added a living mulch layer to help with regulating RH levels. Nothing else to say but Happy Growing and Good Harvesting💪
Week 5 of veg and she is really starting to take up nutrients from the soil and grow into a nice young lady! There was some slight spotting earlier this week so I gave her a nice Cal/Mag solution made from Oyster Shells that has been sitting in water along with crushed egg shells mixed with a little epsom salt, and some other goodies, Also she was given a foliar Cal/Mag feeding which she seems to have loved and is now showing no more signs of deficiencies. I have her next batch of super soil mixed and it is currently cooking for her, hopefully it will be done by next week so that I can transplant her into a 3 gallon fabric pot to hang out for a while with her companions that I currently have growing in my sprouting box. As always Grow Strong and Enjoy the Experience🙏
@PharmaZ, I most definitely willI 👍 she is starting to really take off...I had a slight Cal/Mag issue but luckily I caught it as it just started🙏 Soon as my soil is done cooking I'll be transplanting into a 3gal hopefully next week...Any tips on her or advice?
@PharmaZ, 🙏 Thank you so much for the input, those 2 cents are worth more than a dollar to me...and you are right I don't water to runoff and the whole drying out of the top surface is the reason why I am starting to use a living soil. Unfortunately hindsight is 20/20 and I now know that I need to have the mulch started and growing before I transplant into it.
As for a light mix I tend to make my own soil so would you recommend just a base of Peat/Compost/Aeration Aggregate or no Compost at all? Is it true that a seed has all the energy it needs for a seedling to survive on its own for the first 2-3 weeks?
Thank you for the tip about keeping the top soil moist for microbial life...I only thought about that when I was trying to inoculate some mushrooms in my other grow. And don't worry about sounding any type of way...I'm not sensitive at all...I will take everything into consideration that you have discussed with me and apply it to my grows...hopefully when I start my next batch of girls I can have a starter soil recipe, Maybe I will check BuildaSoil...anyhow would you recommend any minerals in the starter soil?
@@Trumptight420, 😊the fact is yes it looks like you are now ok!👍
I suspect the high amount of organic matter in your compost hasn’t given much space for the roots to quickly develop and fill out the pots. My advice for future...
Starting seedlings in some fresh soil a light mix.
1 bag of seed starting mix using small pots would last you a long time and you would have plants the size this one is now in 2 weeks rather than 4-5...
It’s brilliant how hardy these plants are, you’ve done well to nurse her back to health.
As a side note, calcium and magnesium deficiency show up 2 weeks after the deficiency started. And lots of times it’s actually from lockout or wrong PH not actually from the amount of cal/mag...
NPK deficiency show up on all parts of the plant top and bottom because they’re mobile nutrients
The micro nutrients deficiency show up on the upper parts of the plant on newer growth.
Just make sure you’re letting the pot dry out completely so the bottom of root zone is nice and dry also... You can spray the surface with water to keep the top a little moist and keep the microbes happy if you’re finding the soil surface is drying out much faster than the rest of the soil. Organic gardening is about getting the balance of moisture. You shouldn’t even need to water with run off if your using fully organic.
I hope you can use some of this info it just came to me as I was replying not trying to be condescending it’s hard to try and give some advice without worrying about sounding like a fool. Always here for a chat with people on growing!! it’s good to 2nd guess and look for other answers. Take care🙏👍✌️
@PharmaZ, I had an issue early on with Bokashi burning my leaves when she was a seedling...she shook that off and recovered fully. Other than that I had a slight Cal/Mag Issue this week but I caught the spotting early on and now I think I'm ok...
Hey mate, Let her do her thing for a bit now. She's still only a baby, why so early on the LST?
I'm doing Barneys Purple Punch over in my grow. I'm about a week behind you. Ill follow on 👍
Trumptight420
