8/5
It's been 1 week since she popped up from the substrate.
The presoaked seed is still a no show. If it doesn't germinate this week then I will plan to get a clone to grow alongside the successful seed.
Haven't started feeding nutes yet. Once there are 3 good sets of leaves I will start dosing. The substrate should be rich enough at the outset, since there's a lot of worm castings in there.
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Update 8/9
Took some measurements after the seedling started showing some stress:
SOIL
Ph - 7.18
TDS - 563
WATER
Ph - 8.1
TDS - 182
LIGHT
520 PPFD
So some adjustments need to be made.
•Light level dropped to get to ~250PPFD.
•I will be watering with a slightly acid watering solution (aiming for Ph 6.0) until the soil is a bit below 7. I'll be adding molasses to the water to drop the PH and add some nutrients.
• removing the cover feom the germination tray all together.
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Strain: Humboldt Pound Cake - Feminized : Humboldt Seed Company
Substrate: 60% Jiffy Organic Seed Started 40% Back to the Roots Organic Earthworm Castings
Nutes: worm juice + molasses (1 liter/5ml)