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masterofsmeagol 3/23 All seeds have been placed between wet paper towels to germinate. The folded pt is placed in a small zip lock bag which I spray the inside of the bag with a mister and breath into it before sealing. This has always worked good for me germinating. From here i think I'll do my normal routine and put them in peat pellets once they pop. Then they'll be placed under an aerograden with new lights. Once root development allows it I then transplant to solo cups. While vegging indoors they will be under a 1000 watt l.e.d light (ill update make and model), and one or two 150 watt hps lights depending on necessity. Final substrate is fox farm ocean forest, happy frog and roots organic 707. Containers are mostly 20 gallons with one 10g one 40g one 50g and one 30g. Planning to do the same this year as years past. May use coast of Maine Stonington Blend this year. Plants are grown in a "Grow Cage". This year I'm considering adding some netting and other improvements. However, I'm getting ahead of myself. I need them to germinate first. They don't go out until at least June 1st. 3/25 All special Kush #1 germinated and were transplanted into peat pellets. 4 of 5 pink kush seeds were germinated good enough for the transplant. One seed was further behind so I left that one for another night to catch up. Purple queen seems to be taking longer. Such small seeds but I can see a couple starting to open up.
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Week 1. Vegetation
1mo ago
5.08 cm
18 hrs
21 °C
7
91.44 cm
masterofsmeagol 3/30 It's been 7 nights since germination. The purple queen has ONE seed with a TINY taproot coming out. I've written to n.a.s.c and am waiting to hear back. All those Trop Cherry seeds popped in 24hrs so it's nothing I'm doing. I have other seeds arriving this week. I moved the 5 royal Kush and 4 Pink Kush to where they will veg until they can go outside. They are transplanted into Fox Farm Happy Frog and are under a 1000watt L.E.D with just the veg switch on. I want to make sure I don't burn them. When they get bigger ill add an hps. 3/31 I weighed a cup of dry soil and it came to exactly 200 grams. I then weighed the seedlings and they were either 10g over or under the DRY soil. I need to get them on a proper watering schedule. I watered everything with a shot glass. I also filled a pot with water under the light to increase RH. I'm bummed out that WHOLE pack of purple queen was junk. I hope North Atlantic Seed Company goes good for it. I still los all this time. And I thought MAYBE ONE might be popping but NOPE. I filled out the necessary paperwork and have seeds in the mail too. I have seeds here but Maine is a challenging climate and I want to run strains that will give me the best chance for success. 4/1 I made my FIRST stupid mistake of the year. When I was watering my seedlings I left the light off. Luckily they have a window thats south facing with blinds that let a little bit of light in. They look like they might be stretching. They are settling in nicely though. My other seeds touch down Thursday. Just 5 but still. Those trop cherry seedlings dropped their seeds right in the paper towel lol. It was just an experiment but I took a couple of them and put them in peat pellets. I doubt I'll grow them and normally I'd never let anything get so far in a papertowel. The purple queens still haven't and I doubt WILL pop. I took the one that LOOKED like it might have a taproot (under magnification) and another and put them in peat pellets under the aerograden light. I'll probably junk the trop cherry but I'm hoping I might salvage a couple purple queens. Worst case scenario I lose a couple peat 4/2 MY other seeds should arrive today. I weighed the cups and they didn't appear to need water. They seem to be stretching a little so u lowered the knight slightly. I'll take a picture and put it up. The trop cherry seeds turned into full fledged plants in the papertowel while the purple queen still hasn't germinated. Those were definitely a flop. I'm only growing strains that will flourish here. EDIT: MY OTHER SEEDS ARRIVED TODAY AND I'M PLANNING ON POPPING THEM. NORTH ATLANTIC SEED COMPANY CONTACTED ME AND WENT BETTER THAN GOOD ON THE ORDER. THEY GAVE ME enough (can't write dollar amounts I guess) for me to get a pack of 10th planet shipped for cents! They are awesome to deal with. This is the second time they've gone good for a mistake. Last time I made a typo on my address but they fixed it. Now I'm wondering if I should wait for the 10th planet to come or do those next year and pop the ones that came today. I'll give it some thought. 4/3 SEeds arrived yesterday. Chem dog #4 and mk ultra. I'm wondering if I should pop a few of these or if I should save them and wait for the 10th planet to get here. I'll think about it a little bit. Seedlings appear to be stretching. I'm considering flicking on the other switch. