LSD-25 Auto

D1. After less than two days of germination, she broke the surface of the plug. Half a day later, she is four centimeters tall, and her taproot is showing at the bottom of the plug. I have never had germination this fast and robust—maybe genetics, the plug, the kelp, or perhaps all of it. In any case, we are off to a healthy start. Initially, I planned on leaving her for a couple of days, but considering how strong she is growing, I decided to transplant her sooner rather than later. I put her in a transparent cup inside another cup in the final pot. That way, I can easily view her root development to judge when it is time for her final transplant. I placed her off-center in the tent to maximize the room for LST, put some straw mulch on top of the soil, and put a humidity dome over the plant. I will remove the dome soon, though, as the tent's humidity is relatively high. Ventilation is set to 15 mins per hour, and I set the light to a DLI of 12, but I will slowly ramp that up over the week to 16. ------------------------------ D3. After the first day, I removed the humidity dome as the ambient humidity was high enough. I also turned on the circulation fans to get enough airflow to move the seedling gently. She has grown only a centimeter in height, but her stalk is thicker, and her leaves are getting bigger and have a darker color. I haven't increased the DLI yet as I wanted to let her get more robust and settle into her new home for a couple of days, but I am planning on bumping it to 14 tomorrow. ------------------------------ D5. Exciting news! She has grown another centimeter, and her leaves are getting bigger! Wooohooooo!!! Seriously though, there's not much to report at this point. Well, except that I increased the DLI to 14 yesterday, and I use the straw mulch as a ghetto humidifier by spraying it down with water once per day, and it works remarkably well. lol ------------------------------ D7. At the end of the first week, without much to report. Today, I increased the DLI to 16, increasing the tent's temperature as a bonus since it's getting cold here. ------------------------------