grow diary (journal) week16 by DegenMJ

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Pjm70commentedweek 62 years ago

Looks like you need some help. Germination, what has been working for me. Drop seed in glass of water about 12 hours. Then move to a wet paper towel. Keep it in the dark. Make sure the paper towel is not soaking wet. You just want it damp. Then keep your eyes on it. Don't let it dry out, Make sure to keep it damp. It should pop with in 24 hours. Your plant is 1 skinny chicken. I think your light source is too far away. Looks like your plant is stretching. Also sounds like you may have nuked your plant with too much nuits. You can try flushing it. Add a lot of water and see what happens. Let me know how you make out. Hit me up with any questions. Oh 1 other thing. Get some peat pucks. Make them damp but not soaking wet. Put your germinated seeds in those until they break ground. Then plant the puck. Keep damp not soaking wet.

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DegenMJcommented2 years ago

@Pjm70, thanks so much for your help! It's my first grow so any advice is appreciated. The challenge lately is I've been getting and reading a lot of conflicting advice. Hopefully these pictures and my narrative helps. Generally, germination has gone well. It has only been the northern lights auto seeds that have not germinated, so I think they were damaged in transit from the seedbank to my home. All the others pop taproots in 72 hours in less. The next challenge is most of them are dying in the soil before rising above it. I only gave the plant nutes 2 days last week and at 1/3 the recommended strength, but after I noticed the yellow tips and curling I stopped. Yesterday morning I added about 1/5 gal of water to try to help flush it out. Should I add more? Don't want to risk over-watering it since that seems like a common problem. The light source is the sun, so can't really adjust that. After the seeds germinate I have been putting them outside directly in their final pots because I read that autoflowers don't like to be transported. Thanks for the suggestion of the pucks, I'll try that!

Pjm70commentedweek 52 years ago

Yes just noticed your outside. I grow outside also. If it's hot out try not giving them full sun for the first few days. You may have a bad batch. Are you letting the tap root get like a half inch long before planting. I use 207 genetics. So far all their seeds have been good.

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DegenMJcommented2 years ago

@Pjm70, no I typically plant right as I notice the taproot poking out of the seed. Sometimes it barely is. Should I wait till half an inch before planting instead?