Irvine gg4 x mango

All 3 seeds germinated successfully with these peat pods. Overall I'm not impressed by using them. For full germination as was recommended to me by a friend that always used them. Plus peat moss is unsustainable when farming and harvesting it. I won't use them again personally but they did the job ok and they retained water very well. I didn't add any water to them after they were hydrated and kept them in a dome to keep the humidity around 80-90%. One is dead due to the shell not coming off on its own. By the time I helped it was already a brown and yellow mush. Another did not split its first leaves on its own. I helped it a little bit but not sure if it will make it. I have it propped up due to it growing sideways too. I will keep a close eye on it. The last one came out just fine. And a small root was coming out the bottom of the peat pod. Hopefully it's a female! All of them are now in 4x4 inch by 6 inches deep pots. I have my light turned down to its lowest setting and 36 inches away. Going to run these for 18/6 cycle. Normally I do full 24 during veg but trying something different this grow.

A little late on this week's update. All of them are staying up on their own and showing their first set of true leaves. I've been keeping an eye on the soil to keep it from drying out. Only adding about 1 to 1.5 cups of water every 3 to 4 days. I am looking into new water options like rain collection or a water filtration system.

Both of these plants are growing well. Their leaves are getting fat and short. One is still wanting to lean. I've used supports and once it no longer touches them I wait a couple of days then remove it. Next day it's leaning over again. I've collected rain water and stored it in a black bucket with an air stone in it.

I am testing the FIM method on these plants. I may have went a little lower than I am supposed to but the plants are recovering. I will tie them down this week. They all have really close node spacing. Since these are all regular seeds I am deciding when to flip to flower. I'll most likely do it in the next 2 weeks depending on how they recover from the FIM