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Ok I got 3 more seeds after I killed the last ones, unfortunately I lost one of them cause I can't remember where I put it.
Also, it's already too late to plant seeds but the temperature for now is around 30 celsius so I wanted to try anyways before waiting another whole year to try again.
This time I bought the right soil and pots and I watered less than the other times even though it feels like too little to me, I also put plastic cups on top to make the soil stay damp for longer since people told me that for germination you shouldn't need to water until the plant pops out but last time every time I checked the soil was dry even though I watered until I saw water coming out of the bottom.
I got really low expectations but I guess I need to learn so this is good.
Also I skipped the wet paper towel germination thing this time since I don't think it's really useful (I could be very wrong but I know very little about plants so don't hate me for what I'm doing 😁)
Alright so, I'm at the end of the first week, one of them popped out and looks healthy, the other one though, I think it popped out but burned because it came out of the soil later and the difference between the two is that I gave water to the healthy one the moment it popped out but I gave the other one water before it popped out since I was away for a day so maybe it didn't have enough water the moment it popped out.
Still though, I'm pretty happy for the one that popped out, I didn't think I would be able to make them even germinate considering it's 35 degrees celsius here.
One of my seeds just popped out of the ground and I noticed that leaves have brown and gray tips. What is this caused by? Too much direct sunlight? Not enough water maybe? Does this mean it's going to die?
Yeah if this is outside in direct sunlight, it’s just too much for a little baby like that.
She’s not going to die but try to offer it a bit of cover in this stage of its life.
I don’t think it’s overwatered. The soil seems to be moist enough at the moment.
So let that dry out before giving it more water. If you can move the pot into some shade that would be perfect.
Moved them inside under a window for a bit until they get a little stronger and then i'll move them outside again.
I'm a little worried about the difference of temperature when i move them and the amount of light they get inside.
Second one is cooked but i noticed that the stem is getting bigger, still, i think there's no way of recovering since the top of it burned, so please tell me if i should just throw it away or try keeping it alive.
I realized the plant is gonna die without nutrients, so i tried to add some Monster Bud Mix in the soil even tho i was supposed to do it before planting.
I managed to spread it in the top half of the soil, i hope it works.
Plant was doing amazing but yesterday it got really crooked and today I found it laying on the soil so I took like a 10cm stick and pierced through the soil with it and then ziptied the plant to the stick without tightening it.
I fixed the plant to the stick at the bottom of it since my thought process was that the stick would obstruct the leaves and weaken the rest of the stem.
I removed the ziptie that was holding up the bottom of the stem cause it started looking like it was gonna bend, unfortunately while i was trying to cut the ziptie my hand slipped and i took down 3 small leaves 😅.
After removing the ziptie the plant was bending again so i decided to add more soil to cover up the weak part of the stem and now it looks like she's standing up.
While i was at it i also added a bit more of Monster Bud Mix so that the plant now has fresh nutrients.
I guess it's really small for its age but she's working it out, looks like it's going to start flowering soon.
Had a problem with leaf miners, i took down all the infested leaves and for now it seems fixed, but they'll probably come back in a couple days.
Problem is that i can only find neem oil where i live and nothing else, and neem oil isnt good for flowering stage, so for now i'm just hoping they don't come back.
Leaves started to yellow, i'm happy with how it turned out so im gonna cut it soon, it wouldnt have grown more anyways and storms are coming in a couple of days.
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