My First Grow

Started with 2 Amnesia Haze seeds placed in a cup of water near router. The next day they had sank, so I moved them into a wet paper towel, and back to the router they went. By morning the paper towel was dry as a bone and one seed had sprouted their taproot. This can be a huge mistake, as the seed can dry out once it has cracked. With no other options, I spritzed and covered the paper towel over the seeds and then placed it all into a plastic sandwich bag...with a few more spritzes of water. I blew into the bag to fill it full of humid co2, placed it back on the router, and prayed that I didn't waste fourteen dollars. A handful of hours later, both seeds had sprouted nice, white taproots that helped reassure me that they had survived the dry spell. Once the taproot is a bit longer, I will be placing it downwards into a solo cup with a 50/50 mix of Ocean Forest and Happy Frog, along with a handful of perlite mixed in. I've mixed in a half-tablespoon of epsom salt into my gallon of tap water ph-downed to between 6-7. I also add a splash of 3% hydrogen peroxide per gallon to help with the high levels of chloramine in the tap water. 1/15: Not looking good at all. Upon watering a new cup of soil to runoff, in preparation of attempt #3, I've found that the soil was definitely not wet enough when I planted Amnesia seeds 1 and 2. After taking on all of the water to runoff, a full cup of soil had shrunk down to half a cup. The taproot of one of the seeds had flipped over and broken the surface of the soil looking for water in the air. That's how dry this soil must have been. I also kept it in a too-cool room under a common CFL, which likely also stunted seeds 1 and 2. I've cut my losses and started prepping the soil for Amnesia attempt #3. If Amnesia seeds 1 and 2 survive, they will be given the same nutrients as the others, but will be living their lives as solo cup grows if there is enough light and space left over in the tent 1/16: Seed #3 was given the same damp paper towel inside of a damp zip lock bag, placed on a plate on top of my router where it stays nice and warm. 1/17: Seed #3 produced a much longer taproot than seeds 1 and 2, because it stayed moist the entire day and night, unlock the others. Placed seed #3 into some soil that was presoaked to runoff 24 hours in advance (50% ocean forest, 50% happy frog this time) and used the zip lock bag as a humidity dome over the cup. Placed cup into grow tent with light about a foot away from tops of cups and light placed on 50% power. The tent is temp/humidity controlled to 75°F and between 50-65% humidity. 1/18: Prepped another cup of soil to runoff (25% ocean forest, 75% happy frog). Placed one of the NASC Trainwreck Auto seeds into a cup of my ph treated water, tapped it once, and it sank to the bottom; so I figured I'd avoid drowning the seed if it happened to have already cracked. I'd go ahead and place it in a paper towel and zip lock near the router, since this method was working for me. By nighttime Amnesia #3 had pushed its seed to the surface. 1/19: Amnesia #3 has sprouted with a helmet! Not quite an inch I'd say. I will keep lightly misting over the next couple days to try and help break down the seed and membrane so that it'll come off as easily as possible. By night Trainwreck seed #1 had sprouted a medium length taproot, so it was placed root-down in the cup of prepped soil and had a zip lock bag placed over to keep things moist. That then joined the others in the tent. I was able to gently pull the seed off of Amnesia #3 at that time and removed its humidity dome. The tent is between 73-78 and humidity between 60-70% to keep things moist. 1/20: Amnesia 3 has opened up and is showing its first leaves. I lightly spritzed the top of the soil, and a few droplets of water stuck to the leaves and made them droop, so I removed the humidity dome for a few hours to let it dry then ended up placing it back on for the night. 1/21: Amnesia 3 still looks good, but the leaves are a little droopy, so I'm removing the humidity dome so to not overdo the moisture. Trainwreck has pushed its seed to the surface, and appears to have shed it, but it's looking a little tired in the soil. I don't want this guy damping off, so I'm going to take off the humidity dome and let it get pure light without the foggy bag over top. Later on in the evening after thinking about how bad Amnesia 1&2 look, I plucked one out of its cup, doused the cup/soil with treated water, made a hole, and placed him back in. I placed a humidity ziplock bag over the top of both 1&2s cups to see what happens. 1/22: Removing the humidity dome from Trainwreck has helped tremendously. Meanwhile, adding the humidity domes back to 1&2 have also helped grow the first true leaves. The cotyledons on those guys are dead, so I will be lightly pushing them out of the way of the true leaves (not yet pictured). Keeping the tent around 73-76F with humidity below 70, averaging mid 60s to keep the seedlings moist.