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't harm them abd they might grow a little faster. These trop cherry seedlings I'm going to give away are taking off wonderfully. Maybe I'll save one. Not much to report. Just indecision. Lost the internet so I don't know if the pics I took this morning will upload. Watered everything with a shot glass. Went to roll a joint and the pics disappeared. I'll have to upload them once internet is back. I kept checking my email for my tracking bit my intuition told me to pop 2 mk ultra and the chem dog #4. Right after i finished I looked online and there was my tracking number lol. Oh well, my intuition has really been on point lately. At least if these don't pop (which I highly doubt) than I'll be able to pop a few 10th planet seeds. Seeds got popped around 3pm. 4/4 Weighed cups and looks like they will need water tomorrow. I added some pictures and checked my diary where I did seeds before with the hps lights. My tatu 1000 watt equivelant (100 watts) light is what I've been using with just the veg switch on 36ins away as the manual says. I've noticed some stretching and I asked my commercial buddy what he thought. He was honest and told me he didn't know much about l.e.d's but that I've had great results every year using my other lights so he asked why I switched. That made me pause and think. I took down the tatu 1,000 watt equivelant l.e.d and replaced it with ONE 150 watt HPS. I'll observe the next few days. I'm sure it would've been fine either way but I've ACTUALLY used this before and had good results. When they get clone size I'll switch or ADD the light until the go outside. I'm not checking the seeds I'm attempting to pop until it's been 24hrs at least. 1 Chem dog #4 2 mk ultra. I feel better about the lighting switch. My intuition is telling me it's the right move. I'm much more familiar with HID lights. EDIT: CHECKED SEEDS AT 5:30 26.5 HRS AFTER BEING PLACED IN PAPER TOWELS. BOTH MK ULTRA HAD POPPED. ONE ONLY HAD A TINY TAPROOT THOUGH SO I PUT IT BACK TO TRANSPLANT IN THE MORNING. CHEMDOG #4 HAD TBE LARGEST TAPROOT. BOTH WERE TRANSPLANTED TO PEAT PELLETS UMDER AN AEROGARDEN LIGHT LIKE IVE DONE WITH TBE OTHERS. I DECIDED TO GIVE THE OTHER MK ULTRA THE NIGHT TO DEVELOP A LITTLE LARGER OF A TAPROOT. IM SURE IT WOULDVE BEEN FINE. 4/5 Watered all the seedlings with a shot glass. I think it was the right choice to switch lights. I'm really unfamiliar with the L.E.D lights. Looking at the year I did seeds this light worked awesome. I just hope I didn't stunt them. A couple look a little stunted, but I think they'll come out of it.just LONG without much leaf growth. I mean the seedlings arent very old. Last time i didnt start veg until they wete larger. When the seedlings get clone size I'll add or switch the light. I got rid of all but two of the SOUR cherry. I thought it was Trop cherry but it's sour cherry. I took apart the pellet to see if it was growing ok. They were working developing nice roots below ground as I expected. I'm wondering if some may have a problem with peat netting. I'm sure everything will be fine. I'm hoping I don't need to remove any helmet heads. If I germinate more I may just go straight into soil. The other mk ultra was transplanted into a peat pellet. If they make it to cup transplant I'll add them to this diary. I MAY have done something to a couple of the seedlings under the HPS as it looks like a couple are stretching but don't have much leaf growth. Hopfully the light change will fix that. One has its true leaves but they are praying andit doesn't look great. Some look good like they are starting to take off. I'm probably worrying for nothing. These seeds weren't even put in papertowels until the night of march 23rd or somewhere around there.
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Week 2. Vegetation
19d ago
5.08 cm
18 hrs
21 °C
7
91.44 cm
masterofsmeagol 4/6 Woke to see two seedlings have lost their shell. Only one had a weird long curvy taproot that has come out of the soil. I'm not sure if I should perform surgery or just wait it out. I mean I can see the seed on top and the cotylden leaves. It's like it dips and can't hold the seedling up. The other mk ultra popped excellently and another has the seed visible. I'll do some research but I'm now doing away with peat pellets and going right into soil from now on. It seems like these just cause problems. The seedlings under the hps are doing better. I think it was smart to switch the light. I can see what MIGHT ve burns on a couple seedlings and TWO haven't developed there true leaves or are very stunted. So if those three don't make it ill be replacing them with the ones I just popped. I may pop tge other two mk ultra but more likely I'll wait the three days until my 10th planet comes. I took apart some of the sour cherry seedlings just to see how they were growing. Makes me feel better as it might not look that great on top but they were working on developing roots. I'll update later. I've got a lot going on in my life but I need to make sure I take care of my seedlings. 