-> Sprout emerges 3 days after the seed was started, marking the first day of this plants life
-> 2 days later the cotyledons open, plant is straight and first serrated leaves appear, so I transplant the pellet into a calmag buffered coco+perlite mix in a 500ml pot and start a super light first feed
I'm using a small heating pad to add just a little bit of warmth in these first crucial weeks. Also a clear plastic cup was placed over the plant to keep the humidity high until I add the humidifier.
The light I'm using these first few weeks is a DIY LED lamp, using two 8w (16w total) led bulbs at 6300k color temp. The cooler light and low power draw are perfect for the seedling stage and also saves my bigger light for the veg and flower time.
As the water evaporates from the nutrient mix, even low EC can turn hazardous for the plant, especially if it doesn't have time to absorb any of the salts in said mix. Lets say you have one drop of water on top of the plant @0,5EC, and as that drop evaporates you will end up with 1EC when half the drop is left, 2EC when half of that half is left, 4EC etc...
Just aim for the soil when you water, and let the soil dry up some before adding more water. GL with the grow! ππ
@MalumProhibitum, oh, I see what you mean now. Yeah they kinda look like that, but I watered with a pipette so I had total control over the waterflow. I think she just decided to be "special" on her own. XD
@TrippyTerps, Yeah, coco is very forgiving and likes being wateredπ I was just referring to the leaves looking like someone had poured acid on em, looks like burns that can be caused by nutrients being left on leaves etc. Still overall healthy green colours, so the plant will quickly recover and grow big and stronk! ππ