Day 12 - Came back last night to happy plants, so the blumat did the trick for 4 days. They looked a touch dry so I gave them a small supplemental water of 2q/plant. Noticeable growth on all 3 plants while I was away.
Day 13 - All 3 plants are humming along nicely. On their next supplemental water they'll get some more mycorrhizae and a full strength feed of GrowBig. Swapped the water in the blumat system due to smelling stale. Probably should look at a smaller container than 5 gal for 3 plants. Dialed the light from 55% to 60%, they'll probably cruise in veg there for a few weeks.
Day 14 - Plants are nice and happy, growing steadily. They seem to have taken to the increased light intensity well, no signs of light stress from what I can see. Supplemental mycorrhizae and GrowBig in the next few days when the soil is a little drier on all 3 plants.
Day 15 - Plants looked ready for a top water, so each pot got about 1qt. of mycorrhizal drench and GrowBig, and 1 qt. of 6.3ph water. Very little runoff from the pots. Cleaned the humidifier and made sure the blumats were properly calibrated. They look happy and healthy to my (amateur) eye, just trying to stay out of their way at this point.
Day 16 - Gals took the feed pretty well, I found them working on their next nodes of growth this evening. No messing with them tonight, just checked the environment in the tent and made some adjustments to the heating mat to make sure the soil stays warm over the next few nights (it's supposed to get pretty cold here over the weekend). Might kick on the space heater again if I notice the temperature inside the tent starting to drop too much.
Day 17 - Gals are looking happy and healthy, with the 3rd node well on its way to growing out and getting established. Gave them a bit of a break from the humidifier today in order to have them uptake some nutrients from the soil/have them get some variety in terms of humidity. Kicked the humidifier back on tonight, will probably kick the space heater back on for the tent in the next few days as the cold snap moves in.
Day 18 - Kicked the space heater back on today to help maintain temperature at where it needs to be inside the tent. Gals are looking good, will probably look into beginning LST on them soon.
Gold leaf #1 has developed a white substance on one of its seed leaves. Can anyone tell me what this is, and if I need to do anything to combat it it necessary? Going to let the Gold Leaf dry a little bit (no water) over the next 24 hours and see if that helps.
if that is a peat plug or anything like it, it is void of nutrients and plants need them to grow.
It also looks to wet and waterlogged that's not good for the baby roots.
Double check you feed concentrations and watering habits. less is more in terms of water in seedlings and a week feed should be good for mediums void of nutrients.
Best Of Luck!
For people who use Blumat systems, what's the procedure for mixing in nutrients/supplemental things for growth? The Blumat system pulls water when the soil dries past a certain point, so what's the best rule for feeding in that case? Shut the system "off" a few days pre feed?
Your plants look really good. My grow setup is very similar to yours. My plants are in day 15 starting wk3. Keep up the good work. GDP is a great strain. One of my wife’s favorites. We love the purple strains the best.