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12-31 3:00 pm put seed directly in to pre wetted soil and covered with glass beaker Reading 80f 60% 1.41vpd
01-01 12:30 pm nothing yet. 85 66 1.37 gonna drop temp about 5f at first
01-02 no change 76 67 0.99 - light water around seed location
01-03 no change 64 58 0.83 - light water around seed location
01-04 no change 57 53 0.75 - light water around seed location - dropped light to 16 inches from 30. is at 50% - outside door was cracked, and it was snowing day before, think lost some heat. fixed
01-05 can see her trying to pop out! 59 52 0.83. Light water and left off glass dome
01-06 looking healthy and growing. calling her fully born. will post pic later 67 63 0.86
Target 3 gallon pots with fox farm ocean forest soil in tent with 150w led at 50% at about 36 inches over head
VPD: what's the minimum temperature I should target during germination / seedling ? The chart I'm using seems to say target .4-.8 , so i'm close to that with my current .75-.83 vp ... but I'm nervous about my seeds in the soil not getting enough warmth.
what is VP or VPD?? I know temperatures as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Substrate/Tent temps should be 15c+ but under 26c for sprouting seeds, if its to warm they grow really lengthy and weak.
RH or retaliative humidity should be in the 60% range. 80% is ok as well but watch out for molds on the mediums surface. Once seeds pop cut open hole in top of cups acting as humidity domes for passive air exchange.
Lights should be the same distance throughout the grow from its canopy. Some people reduce power when in seedling form but in nature they get a good amount of sun. Indoor lights don't normally output more light then the sun either. Try 12" away, if they are stretching to much lower by 4" and test it out. Best get get a light meter and find out optional distance, it's different for every light.
Germination will work in even lower temps but will take longer, and longer time = more opportunities for something to go wrong.
Best of luck
Still doing great. Temp and humidity are still a beast to control , but haven’t given up yet
01-17 60 48 0.91 skipped water
01-18 62 45 1.05 skipped water
01-19 65 50 1.08 skipped water
01-20 71 53 1.21 added 1 cap of cal mag to 500 ml and watered
01-21 59 57 0.78 skipped water
01-22 59 56 0.78 skipped water
01-23 55 60 0.64 skipped water
01-24 57 56 0.85 added 1 cap of cal mag to 500 ml and watered
01-24 57 56 0.85 added 1 cap of cal mag to 500 ml and watered
01-25 70 47 1.87 no water. Much better after upping temp, moving fans, and getting that cal mag
01-26 69 45 1.34 added 1 cap of grow big to 500 ml water
01-27 67 39 1.41 no water
01-28 68 38 1.44 added 1 cap of cal mag and 1 cap of grow big to 500ml water. bent over of main stalk for lst
01-29 69 44 1.38
01-30 60 37 1.13
Almost clobbered her. Hopefully she will have a full recovery, and she does look better 25 hours later
02-06 watered first time in 5 days. Was deliberately waiting for her to act dry and have a light pot.
Then added 1 liter of water with 3 caps cal mag and 1 cap of grow big.
At same time clipped a couple of fan leaves to ope bottom and a couple of bud sites.
Also ph’d water for first time. Not at all confident did it right. Saw near a 5.0 ph in the nute water before adding it, so added 3-4 ml of ph up to get about a 6.0
That felt like a lot to add, so hope my meter was correct. Will have to get something to calibrate with.
Within hours it looked like she was a goner with very droopy leaves that curled under pretty bad.
24 hours later she is about half better with leaves starting to stand up again. Still looks rough, with a couple leaves showing some kind of problem, and the remainder looking mostly ok
All of this at the same time barely seeing pistols so she was just barely starting to flower
02-06 69 43 1.44 1 liter water with 1 cap grow big, 3 caps calmag, ph’d to 6 ish - clobbered Her!
02-07 68 45 1.29 partial recovery
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