4/7 Pretty sure I watered today. I'll have to check but I know I did. Things are going better. I think that bigger light stunted them. The 2 mk ultra and 1 chem dog #4 sprouted and were in peat pellets. I transplanted them into solo cups with happy frog and put them on the outskirts of the light. I thought i might've lost one because the taproot came out of the ground and bent. I'm suprised it came out of it to be honest. And fast too! My Etho's 10th planet came so I'm thinking of popping a couple of those as well. They won't be stunted and this strain has done the best by me. 4/8 WATERED EVERYTHING WITH A SHOT GLASS BESIDES THE FRESH TRANSPLANTS. Forgot my water yesterday so I'll pop a couple 10th planet today. I MIGHT not lose any seedlings. They seem to be coming out of being stunted. The ones that WERE stunted anyway. However there are a couple I'm not sure of. Better safe than sorry. I'm getting excited. I'm going to bring the other hps light to my cousin and he'll fix it quick. That way I might not even need to switch to the L.E.D (that I'm not as familiar with.) I'm sure it will be fine either way. Clones did great under the l.e.d. I think it's just a bit much for seedlings. Which is strange since they sprout under the sun? I have the least experience dealing with seedlings as I usually but clones. I forgot to take pictures too. I have to go back over and ill take some. ADDED A FEW PICTURES AND POPPED 2 ETHO'S 10TH PLANET SEEDLINGS. THIS WAY I CAN SAVE A FEW AND ILL HAVE MOST OF KY BEANS FOR NEXT YEAR. IVE GOT A BUNCH OF AUTOS TOO BUT IVE NEVER GROWN ONE. ONCE THINGS SETTLE DOWN AND AFTER THIS SEASON I MAY TRY MY HAND AT INDOOR AND THOSE AUTOS WOULD BE GREAT FOR THAT. NOT SURE IF I SHOULD START A SEPERATE DIARY FOR THE 10TH PLANET OR JUST KEEP GOING HERE. IF I DID IT WOULD BE A SINGLE STRAIN DIARY SO I COULD ENTER CONPETITIONS. BUT DO I REALLY WANT TOO? 4/9 DIDN'T WATER. MISTED THE TOP OF THE FRESH TRANSPLANTS. HAVENT CHECKED THE 10TH PLANET BEANS YET. ITS NOT TIME. I may end up losing a couple seedlings. I'm not sure. They may just be stunted bit I could've damaged them when I removed the seed from the seedling. Only time will tell. That's why I popped the two 10th planet beans so even of I lose a couple seedlings, I'll have what I need for the year. It's like those couple are growing taller but the true leaves had barely formed and don't seem to be getting any bigger. They probably got burned and stunted. I'll monitor them. CHECKED THE 10TH PLANET AROUND NOONTIME. WASN'T THINKING AND IT HADN'T BEEN 24HRS AND ETHOS SAYS TO WAIT 36 HOURS BEFORE CHECKING. BOTH SEEM TO BE VIABLE SEEDS ONE HAS A TAPROOT AND THE OTHER HAS SPLIT OPEN. I'VE LEARNED MY LESSON AND IM GOING TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER 24 HOURS. NEXT YEAR IM GOING TO INVEST IN A HEATING PAD FOR SEEDLINGS. Edit: What a change in weather from two years ago. I got that intuition feeling so I went to check the girls. They seem to be stretching but not NEARLY as much and are now getting some leaf growth. They were all within 10 grams of dry soil weight save for one that is a larger plant. That was 217. Everything got watered with a shot glass and the soil slowly soaked it up. I even had to water the fresh transplants. They have grown to the top of the cups! I filled in the Ched dog #4 with soil and watered. The mk ultra is larger and the soil was a little chilly. I put a little under the light to warmup so I can fill in the other two plants. Man I feel better seeing them out of their slump. I never should've started with that 1000 watt led without testing it. No matter what the box says. I'll take pics tomorrow. 4/10 Had a crazy morning. Didn't take pictures as it was a hurried morning. I filled the 2 mk ultra cups with soil and watered a shotglass. Looking at the first series of seeds I started, (the pink kush and special kush #1) two of the 3 seedlings that are stunted SEEM like they might make it. I might cull them anyway if growth doesnt pick up with the others. I'll see what happens. The first true leaves are coming apart when the were straight up amd stuck together. They looked done for. Luckily we have SUCH a long veg season that even if something is stunted, we have time for it to come out of it. If it will. Things are going well since switching to the hps light. I noticed some slight yellowing on the Chem dog's first true leaves, so I pulled the tray away from the light a little bit. The two mk ultras in the same tray are fine though. I may start a new diary for the tenth planet. Not sure but the 2 seeds attempted germinated and had a nice taproot. I transplanted them DIRECTLY into solo cups with a little Happy Frog soil and Myko's and slightly covered them before misting the tops. I cut a powerade bottle in half and it fits IN the cup perfectly a humidity dome. I misted the tops as well and put them under the asrgarden light until they break ground and get their true leaves. Man I can't wait. I know