RQS AutoflowerGrow- Watermelon, Hulkberry, Cherry Pie, Sherbet Queen

Moli77 Hellooo, Welcome to my diary! I'm glad you stumbled here to join me on my first grow, not just here, but overall. I hope to make a few mistakes from which we can learn here... but more than that, I'm hoping for some fat buds that will push me even fatter into the chair. 😋 After all, you learn what you might do to achieve better results and what you should probably avoid xD I decided on Autoflowering strains due to the duration, and therefore also chose plants with similar life cycle information for the strains. BioBizz Lightmix is my medium of choice, as well as all the products included in the BioBizz feeding schedule, for simplicity's sake, and because I want to deal with and experiment with combinations of other products, Dry Amendments, molasses, etc., in later grows. START 04/09/2024 I packed all four seeds into previously moistened peat blocks, placed them on a plate, covered them with a plastic bowl, and sealed the edges with cling film (once around the plate and bowl to keep the humidity high). Then I moistened them again with water. Unfortunately, no pictures, but it was quite uneventful ;) I used the flint stick from the Clipper to widen/deepen the hole in the peat blocks a bit so that the seed would fall in better, about 1-1.5 cm deep. After placing the seed in the hole, I put a small broken piece of peat on top to close the opening, but not so much that the plant couldn't free itself. TRANSPLANTING TO FINAL MEDIUM 04/11/2024 Hypothetically... well, I was a bit impatient after two days, luckily. I dismantled my plate-bowl construction and took a peek. I could already see that something had happened with the Sherbet Queen, and soon a seedling would rise from the lock. I could also see with the others, when removing the small piece of peat, that it was going to work :) However, with the Cherry Pie, I spotted a small root at the edge of the hole, which worried me a lot, and I decided to break open the peat cube, as the Cherry Pie didn't seem to find its way and would otherwise die. Just for the comment section, yes, I placed the seed with the pointier side, from which the root would visibly sprout, facing down into the hole. When I broke open the peat block, I could see that the root had even grown once, almost twice, around the seed. So, I was able to place Hulkberry, Watermelon, and Sherbet Queen along with their peat blocks untouched into the previously moistened LightMix soil. For the Cherry Pie, I directed the end of the root, where the seed is located, upwards with a toothpick and then "dropped" moistened soil around it to secure it, applying no pressure to avoid damaging the fragile root. I then dripped water with a pH of 6.3 onto the peat blocks placed in the soil and placed bowls over the blocks until the cotyledons appeared. For the future, I can conclude that I will probably use the method of germinating in a glass of water or between cloths, and as soon as the root appears, I will place the seeds directly into the soil.