I harvested my first ILGM LSD Auto this past week. In this grow, I am growing the three LSD seeds I have remaining. They started on Friday in a glass of water, then into the paper towel overnight. They have been planted in three separate A Pot For Pots, two are in 5 gallon pots, and one is in a 2 gallon. I used the "banana peel solo cup" method, where a bottomless solo cup is cut into "peels", which are implanted into the large pot. This helps contain the small amount of water needed to sprout a seedling, and encourages downward root growth. The intention is to avoid transplant stress - which I feel may have contributed to their sister's short stature (20 inches)! The petals are removed once the plant establishes. I added a "smidgen" of Mykos into each planting hole, I am convinced this helped with the amazing root growth I saw in the last grow.
The seeds are currently chilling in their tent with RH around 60%, under a DLI of 10. Temperatures are in the mid 70s. Currently installed is a 100 CFM fan, which is until the plants need more light at which time the 400 CFM will replace it. My large filter is set up to vent outside, and is hanging at light height to help with temperature control - this light runs HOT. I bought it because it was a bargain and twice as powerful as the light I used in my first grow.
I hope to see sprouts in a few days!
1/31/22 - Happy birthday to seed C! She poked her tiny head up this morning, I suspected she would be first. She looks very healthy. Tent at 70-72 degrees (even though the lights accidentally ran 24 hours a day - I hit a slide on the bottom of my timer that sets it to "outlet on" instead of "timer". Whoops! The good humidifier has been moved into the tent and is set at 50% RH. The pots are still tented with plastic, which got a little spray of water to keep the humidity inside their environment up.
2/1/22 - Day 1 - Happy birthday to seeds A and B! They were popping last night, but pulled their little heads above the soil today. So this will be "day one" for the triplets. They all look very healthy, green and strong and showing healthy cotyledons and tiny little first leaves. I'm very pleased! Sprayed their plastic - and check the humidifier, it's holding 50% humidity just fine, though it seems as if it will need a gallon of water a day to keep up. Probably more once the lights start cranking!
Names: A = Audrey Hempburn; B = Betty Weed; C= Claudette Goldburn. "Old time stars" grow!
2/2/22 Happy Groundhog's Day! Too bad about the 6 more weeks of winter... The girls are doing just fine this morning, they got 15 ml each of water, plus their plastic covers sprayed. All seems well with them, I note Betty seems a little "behind" in that she hasn't spread her first leaves yet. I'll be watching her like a hawk for any signs she's turning into a "twisty" which this strain is prone to do. I upped the DLI to 11 today, will add one daily until we hit 15, then likely remove the covers.