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Chamalla It's not every day that you find 13 nondescript bag seeds while tidying up a shelf ...
😶 ... I have no clue whatsoever when I collected them, what strain they are, or if they were even from the same bag of weed. I do know they must be at least 4 years old and have not been cared for other than being sort of hidden away from light and (somewhat) air.
I've started soaking all of them, expecting that *if* any of them germinate they won't be many. And I have no idea what they will be.
It's a surprise grow! 😁
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Week 2. Vegetation
7y ago
1/5
20 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
1 L
Pot Size
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
BioRHIZOTONIC
2 mll
Chamalla I hate damping off disease. First time I'm seeing it. Hating it already. Would prefer not having seen it.
They're stretchy AF, but they're under new lights now.
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Week 3. Vegetation
7y ago
1/2
20 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
1 L
Pot Size
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
BioRHIZOTONIC
2 mll
Chamalla They're looking better. Topped them both this week.
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Week 7. Vegetation
7y ago
18 hrs
Light Schedule
28 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Night Air Temp
1 L
Pot Size
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
BioRHIZOTONIC
2 mll
Chamalla Three cuttings of each have rooted. One of each left, hopeful to see roots on them soon too. Using supersoil like in my no-till planters except nothing for aeration (not needed in 1L air pots) and no biochar (makes more sense in the no-till planters, not in small starters). Only add water. =)
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Week 9. Flowering
7y ago
1/2
12 hrs
Light Schedule
28 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Night Air Temp
1 L
Pot Size
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Chamalla The two original plants were running out of vertical space so I cut up them up into clones. But it's fine, I already had 4 rooted clones of each, which I have now put into flower instead.
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Week 11. Flowering
7y ago
1/2
12 hrs
Light Schedule
28 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Night Air Temp
1 L
Pot Size
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Chamalla Berta turned out to be a Bert. Erna is a luscious flower!
Of half a mind to take let the two get it on and make sweet sweet seeds.
I've separated them for now to safely collect Bert's, ahem ... pollen.
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Week 12. Flowering
7y ago
12 hrs
Light Schedule
28 °C
Day Air Temp
Weak
Smell
40 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
1 L
Pot Size
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Chamalla Yes, that is Bert in there, ready to pollinate all the Erna clones. I want seeds of this mystery strain.
The small pots make it difficult to stay on top of watering, especially with a dehu inside the tent.
They are *either* from weed that I bought 4-5 years ago in Scotland, *or* they are from Dutch grown weed (in which case they are about twice that age!).
You may need to exercise some extreme patience with old seeds. I've got an experimental grow going with some 10yr. old beans and almost just tossed their dirt and the beans 20th hi my they wouldn't sprout.....just took three weeks, but they're mean green beans growing strong now.
Her leaves started turning yellow and dry, like the Haze Express before her. Pulled the plug on her, not going through that again. Erna & Berta are still doing fine. *knockonwood*
I had to put one of them in a pot already, as the tap root was growing upwards for some reason. The unused bottom 2/3 of its rooter can be seen in the picture before. They're all turning a nice healthy green though. If I only get these three plants out of this unexpected find I'll be quite happy.
Quick update: a 3rd one has since started wriggling its little tap root out of its shell - oddly enough one of the 5 that didn't sink. So ... good news there. We have at least 3 live ones so far.
I've taken another 4 out of the paper towel, because they had managed to crack their shells open a few days ago but were showing no further movement, and to prevent infant death I decided to have a closer look and carefully opened the shell of one further.
The seedling inside looked white and healthy. So I removed that half of the shell completely and, trying not to touch the seedling, placed it in a rooter plug with the exposed side up against the moist peat. I did that for all 4 of them. Not sure if they were already dead when I did this, or - as I'm hoping was the case - they were just a wee bit exhausted after cracking that shell half open and needed that little bit of help to get going once more. See if they start moving again over the weekend.