Chat
Recommended

Allegra in the Spongepot

3
14
13
118
5d ago
Follow
3
Natural Sponge Other
Ocean
Outdoor
Room Type
Start at 1 Week
G
Germination
11d ago
SheyTailfeather Welcome to my new experimental grow. I don't know what I'm doing here but it's gonna be fun. I wanted to grow in a different medium and when I saw the sponge in the groceries store, it was clear. 😂 I played around with it in different pot sizes & moisture levels and ripped this sweet pot from my girl. It's with drainage this time. To extend the challenge I will use natural nutrients only, no bottled fertilizer. I'm cooking something up 😂 Allegra (which is Italian for "cheerful one") was put in a glass of water with 1/8 H202 for 10h, then moved into the papertowel for 2 days until the sprout is double the length of the seed. Yesterday I put her into her living room - a natural sponge (unused 😂) I tried to put her gently into the sponge using toothpicks. It didn't work out well she tumbled her way down approximately 3cm into the sponge. Let's hope and stay tuned 😍 This diary will be more pictures and less text to show all the sidestuff I'm doing. So the first days she showed up slowly and then didn't do anything, thought she was frozen... But then today... Maybe the soup I'm brewing for her finally works, looks like some bacteria have cultivated. Still watering her with what we call a "Lätzle" but when she's grown bigger, which she will, I got a nice idea how to soak the sponge.. Regarding her soup, you can tell the probiotic are alive in there, the scent is like p and poo together with a little fish - nice! Guess I'll cook up a new one with 1-2 teaspoons of the old one 😊
8 likes
10 comments
Share
Used method
Glass Of Water
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
5d ago
2 cm
7 hrs
-4 °C
-12 °C
SheyTailfeather I don't know how, but it seems to work. The days are getting hotter so keeping the sponge wet enough is becoming a challenge. I'm cooking a new soup with a tbsp of the bacteria (the bubbly surface) of the old soup but it's not alive yet She's outside since day 5, night temps were between 9-11 celcius. Watering is in tbsp doses, a few in the morning and a few at dawn. Always spraying the surface & then soup. BTW she only gets soup and hasn't seen a bottled fertilizer yet. The sponge gets dry fast on the surface but stays wet at the bottom. Got several issues besides that soup is not cooking yet. Wonder if the roots can't push through the sponge... I will observe her until tomorrow, maybe gotta act here.
6 likes
3 comments
Share

Login

13 comments
Sort by
popularity
popularity
newest
oldest
Stony_German
Stony_Germancommentedweek 14h ago
Das wird interessant.
TaiKahar
TaiKaharcommentedweek 07d ago
Crazy idea^^ Spongebob Squareplants :P
SheyTailfeather
SheyTailfeathercommented7d ago
@TaiKahar, haha dude sie hat jetzt ihr Haupt erhoben nach 2 Tagen Schockstarre 😂 update kommt. Wär der Wahnsinn wenn sie es schafft
Cauli
Caulicommentedweek 05d ago
Okay das ist mal wirklich wild, da muss ich unbedingt folgen :)
GanjaGecko
GanjaGeckocommentedweek 011d ago
Ich bin gespannt. Viel Glück dabei💪🏼
SheyTailfeather
SheyTailfeathercommented11d ago
@GanjaGecko, danke bro
GermanNoob
GermanNoobcommentedweek 03d ago
Jetzt wird’s spannend haha, viel Erfolg bei dem Projekt 🍀
SheyTailfeather
SheyTailfeathercommented3d ago
@GermanNoob, danke dir ja ziemlich spannend, momentan ist sie wieder eingefroren, aber ich will das sie 10g SpongeBob weed abwirft 🤣
Em_Martin
Em_Martincommentedweek 14d ago
Haha, the "scent" of your soup sounds... unique!
SheyTailfeather
SheyTailfeathercommented3d ago
@Em_Martin, it's awful think if I had it for 1 more week I'd puke. Got a fresh one now 😂
JackB420
JackB420commentedweek 011d ago
The name "Allegra" is perfect for this cheerful journey, haha
SheyTailfeather
SheyTailfeathercommented11d ago
@JackB420, yeah she will need a lot of cheerfulness to show up 😅
GERGrowDesigns
GERGrowDesignscommentedweek 011d ago
Good Luck with your Project Growmie 🌱
Enjoying this diary? Follow for more updates!
SheyTailfeatherSheyTailfeather
Follow Author
OR
Prefer the old Diary view?
Go back to the old Diary view