it's been a rough year for EVERYONE but I've had some particularly difficult situations. Can't wait for this season to start. Next time I go over I'll get some pictures but nobody really wants to see seedlings. They pretty much all look the same. At least I learned something. Oh and I took apart all the sour cherry seedlings that were growing and dissected them and found why a couple had problems. Seedlings are what I have the least experience with so when my whole pack didn't pop I wanted to see if it was me but it wasn't. All those other beans popped and I got some hands on experience dealing with seedlings so maybe a blessing in disguise!. EDIT: WENT OVER AND CHECKED THE PLANTS. I WEIGHED THEM AND I ASSUME THEY WILL NEED WATER TOMORROW. I DID WATER 3 I THINK AS THEY WERE UNDER 200 AND HAD BIGGER PLANTS. EXCEPT THE ONE THAT LOOKS THE WORST. THAT SEEMS TO DRINK A LOT OF WATER. I THINK THAT MIDDLE ROW (2 SPECIAL KUSH 1 PINK KUSH) WERE STUNTED. HOWEVER, I CAN'T SEE WHATS UNDER THE SOIL AND THEY ARE GROWING TALKER AND DRINKING. THE TRUE LEAVES THAT ARE TINY AND LOOKED DONE FOR ARE PARTING AND THOSE PLANTS ARE STILL STRETCHING. I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT MY LAST DIARY I DID SEEDS WITH AND AM TRYING TO REPLICATE IT. ONLY THIS TINE WHILE I AM REDOING MY HOUSE AND MOVING AS WELL AS BEING A MEDICAL CARE GIVER. ENOUGH OF THAT. THE SNOW IS GONE. ITS A LITTLE DISCOURAGING LOOJING AT SMALL SEEDLINGS INSTEAD OF BIG CLONES BUT BY THE END OF THE SUMMER THE SEEDS WILL SURPASS ANY CLONE I BOUGHT AND I WONT HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT CONE WITH CLONES. I NEED TO EMPTY AND CLEAN MY BAGS AND CLEAN AND STERILIZE MY GROW AREA. I ALSO NEED TO POISON THE CAGE AND BLOW ALL ORGANIC MATERIAL OUT AND POISON THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. 4/11 Seedlings are doing ok. I'm wondering if I should put up the other hps as thats what I did the year before when I did seeds. However they weren't "stressed" or "stunted." I think I MAY lose one but the other two had the true leaves stuck together and looked crispy. They've since started to open and I can see new growth. Other seedlings seem to be taking off and finally developing some leaves. The 2 mk ultra and 1 chem dog #4 didn't experience that other light and they seem to be doing great! Checked the 10th planet and one seed is poking out of the ground. I can't see the other one yet but it was a little further behind and I may have sowed it deeper. WATERED everything but the mk ultra and chemdog. I just misted the top of the soil. 4/12 WATERED ALL THE KUSH WiTH A SHOT GLASS. The mk ultra and chem dog didn't need it. Weighed cups and the lowest was 199 to about 207. The three stunted or (damaged) plants seem to be coming out of it. At least new growth is coming and they are drinking just as much as their siblings. I'll play it by ear and see how it goes. The jumped in size just since this morning bit phone was dead. Both 10th planet are now showing in the soil! Things are going good. I'm stoked!
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masterofsmeagolstarted grow question 19d ago
Quick question. I popped a seed with a curly taproot but I made sure it was pointing down. I woke up to a taproot out of the soil (white with hairs) but the seed bended up again and shed its seed. Will it fix itself or should I transplant it? Thanks folks.
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 19d ago
This is why direct to substrate is a better option. Roots generalyl know up from down, but if flipping it around and handling it etc, it probably got 'confused.' Also, possible it just took path of least resistance.. something blocked it so it tried to go around etc. maybe, a transplant is enough, but fiddling with it carries its own risks too. Seedlings are a bit picky about being fucked with and somtimes just stop growing when you do mess with them. Damaging the root is incredibly easy at this point. IF no fine hairs branching off and can easily seperate from the peat puck, maybe wise to re-plant and ensure the tap root isn't tangled at the top. if you simply transplant and make sure the bury the exposed tap root, it should turn downward on its own, but it'll still be quite superficial at that bend. Any compaction or erosion and it gets exposed will simply turn exposed surface into stem eventually. Usually not too big of a problem, but the 'tap root' is not just some small stretch of exposed root. I don't know what kind of ramifications of a seedling haveing to develop a new tap root is, if that becomes necessary.. i'd assume it is at least a bit of delay. This is why it's good to plant twice as many seeds as you need. Fuck the headaches, lol. cast them off and keep the good ones rolling.
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PiratePeteanswered grow question 19d ago
I'm on my first grow and this happend to me on 1 plant so put a handful damp soil over the top and its turned out exactly the same as it's sisters Good luck!
