LemonOrangeOrganIndoor 80L GHSC237 grow diary by HumanCompanion

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167 hours after putting the seed in the plug. Morning. Yesterday I put a plank of oak on top of the seed's head, in hope to let the seed scrape its helmet off, but in the morning I saw the plant happily free from oak, but still wearing the cap. The seedling got longer by 2 cm from morning till this moment (4 hours!!!). ChatGPT told me this: ''get the helmet off ASAP, keep the plug moist but not soaking wet, and be ready to introduce a very light nutrient solution (pH-adjusted) once the cotyledon leaves are fully exposed and photosynthesizing. The seedling is stretching because it needs light now, but its leaves are blocked.'' I HAD TO REMOVE THE HELMET because it had been sitting on the false leaves (cotyledons) for many days, and ChatGPT screaming ''remove cap ASAP'', and because my other seeds before this run got yellow and lost vigour after some days in a stuck helmet, and later they did not die but also did not grow or produce harvest. My other seeds lost their vigour after some days and I got worried that my seed would get stuck and fail, so I decided not to lose the moment while the seed was still functional. The cap was rather hard to remove even after 1 day of 75% humidity. I did not remove the cap but left it stuck to one side of the seedling in hope that gradual changes are healthier than rapid.

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HumanCompanion commented4d ago

133 hours after the seed was placed into a wet plug. The seed's head is rotating sideways. Every 20 mins it changes the helmet's position from left to right as if trying to find some obstacle which it can use to hook the cap and continue growing up thus unwrapping itself. I put the seed near the edge of that penetrated sheet of plastic cover, but the seed moved its head to another side and did not use the edge to scrap off its helmet. I think this is the 5-th day of stuck helmet/45% humidity :-( I will boil some water in the room to try and raise the humidity... It's going to be alive even if I remove the helmet forcefully (not today, but after a night), but I am simply a bit annoyed that things are a little risky. It is 2 hours before sunset.

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HumanCompanion commented5d ago

105 hours after placing the seed into the plug. The temperature dropped to 17C for a couple hours, and I hope this wasn't too much stress! 😓 :-( After several hours the temp got Ok again, however, the seedling has not dropped its seed case, and the leaves are stuck. I would have tried to let them free in the past, but now I am smarter - I can wait for a couple days which is better than moving=killing my seed. I will have to spend 100 days on the cycle, so extra 2 days are not a big price for premium buds. PS I would definitely have killed this seedling in the past because 4 days and still in a helmet is too long. My other seeds usually need about -50% less time. Thank you, growdiaries.com/ for giving me the average success rate of 95% stats for this strain, which eased my anxiety. Video taken 21 oct 2025, 9am.

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HumanCompanion commented6d ago

69 hours later the seeds stem is 1cm longer and this is really noticeable because I can see the stem. The plug is getting drier like a tea bag left after brewing. With these little plugs I am always worried because they might get dry and kill the gentle seedling. Thet's why I have prepared another plug and soaked it, and put it in a cup in the same tent to understand how fast these plugs get dry; so it will be an indicator when the peat dries. I wanted to add a couple drops of distilled water, but remembered how it killed many other seedlings in the past, and did not water anything ✋😐✋ ))) This change in pH is a little hidden killer nobody pays attention to, but it has already killed so many of my seeds, so it's better to get the plug dry then with wrong pH because wrong pH kills more often than drying up. I am attaching 2 photos+2videos.

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HumanCompanion commented6d ago

Temperature: 23C. Humidity: 35-45%. The seedling is +0.5cm longer. The leaves are still inside the seed cap (the casing hasn't detached, and the leaves are not free).

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HumanCompanion commented7d ago

60 hours after placing the seed into the plug a seed has become visible, which means it is alive and it has popped, and the seed is pushing up! I was paranoid after 2 days of waiting without seeing any signs of life, but I relaxed after remembering that the germination rate is 95% according to this site where I am writing this diary, (http://growdiaries.com). I am careful while opening the door of the growbox because the roots may get damaged by rapid movements of air :-) though, has it been proven by any scientific experiments? I will definitely not shake my growbox because those roots are gentle, but I was wondering about vibration limits to damage cannabis roots. For now, I wouldn't put it in my pocket as my chihuahua. PS I am 75% sure I would have killed the seed in the past when I was inexperienced, because I expected them to grow roots in the first 20 hours. Now I understand that some seeds need even 3 days before they have grown a decent 3 cm root. After hundreds of seeds I don't want to check the seed every 30 minutes, which has improved its rate of success :-) I only started to get worried after 2 days of not seeing any seed cap, or raising of the seed. Before 2 days you shouldn't worry because you will make things only worse, be strong. I am posting a photo + video of the seed's macro. In the video the soil is visible.

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