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Hi Grow Fam!
Hope you are all well!
It's the first week of the grow, and it's always exciting moment when seedlings emerge from the soil. These early days are crucial! The first 7-14 days are vital for these little ladies. Nurture them like they’re precious. If a seedling gets stunted, it's often best to start over with a new seed, as stunted seedlings take a long time to recover or might even die off.
To prevent issues, watering the right amount to keep the soil moist is essential. Immediate feeding the seedlings at this point could harm the roots rather than help them. Just a pinch of sea salt and mycorrhizae will be plenty to support these seedlings!
Let’s get growing! Stay safe, medicated, and grow with ultra-low-cost techniques!
Hope you enjoy!
[GERMINATION]
Soak seeds in a shot glass for 16 hours. I used to be strict about keeping them in a complete dark and warm place, but now, as long as it's not cold and is somewhat dark, I just leave the shot glass in that area. No more foil or large cups on top of a heat mat, and they germinate just fine.
[SEED PLANTING]
I plant these 16-hour water-soaked seeds directly in soil. Most of the time, seed shells will open and taproots will poke out during the time. Be gentle when planting the seed to avoid damaging the taproot.
[SOIL MIX WITH NUTRIENTS]
- TOP DRESS DRY NUTRIENT: 1 TBSP / GALLON (A LITTLE LESS) - 8/4
I apply Veg Dry Nutrient (Down to Earth - personal mix) as a top dress once the seedling emerges from the soil and then every 2 weeks.
[WATERING - WHEN DRY]
- SEA SALT: 1G / 1 LITER
- GREAT WHITE: A DASH / 1 LITER
[TO CONCLUDE]
I hope everyone can try this method. Sea salt will supply most of the seedlings nutrient needs, and promote the soil microbes.
1 Corinthians 10:26
⚡️⚡️ Instant Organic Feeding starts here!⚡️⚡️
Hi Growmies~!
This lady also hasn't fed with top dress for 3-4 weeks now
Just feeding home made veg. nutrient.
No Cal/Mag, or other nutrients were added, and no PH.
I am going to add sea salt one time of feeding with nutrient,
while she is in transit to flower to support macro & micro nutrients
INSTANT FEEDING ORGANIC!
Let's get it !!
[ FEEDING 7TH WEEK on 9-10 week strain ]
- 60ml / 1 Litter VEG Liquified dry nutrient (HOME MADE)
- 1 feeding (pinch of Sea Salt/Gallon with Veg nutrient)
1 Corinthians 10:26
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[WEEKLY NOTES]
9/18
I've been noticing some stress in the plants lately. They haven’t had any Sea Salt, and I'm seeing a few issues:
1. Small pot and root zone stress
2. Some nitrogen deficiencies
3. Magnesium deficiency
I’ll be addressing these issues in the next 2-3 days using only organic methods. I’ll start recording from day one to document the process.
Remedy
1. Sea Salt – 1/4 gram per liter during feeding
2. Home Cultivated Live Microbes - 5-10ml / 1 Litter
9/19
Last 4 pictures are taken 9/19 @ 12~12:20PM
I could wait more, but just want to feed now while she is in transit.
10ml / 1 LItter was mixed and gave @ 12:23PM on 9/19
I am hoping to see stress releaf in 24 hours at least..
9/19 2ND UPDATE @ 6:30PM
2 Pictures were taken.
It wasn't the pot being too small, but found out pot caucer was too fit
and it was holding full of water..;
This plant seems to stopped light green leafing a bit
and inter vein darkening has started this morning until giving Microbes.
6 Hours later seems to have stopped or came back to normal color a bit.
9/20
At 6 AM, things look pretty much the same as they did last night at 6 PM,
which was about 6 hours after the microbe feeding.
The darkening of the leaf veins seems to have stopped,
and the lighter green leaves have stabilized as well.
Since this plant is bigger than the one in SSKNF Grow #3,
it might take a couple more days to fully recover compared to Grow #3.
9/21
Last day of the week, and just one more to go.
I'm optimistic that the plant is bouncing back,
though I realize I could have given her a bit more attention earlier on.
Now that she’s recovering, I’m looking forward to seeing how she progresses from here!
9/28
I feel bad coming to her every morning.
This is the 2nd run on coco, came from a die-hard Fox Farm fan on all house plants.
Underestimated new media needs to be tested or studied..;
Heard that coco gives you some crazy root actions.
Haha, so much for the root action on this run -.-;
Haven't been a plant killer for a while.
I will need to ask the board what kind of deficiency and/or stress this is.
9/29
Phew…
Asking the board sure helped right away.
It’s a bit embarrassing with the inconsistency, but it was worth it!
So, she had a couple of problems.
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The pot saucer was too tight and had waterlogged for 3 days.
The strain and/or her roots required a bigger pot.
It seems these two issues made the deficiency happen faster?
The boards are saying it’s a nitrogen deficiency.
In my dry nutrient mix, I cut down nitrogen a lot, which is probably one of the reasons.
Another interesting thing is higher dosing and microbe cycling.
I was testing FoxFarm with 100-150ml on preflowers, and the results were great.
So from now on, she will be fed liquified nutrients (70% Bloom + 30% Veg).
Also, I gave up on her pistils and started spraying 100ml/1 liter of Veg to see if she can take it.
Mr. Choi once said, you’re just putting lotion on your plant while they’re asking for other nutrients.
Hopefully, this is not my case with all the spraying.
Just hoping she can finish...
9/29
Didn't know everyone could see my post that fast...
People probably saw every time I updated non-grow diaries with words...
I should stop now and just document my grow.
She was just fed 150ml of Bloom.
But this morning, after watering, I got some help for her.
Started foliar feeding with veg-heavy liquified nutrients.
SSKNFbyHAZE