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TruTraTri
TruTraTrianswered grow question 19d ago
Other point of view... Maybe the light wasn’t coming from directly above? If she’s off to the side or shaded a bit, that might’ve confused her direction. Anyway, roots moist + time 😜
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Week 3. Vegetation
12d ago
5.08 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
7
91.44 cm
masterofsmeagol 4/13 10TH planet is doing phenomenal under those aerogarden lights. I'll wait a little bit then I'll bring them over with the others. I'm comparing the growth to the growth of the mk ultra and the chem dog as they are of a more similar age. I watered the 2 mk ultra and the chem dog #4. The others looked alright so I'll check later on. The three in the middle will probably be culled. The may recover but if they don't it doesn't really matter. I'll have what I need. I'm super excited for this season. I shouldve done more 10th planet. The "kush" seedlings are starting to take off. The leaves are finally starting to get bigger and they are developing new growth. WENT BACK OVER AT 1:30. PLANTS WILL NEED TO BE WATERED IN THE MORNING. ONE PLANT WAS DOWN TO 199 GRAMS BUT IT HAS A LITTLE LESS SOIL IN THE CUP. THEY ARE GROWING AT A MORE RAPID PACE AND I DONT WANT TO INTERRUPT THAT. OTHER CUPS WERE LOW BUT NOT READY TO BE WATERED. I THINK EITHER WAY IT WOULD BE FINE BUT IM ERRING ON THE EDGE OF CAUTION. I MAYBE SHOULDVE WATERED THE DRY ONE BUT HINDSIGHT IS 20/20 AND I KIND OF WANT THEM TO BE ON A SIMILAR SCHEDULE. I GRABVED A TACK AND CHECKED THE DRAIMAGE IN THE BOTTOM. I ADDED A FEW MORE HOLES OB THE BOTTOM SIDE. I MAY JUST HAVE TO JUNK THAT MIDDLE ROW OF 3 I STRESSED BY DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE LIGHT MANUAL SAID TO DO. OH WELL I PLANNED FOR THAT WITH THE 2 MK ULTRAS AND THE CHEM DOG #4. ALL ARE DOING GREAT. SOME OF THE SOECIAL AND PINK KUSH ARE GETTING THEIR TERTIARY SET OF LEAVES SO THEY ARE PULLING OUT AND GOING TO TOWN. THE ITHER ONES (MK ULTRA, CHEM DOG, 10TH PLANET) THAT DIDNT GET STRESSED SEEM TO BE GROWING AT A FASTER RATE. I THINK I MIGHT TRY AN AUTO THIS YEAR. I HAVE A FEW BEANS. ILL THINK ABOUT IT BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE FRESH WEED HALF-WAY THROUGH THE SUMMER. 4/14 WATERED ALL THE KUSH WITH A SHOT GLASS. THEY WERE VERY DRY. ONE WAS IN THE 180'S. I FOUND THAT ONE OF THE PLANTS THAT WAS STINTED HAS FALLEN OVER AND WAS LIMP AGAINST THE CUP. I IMMEDIATELY REMOVED TGE TWO SEEDLINGS THAT WERE BY FAR THE WORST AND I ASSUMED I WAS LOSING. I TOOK THE PEAT PELLET OUT AND THE TAPROOT HAD BARELY PENETRATED ONE AND HADN'T PENETRATED IT AT ALL ON THE OTHER ONE. IM NOT USING THOSE PEAT PELLETS AGAIN. ITS WIERD. I'VE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. PLANTS SEEM TO BE DOING GOOD. IM CONSIDERING STARTING ANOTHER SEED OR TWO. MAYBE AN AUTO. Edit. I added mykos amd happy happy frog to the 10th planet in the solo cups. They are already to the top. I watered them with a shot glass of water amd some mykos. 4/15 I added soil to the top of the cup on kush plants and watered them with a shot glass. It seems like I may need to up the water as it's only lasting about a day. I'm seeing some slight stretching but I have no idea why. They are just seedlings and it's a 150watt hps light! Last year I used 2! I think they needed to stay under the cfl's a little longer and thatci nightve stressed them prematurelyremoving some helmet heads. Or maybe they are having problems breaking through the pear netting. I'll tell you one thing im NEVER using peat pellets again. I have other seeds and autos I could start if needed. I have what i need but if I lose a few more I'll be pissed. Maybe better to startca couole more. Those 10thvplanet are doing amazing and blowing past everything else. They look so healthy. I'm going to download a light meter on dad's iPhone and get some readings with all the different lights today. 4/16 I was able to download a FREE app for a light meter. Apple has one bit you have to pay for readings of any of the "good" lights. I had a very hurried morning and didn't take any pictures. That one special kush that was burned like the other two I threw away (or damaged when I removed the helmet head) is starting to look like it has some NEW growth. I've kept it but a little ways away from the others. I weighed all cups and they didn't seem to need water. I AGAIN packed dry soil into a cup to get a reading. Still 200. When they get within 10 grams of dry weight I'll water them. I measured and found I had the light further away than it should be. I lowered it to approx 3ft from the top of the canopy. I'll try to map the area and see what I'm getting for results. Then I'll plug in my L.E.D and see what I get. I only lowered the light because readings (that may be inaccurate) say it's not enough and two years ago when I used this light i used two. That is unnecessary I think for seedlings. I'm just trying to get them through seedling phase intact so I can move to veg and switch my light. Transplantvinto one gallons. This is where patience comes in. I'm sure everything will be fine. I just am a worrier. 