gamberro I started this grow using the classic paper towel method. I placed the seed between two moist paper towels inside a small container to maintain humidity. After the first 24 hours, the seed had already cracked and showed a tiny taproot. I decided to give it another 36 hours, allowing the root to develop further and become strong enough for planting. By the time I checked again, the taproot was noticeably longer and healthier, as visible in the photos.
Once the root looked ready, I transferred the seed into a pre-hydrated jiffy pellet. For hydration I used water mixed with Root Juice, giving the seedling a gentle boost from the very beginning. Inside the mini-propagator, temperature and humidity stayed stable, and after about 24 hours, the seedling emerged from the jiffy, pushing through the surface with its first tiny leaves.
As the seedling continued growing, it quickly started sending roots through the sides of the jiffy — a great sign of early vigor. When I noticed several roots showing, I moved the jiffy into its final pot. The first watering after transplanting included Root Juice + Acti-Vera to support early root development and reduce transplant stress.
Everything so far has gone exactly as expected — quick germination, strong root growth, and a lively young plant ready for its journey.
More updates coming soon!
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Paper Towel
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
9d ago
1/12
3 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.1
pH
No Smell
Smell
70 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Night Air Temp
13 liters
Pot Size
0.03 liters
Watering Volume
35 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Root-Juice
1 mll
gamberro Veg week 1 started a bit rough, as growth was quite slow while I was fighting with the Spider Farmer GGS kit to get all the sensors properly calibrated; the readings for temp, RH and EC were jumping all over the place, so I preferred to keep waterings very light and not risk overdoing anything. Once I finally dialed it in, temperatures stayed mostly around 20–24°C, RH moved in a decent range for early veg and VPD settled close to where I wanted it, with a gentle PPFD for a small plant. I gave her about 100 ml of water at pH ~6.1 with a very low EC (0.11 mS/cm) and just a touch of Root-Juice (0.1 ml/100 ml) to encourage roots rather than push foliage. She stayed small and a bit stretchy at the beginning of the week, but by the end the stem looked a bit stronger and new leaf pairs started to stack with a healthy green color. Not a crazy explosive week, more like a “getting everything under control” week, but she finishes this first vegetative week happy, stable and ready to pick up speed next.
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Week 2. Vegetation
4d ago
1/12
5 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.4
pH
No Smell
Smell
70 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
13 liters
Pot Size
0.06 liters
Watering Volume
33 cm
Lamp Distance
380 PPM
COâ‚‚ Level
Nutrients 4
Root-Juice
1 mll
Acti-Vera
1 mll
Bio-Grow
1 mll
gamberro This week finally felt like a real veg week. After last week’s calibration drama, everything is behaving much more consistently and she’s clearly responding: the plant looks healthier, thicker and noticeably more “stacked” day by day, with tight internodes and fresh lime-green new growth pushing from the top. Early in the week she was still small and upright, but as the days went on she started building proper fan leaves and widening out. I also began some very gentle LST (I’m keeping it soft because she’s an auto): first using small training pins/clips to open the plant and encourage lateral growth, and by the end of the week I added a light tie-down to start shaping the canopy. She’s staying low, compact and already looks bushier compared to the start of the week. Environment-wise, temps have been pretty steady around the low-20s °C, while RH has bounced a bit (you can see it reflected in VPD swings), but overall she’s coping well and the leaves look clean—no burn, no clawing, no obvious deficiencies. Light was stepped up gradually through the week (gentle increase, no shock), and she took it like a champ. Watering stayed on the conservative side: midweek I gave 200 ml @ pH 6.0, very low EC (0.11 mS/cm) + Root-Juice, and later in the week I did a slightly richer mix (250 ml @ pH 6.57, EC 0.62 mS/cm with Acti-Vera, Bio-Grow, CalMag and Root-Juice) to start feeding a bit more without pushing too hard. Overall: much better pace, more structure, and she’s finally starting to look like she’s ready to accelerate—winter is coming, but she’s not impressed.
Plant is 19 days from sprout in 12L pot. Last watering Tue: 250 ml + mild nutes. Leaving Sun, back Thu AM. Medium still slightly moist 4–5 cm down. How much/when to water so it lasts? Next watering: plain or light feed (soft water + CalMag) to avoid overfeed? 2nd grow; 1st burned
Maybe a little too much Nitrogen as she is quite deep green but other than that she looks great and healthy. I would go with plain water and calmag when the soil is completely dry. The ideal would be if you could water with about 0.5 liters before you leave.🌱
None of this should impact watering habits, which tells me you are not watering correctly to start.
1) fully saturate
2) wait for heathy dryback and repeat.
That's it. Nothing special about irrigation or nor sophisticated processes etc.. Definitely don't whimsically choose the volume to give. You give the volume to accomplish the task. If you wait for a similar dryback each time, it will require a similar volume you can predict and plan for.
So, the question is how long is the duration between irrigations? It gets successively shorter each cycle as it grows into pot, so take that into consideration. If that length of time is shorter than your absence, you will need someone or something to water your plants.
As far as fertilization.. as you normally would, too.. this depends on how strongly you mix your fertilizer... every other? every third? Added once a week? All of these 'can' work when done properly. Use more deductive reasoning than inductive.. top-down reasoning leads to avoidable mistakes.
I would recommend getting an automated drip irrigation system for trips.
But I would water right before you leave and also turning the light down low can help keep the temps down and the evaporation of the water in the medium.
At the very least, worse case scenario the plant will survive 4 days without water. It might not be happy but it will survive just fine
