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8/23- White Widow popped. No sign from the Black Sugar yet, but I put both seeds into the medium simultaneously so that I could get the lights on them at the same time.
8/25- Preliminary shoot of the W.W. has emerged from the soil. The seed coat is still covering the cotyledons, but should come off in a couple of days. Bl. Sugar still appearing dormant.
8/27- W.W. cotyledons still covered by seed coat, so I removed it with tweezers. Top-dressed with SuiteLeaf XL Grow Dry Crumble (I'm using a year old unopened bag of soil I found in my garage, so there's a possibility for nutrient deficiencies due to the decay of the plant matter in the medium). Watered it in with dechlorinated water (6.2 pH). No sight of Bl. Sugar, began popping another seed just in case.
8/28- Tested runoff, 6.3 pH
How do you prevent seeds from getting a bucket head upon germination? I've never had it happen before this grow, but it happened on both seeds this time and I'd like to prevent it in the future.
It just gets a little bit dry, I try to germinate into a paper towel and then place the taproot into the soil at such an angle that it will need to drag itself out itself out the soil leaving behind the empty shell in the medium. Often times if the shell is exposed to air it drys very fast. Keep a humidity dome on until you can see the 2 coteloydon then take off dome immediately. This should keep it moist enough, if you need to you can very gently pry open the partially opened shell finger nails or tweezers but I found tweezers to be unreliable. This is not ideal but I've saved many wee seeds.
8/31- W.W. is pushing out its second set of leaves. She's looking a bit leggy, so I may need to add some silica to her diet to thicken her up. The second Bl. Sugar seed took root and has risen above the soil surface. On a more interesting note, I was going through my seed bank last night and stumbled upon some Super Lemon Haze Autos and was thinking about popping two or three and chucking them in with the photos, letting them finish completely, and then flipping the photos. That way, I'll maximize my yield with a 90 day veg. I'll have the space to do so, I was planning on mainlining the photos so there'll be plenty of room to let two autos run wild. Who knows what I will do? Certainly not me.
9/1- Lights came on, I did my checks noticed baby crickets hopping around on the surface of the soil. Wtf?? I don’t know how they got there but I’m going to get some insecticidal soap to try and wipe them out. *Note to self: never use old soil again, it’s full of undesirable qualities.* Also, W.W. is struggling to hold herself up.
9/2- Didn’t see any crickets when the lights came on today; hopefully that means the ones I squished yesterday were the only ones. Might’ve come from leftover eggs in the soil, who knows? W.W. still slumped over, so I made a little mound of soil at her base to provide support. Bl. Sugar is progressing nicely, just have to keep in mind she’s about a week behind.
9/4- Growth of W.W. is favorable. The secondary set of leaves are growing rapidly, and the tertiary set will most likely be lying flat in the next couple days. Bl. Sugar is growing quite slowly, I must say. I don’t know if it’s due to the possible N deficiency I mentioned last week (with the old soil), but I’m going to top-dress with some dry crumble, hopefully the 6-10-1 will perk her up.
9/5- Fed both plants last night, and they’ve both increased about 50% in size. I topped the White Widow for the first time today, so I’ll begin the LST process soon.
9/8- The White Widow is one of the most vigorous plants I have ever grown. I’ve topped her four times, and even one of the original topping sites is growing back; along with the two other new shoots. I have a feeling the flowers she’ll give will be very high quality.
Black Sugar is growing slowly but surely, no real notes to make.
9/11- I’ve topped six different branches of the White Widow now, and each time I do, she’s pushing out new tops within 18 hours (usually much less).
Black Sugar has finally caught on and is coming along nicely; will probably top in the next 3-4 days.
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