4/17 I used that light meter to check the ppfd. It says it should be between 100-200 but it was only reading at like 65 and this was after I lowered the light. I'd need to go down a ways to get anywhere close. I tried to check my l.e.d and that was low so I can switch back fine. Especially with the light meter app. However the plants seem to be doing better and have tertiary leaves so I'm hesitant to change things when they seem like they are having a growth spurt. I may take the 2 mk ultras and put them with 10th planet since they are doing so good. Won't let me upload pictures. WATERED ALL THE KUSH WITH A SHOT GLASS. EDIT: WENT BACK OVER AND USED THE PHONE APP METER ON THE LATEST IPHONE. I LOWERED THE LIGHT RO A LITTLE UNDER THREE FEET. THAT GAVE ME ABOUT 100-120 ON THE HOTTEST SPOT AND LESS FURTHER AWAY OBVIOUSLY. IM TAKING THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. I MEASURED ME 100 WATT LED AND WITH BOTH SWITCHES ON I CAN REACH OVER 100 EASY FROM FAIRLY FAR AWAY. ILL BE MONITORING GROWTH AND DECIDING HOW TO MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. I TOOK THE DOMES OFF THE 19TH PLANET BUT THE LEAF TIPS STARTED TO CURL. THE NEED TO BE HARDWNED OFF. THE CFL WAS TO CLOEE AND BRIGHT BUT MORE SO WAS THE RH OF THIS BUILDING WHICH IS PRACTICALLY NOTHING. ILL HAVE TO MOCE THEM WITH THE OTHERS. UNTIL THEN I POKED HOLES WITH A TAC ALL OVER THE DOME. THAT WAY IT CAN VENT A LITTLE BIT. I'LL SLOWLY ACCLIMATE UT TO THE LOW RH INDOORS BEFORE THE GO TO THE 100RH OUTDOORS LOL. 4/18 Didn't water this morning because things were over 20grams dry weight. Came back around one and weighed and most were within the 20 grams. One was under 200. I can see more growth since the light adjustment but I still see some stretching. But I've seen noticeable growth in a short period. I'm contemplating waiting to see what happens for a few days or to just switch to my l.e.d using my meter as a guide. Even though the box tells you how far to hang it. I'm bringing the aerogarden over to the grow tomorrow. I have a few more as well. I'm going to check that with the light meter and am considering putting the mk ultras and maybe the chem dog under that. I mean those are doing great. I poked more holes in the dome and have been exposing the plants to low rh and increased light. They don't have immediate effects anymore. I have the domes popped open too. They are gett9ng acclimated. Realistically I'm wondering if I should just pop more 10th planet or mk ultra or an auto but looking through my other diaries things will be fine. I worry to much and I usually grow clones. Outdoors. Plus most of my stuff was stolen so I'm making use of things the best I can. My money is going into good soil. I also checked the temperature at the hottest spot under the light and it was 80 degrees. This is telling my I can't really lower my light anymore. I've got some thinking to do. EDIT: 10th Planet has done well all day without a humidity dome in this extremely low rh. I'm going to bring them and the aerogarden to the grow tomorrow. I have my l.e.d setup to test. I plan to use the light meter to see what is closest to the correct ppfd. A lot of it will be gut feeling too. I'm interested to see the reading on the new aerogarden bulbs. Those seedlings are doing awesome. 4/19 Didn't water this morning I don't think. I was hurried. Got back and found one seedling that had been growing some bigger leaves just flat on the cup. Luckily I had noticed it drooping (should've watered) and picked up a straw on the way home. It weighed 180 grams. Everything was low and I MAY have watered yesterday bit I don't think so. With this hps so close its bringing the temp up to 80. I checked the cfl aerogarden lights. Wow are those bright! I had to raise them to get in range. I put the mk ultra and chemdog under the aerogardeb light. It's about 300 bit it has a couple hot spots that bring it up to like 4k-5k. The 10th planet's loved it though and did great. I held my hand over the plants and it seemed ok. Now for the hps light and the pink kush and special kush #1. I put my tatu 100 watt (1000 watt equivelant lol) 248ns above the seedlings I had just watered. Since that hps dried everything out so much I gave them 2 shot glasses. I'll keep monitoring things. I feel like this is the best bet for me. If I fuck something up I'll have to pop more 10th planet and mk ultra ect. But I've got to make sure things are in the right range. If it stretches a little I'll just have to repot it a little sooner than the others. When they outgrow the solos they go to 1 gallon. Tomorrow I'm picking up AT LEAST a bag of fox farm ocean forest so I'll be ready for transplant when necessary. I need to get all my pots together and bring the other hps to my cousin to fix. However when they get bigger I might just use the l.e.d AND the hps if I had too.
