Aircoholic This grow is a complete new start. Well, maybe not completely new, but with a completely new soil, which adds quite some excitement to the mix.
My old living soil mix was fun and I feel like I just finally understood how to handle it and the plants, and now I need to find an Alternative, since one part of my old grow mix isn't available anymore and the other contains peat, which I am not a fan of.
I didn't plant the seed directly in the living soil, because it's too nutrient rich, which can cause stress for a young plant, so I carved out a cone and filled it with a very light seedling soil and added a tiny amount Dynomyco, for some early fungal symbiosis.
It'll be fascinating to see how the soil behaves and in which ways I'll have to adjust my watering habits.
Once the seedling is out for a few days, I'll add a layer of mulch on top, and I'm thinking about reactivating my Blumat Drip System and also creating a DIY self-watering system, but more about that, when I find the capacity to work on that.
Edit: 4 days later, we have lift-off! woo hoo
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Directly In Substrate
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
18d ago
1/4
7 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
57 %
Air Humidity
22 liters
Pot Size
70 cm
Lamp Distance
Aircoholic First week of germination is over, and we've successfully launched into week 1 of veg. Well, kind of, she's still in the seedling phase, not in proper veg, but she's not germinating anymore. And she's looking really healthy - a little bit stretched maybe, the lights were a bit too high-up for the first two days, which didn't fulfill her hunger for photons, and made her streth closer to the light - the height is adjusted now, and she should get enough yummy photons now.
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Week 2. Vegetation
10d ago
1/4
9.5 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
58 %
Air Humidity
22 liters
Pot Size
48 cm
Lamp Distance
Aircoholic Okay, the photos look a bit overexposed and the plant pretty bright green - which she actually still is. She seems to be still in the seedling soil from what I can tell - will be exciting to see her reaction when she makes it to the living soil.
Her stem is a bit weak, not as bad as with Strawberry Gorilla Auto next to her, but she seems to struggle to keep her head up and supporting the weight of the new growing leafs. She got a few toothpicks to lean on, and I increased light intensity and decreased light distance - hope that helps her. Maybe I was a bit too careful with the light in the early stage.
EDIT: Replaced a few photos with more bearable versions.
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Week 3. Vegetation
3d ago
1/9
13 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
22 liters
Pot Size
43 cm
Lamp Distance
Aircoholic After the first 2 weeks of Veg, she's looking great! After adjusting the light distance and intensity a bit, the issue with the weak and stretchy stem disappeared. Also, the fact that her roots have reached the nutrient rich living soil part absolutely helped with her development. Now she's standing super firm, her stem is stable, her nodes are coming along nicely and thus on Day 17 I decided to top her just above the 4th node. Another day of rest and recovery before I'll adjust the light distance a little more, to bring it closer to the plant.
She also has some mushrooms growing out of the soil - so sweet! When they're gone, I'll add some mulch and possibly a Blumat drip feed system, so the top soil remains a decent moisture level.
