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Here we go!
It doesn't let me pick both glass of water and paper towel, but I tend to soak my beans for 24h in a glass until they sink, then transfer over to paper towel and a warming mat for them to start popping.
Running a BloomPlus BP4000, Diablo 3 Part Nutrients and CalMag with coco coir and perlite at a 75/25 mix.
Will update with pictures and success rate as they pop! Cheers! 🌱
End of Week edit: 100% success! Beautiful!
All seedlings have now been sowed into straight coco in solo cups using plain pH adjusted distilled water and placed in the tent and under the light. Once every seedling has broken surface, I will update to commence the official beginning of veg. Until then, even under coco, I still think of them to be germinating.
Stay tuned for more over the next week! Happy growing! 🌱
First week went as good as it gets! I gave them their first feeding on day five, so it's been two days since then and they seem to have taken it well. I probably could have went a little stronger, but we'll see how fast their growth rate becomes and if they can handle two feedings back-to-back to bump things up a little more, and I might add some rooting stimulant for week two before they get transplanted, likely to happen early in week three.
Still using ziplock bag covers over the solo cups to maintain humidity during lights-on, and they seem to be working well, but I'm wondering if I should poke a couple more holes to allow more fresh air exchange as they get bigger until I can get an actual humidifier. Probably will.
I downloaded a lux meter app, and its showing between 16,500 - 17,000. I'm not sure how accurate it is being a smartphone app, but that's at 36 inches from the tops of the solo cups. What do you guys think about this?
Thanks for stopping by everyone! For ones already following, you may have noticed I scrapped my original entry for week 1 and replaced it with this one. I feel it's better to start a new update post at the end of the week, rather than at the start of the week. Hope that's cool!
What are your thoughts on Lux meter apps? The app on my Samsung Galaxy S10+ is showing 16,600 Lux at the tops of the seedlings, and converting that to a rough PPFD shows 222.55/umol/s/m². Reading more, 15k-45k Lux and 200-400 PPFD is good for early veg.
What are your thoughts?
Yeah that’s good for newly popped seedlings.
On the light meter apps - I highly recommend ” Photone “ app. It’s been reviewed against the benchmark several hundred dollar apogee light sensors and is surprisingly accurate. If you look up on MIGRO light meter apps on YT you can see the data on it. He tests several phone apps against the apogee. Photone was the closest to actual PPFD readings from the apogee device.
Download is free but it costs to unlock the actual use of it. Totally worth it to me. If you do buy it- make sure you follow the instructions about putting a paper diffuser over top of it !
Not a stellar week and I think I've identified some issues which I've outlined below.
1. Sowing in straight coco with no perlite + overwatering + small drainage holes = taking too long to dry causing root zone to be too moist. Could explain drooping, downward curling + leaf spots. I read that N tox causes downward clawing, but the yellowing as well as only getting a light feeding tells me otherwise.
2. pH drops aren't as reliable as I'm thinking, and I think my pH is out of range causing deficiencies. Could explain discoloration and unhealthy leaves/growth. I might have gone too high, then too low causing large pH swings. Drops suck because at this point, I'm not confident what my pH is.
3. I think I might also be light on the feed, and I could have probably started full strength nutrients earlier. Could explain the yellowing going on.
As you can see in the photos, I've gotten prepped to transplant and have a 75/25 mix of coco-perlite in my 5 gallon fabric pots to help with providing more oxygen to the roots, as well as ensuring it dries out in a timely fashion rather than retain water for too long.
I also have rooting hormone powder I picked up which I'll be sprinkling to the insides of the holes when I transplant.
I also have a pH pen on the way which should be here tomorrow (Dr. Meter brand), so I can get a more accurate reading and eliminate that possible problem of being out of range.
Other than that, I do apologize for being late on the update. I've been swamped with work, kinda leading to being neglectful (evidently).
I'll be sure to update on time for week 3, which should be July 1. At that point they will be transplanted with happier roots, well fed, with a more dialled in pH, so I'm hoping to see them bounce back! ☹️🤒
As always, thanks for stopping by. You guys are the GOAT. 🌱
(Just a heads up too, I know I'm posting my update 3 days late, but the pictures posted are dated from June 24th so that's how they looked on day 14, just wanted to be clear, thanks 😃)
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