D4 - Ha! The girl not only sprouted but did so in a pretty short time! We're not out of the woods yet as it is still very early, but maybe the soil wasn't the problem.
I increased the light to give some more light to the other girl in the tent, and I'm now reading around 500-600 PPFD at the canopy level.
Way too high for the Chocodope girl, but I'm counting on her humidity dome will block out some light while she is getting stronger. However, the daytime temp jumped up to around 30 degrees C. #tinytentproblems
D6 - Just a quick update to add pics. Not much to report except that she is growing along just fine. I still don't want to call it yet, but it looks more and more like I had bad luck and got some bad seeds. Oh well, it happens. Even with the best breeders. Still a bit annoying to have two out of three seeds go bad.
D8 - I trimmed the cover crop today as it was a bit all over the place. Yesterday, I started brewing some compost tea, and today I watered the surrounding pot with about one liter of tea. I also put a few drops of the tea in the cup but took care not to soak her completely.
@BigDaddyK, Hmmmm... you could very well be correct as this is the first time I grow in such small pots, and I'm not used to how fast they dry up. I'll water her a bit more frequently and see if it helps. Cheers for the tip.
@SeedsNStems, Sure thing! I used 60 grams of chili flakes and soaked them in 500 ml 60% ethanol for about two hours, stirring now and then, before finally straining it through a coffee filter. This base tincture needs to be diluted to 1:10 when using it. I put around 50 ml of the tincture in a small spray bottle and then added 450 ml of distilled water. Check out my CBD Nordle diary for some pics.
There are also some recipes right here on Growdiaries: growdiaries.com/journal/best-organic-pesticides-to-use-for-cannabis-plants
@love_2_grow,
I think mint is good lavender maybe I am Lucy my shop is surrounded in Box Elder bugs they keep most everyting at bay LOL except the dam spider mites on my Fruit Slap only one they like probably need to get rid it the honeysuckle out side my veg room
@amazongrow, Well, she is a project of sorts in that way that it is the first time I tried transplanting an auto, it is the first time I use this particular soil blend that I made, and the first time I grow in such small containers. Clearly, I must have stunted her in some way. Someone suggested that underwatering might have been the issue, which might be the case since I'm not used to these small pots. We live and learn ;)
@love_2_grow, I thought it was a pet project or something... back in the days I use to do that with some pruned branches =)
she is lovely though =)
congrats