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Week 4. Vegetation
5d ago
5.08 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
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91.44 cm
masterofsmeagol I STARTED ON THE DIARY WAY TO EARLY. I HAD TO POP ADDITIONAL SEEDS DUE TO AN ENTIRE PACK NOT GERMINATING. AFTER THAT I EITHER BURNT OR INJURED A COUPLE SEEDS REMOVING A FEW HELMET HEADS. IM FEELING BETTER ABOUT THIS SEASON NOW THOUGH THAT THINGS ARE FINALLY IN THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. IM CONSIDERING POPPING A COUPLE MORE 10TH PLANET JUST IN CASE. WE'LL SEE. 4/20 Happy 420 and Easter to everybody! Checked the girls this morning and at noontime. It was a good idea to switch lights. I'm seeing positive growth under both the duel 1500 lumen cfl's and the 1000 watt l.e.d. with an actual draw of 105 watts. The single 150 hps couldn't go low enough without raising the temp. I may add it layer after transplant in edition to the l.e.d. the plant I had to put a straw on has perked itself up and now has 3 fingered leaves. I'll have to bury up the stem a little on a few after they fill these solo cups. I WATERED everything that was under 20 grams dry weight which was most everything. I'm seeing a dramatic difference thus far. I'm wondering if I should start a couple more 10th planet in case one doesn't make it. The kush seedlings have finally showed a little more advanced growth then the seeds popped later which makes me feel good. It will be interesting to see how these turn out. They are going to be extremely resilient high yielding potent plants that will make it to harvest early. Words have power. 4/21 The lighting switch is working out good. When the plants fill out the solos I'll put the hps back up and use both until they go to their final spits outdoors. I watered everything under the led light which is all pink/special kush. I watered a couple in the aerogarden if the were under 20 grams of dry soil weight. I may have to up the amount of water but I'll be keeping an wye out. Still wanting to pop a couple more 10th planet. I've seen the first 3 fingered leaf. Can't wait for this season. WENT BACK OVER AT 6PM AND EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD. I HAVE THAT ONE PINK KUSH THAT STRETCHED AND I HAD TO PUT A STRAW ON IT IS PICK8NG UP WELL. IM JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BURU IT DEEPER WHEN I GO TO GALLON POTS. IT WAS NICE TODAY AND I GOT A LOT IF SELF CARE DOWN AND HAD SOME OTHER TROUBLES BUT SEEING MY GIRLS GROW UP MAKES ME HAPPY. IM GOING TO USE THE PAR METER AGAIN TOMORROW AND BEGIN CLEANING AND SANITIZING MY GROW AREA. I HAVE A LOT TO DO. 4/22 WATERED EVERYTHING AS IT WAS WITHIN 20 GRAMS DRY WEIGHT. Plants are improving. I'm FINALLY reaching REAL veg with a couple seedlings that have grown their first 3 finger leaves. I'm looking forward to the transplant to 1 gallon. They seem to explode after that. That and the few that stretched can be buried. Now it's time to hurry up and wait. The thing is, now that some have stretched they are growing leaves which makes it top heavy on a ciuplecdue to the elongated stem. Still looks good though. I also rotated the plants to minimize hot spots. 4/23 Things are doing well. I watered everything but two in the back of the aergarden that were still over 20-grams over dry weight and i added soil to the 10th planet cups. Not because they were stretching but just so I can weigh it with the others so I can water properly. I'll check on them later. The oldest seedlings have their first three fingered leaves. I've been shopping around for soil. I think I'll round up all my 1 gal pots and wash them as these will need a transplant in a while. I should check the ppfd again. I also need to ready my outdoor area and sanitize it. Plenty of stuff to do. May still end up popping a couple more 10th planet. Not sure. EDIT: WENT OVER THIS AFTERNOON AND LOCATED ALL MY ONE GALLON POTS (AND A COUPLE OF THOSE SLANTED ONES THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN A GALLON). FPUND THE 3'S TOO BUT IM GOING INTO ONES THEN HOME BABY HOME. AT LEAST THATS THE PLAN. I EMPTIED LAST YEARS GROW BAGS AND BURNED THE LAST OF TEO CANNABIS STALKS. I STILL NEED TO DEEP CLEAN THE CAGE. I JEED TO SPRAY THE PALLETS WITH THAT PESTICIDE THAT KILLS EARWIGS (THE ONES I CANT REPLACE). I ALSO NEED TO GET ALL THE LOOSE SOIL THATS FALKEN OVER THE YEARS AND THE LEAVES OUT OF THE CAGE. LEAF BLOWER AND A RAKE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT. I HAVE A BRUSH BURNER AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT USING IT BUT THEN REALITY SUNK IN. AT LEAST I GOT SOME WORK DONE. WASHED UP NIDE AND PUT ON HAND SANITIZER TO CHECK ON THE GIRLS. THEY LOOK GREAT TO ME. I QUICKLY SHOT TWO PICS AND BEAT FEET. I SHOULDVE NOT GONE IN AT ALL BUT THAT WAS THE POINT OF ME GOING THERE. TO CHECK IN THE GIRLS. IM SURE THEY'LL BE FINE. 4/24 Had to go back and water. I watered the two in the ag that weren't watered before. Most of the cups under the l.e.d were right on the cusp (220, 218 ect.) I watered a couple and left the others that weighed a tad more and misted the top with a spray bottle so it won't totally dry out. I'll check later but they are growing at a rapid pace now. I'll probably end up watering. I'll probably have to up the volume. I think I'm going to go get a bag of ffof to put in the house and warm up. That way I cam transplant whenever I want. I'll check around for prices. EDIT: Went to the local grow store and bought 3cf of Fox Farm Ocean Forest which will be mixed with the 2cu bag of Happy Frog I already have when I transplant into the 1 gallons pots. I got prices for all the soil so now I just need to figure out how many bags of each I need. I want to get it early so it's still there. I'll be doing my math. Went back over and and as predicted the three cups under the led were "almost" within ten grams of dry weight. They probably could've waited (212, 211, 208) but they are close to breaking the ten grams over dry limit that seems to be doing good for me. I showed my commercial buddy cause he hasn't seem them a while and I could tell he was impressed. I'll take pictures tomorrow. I cleaned the cage a little bit more. My buddy thinks going into 1 gals is the better option than going into 3's. If I have to then it would just be the bigger plants and I have a few gallon and a half ones I'll use for the bigger plants. Still debating whether to pop more seeds and pheno hunt or just go with what I've got. What I've got is looking good. I just don't want to lose any. Might be smart to start a couple extra.
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James
Jamescommentedweek 01mo ago
Good luck and happy growing mate! 🌱
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James
Jamescommentedweek 01mo ago
Good luck and happy growing mate! 🌱
masterofsmeagol
masterofsmeagolcommented1mo ago
@James, thank you! You as well!
masterofsmeagol
masterofsmeagolcommentedweek 01mo ago
It's 3/28 and I'm going to have to switch to veg tomm. A COUPLE purple queen seeds look like they are cracking through that rock hard seed but the others have their first true leaves and long taproot out of the peat pellet and are brushing th top dome. I bought one bag of happy frog and some solo cups. I took soil out of the bag to warm cause it was freezing. I hung the lights and got everything ready for an easy transplant in the morning. The soul is warm enough so I COULD do it bow but tjey are going to another location amd it's easier to transport in the peat pot dome. They can take one more night. A couple might bend but they'll be alright. I've been super busy today or I'd already have had them done. The trop cherry hasn't been 24hrs yet and still looks like the same stage as the purple queen. I really hope they pop but I'm starting veg with these girls tomm. I've got gorilla skittlez and mk ultra coming if the purple queen is a bust. Even if the go good for it it really fucks you overctime wise.
masterofsmeagol
masterofsmeagolcommentedweek 01mo ago
The purple queen seeds are JUST starting to so a tap root. Must be old seeds. One pink kush seed still has not sprouted. The other 4 are out of the soil with seeds on their head. The special kush has 4 out of the peat that have lost their shell. I'll have to mist the pink kush and inspect with tweezers. I can't move forward here until all seeds have germinated. One pink kush still hasn't popped and might not. The purple queen seefs were incredibly small and very dark. I can see them slowly opening (a couple) and a tap root emerging. I hope so because today is the 27th. I don't want to go through replacements. Supposably they will make up the difference if not 90%. We'll see. If needed ivhave other strains I can pop or I could add a couple clones if needed. I have a TON of trop cherry I'm just wondering if it would do OK in Maines
GERGrowDesigns
GERGrowDesignscommentedweek 219d ago
Looking Vital keep up the good work !
masterofsmeagol
masterofsmeagolcommentedweek 01mo ago
Had to do some surgery with some tall helmet heads. They are doing great now. 4 pink kush and 5 special kush are doing great. I'm still waiting on purple queen. ONE seed seems like it has broken free with a small taproot. I popped some trop cherry as back up and ordered some gorilla skittles and mk ultra if these don't pop. I shouldve moved to veg but I wanted all the seeds to be germinated. I could always go back and change it I guess.....
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