Theia The seed was soaked in a glass of water for 12 hours with a touch of fulvic and humic acid. After this I popped it into a paper towel that was damp....not wet. Damp. This then was sealed in a plastic tub for 24hrs. This was ample time for this fresh strong bean to make a 1cm taproot. I then popped it into a jiffy plug that had been soaked in a solution of 24c water and 1ml of humic acid where they soaked for 30 mins. Into this I put each seed and 20 hours later we have the images above. They will get some low level light a nice dome to keep RH up and I will maintain a temp of 25c. It's gonna cost me a few quid with winter here. Oh well.
. I am toying with putting them into my small 300ml pots with a bit of Coco. I shall see what happens once I give some decent light.
I need to wait 2 weeks for root establishment before we can use the Autopots so the plan is as soon as the have roots preaching the plug they will get potted into the 15l Autopots filled with all the good stuff from biotabs.and I will hand water for a couple of weeks while the roots settle .
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Used method
Paper Towel
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
2d ago
1/17
6 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.2
pH
240 PPM
TDS
68 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
20 °C
Substrate Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
0.1 liters
Watering Volume
45 cm
Lamp Distance
440 PPM
CO₂ Level
Nutrients 5
Startrex
5 mll
Silicium Flash
5 mll
Mycotrex
1 mll
Theia It's been a busy week. After a day the shoots had exploded from their Coco plugs and where going to fall over so I potted the plugs into my little 100ml nursery pots in a mix of biobiz peat free light mix and a bit of Biotabs startrex. I guess I used a teaspoon in the 100ml.
I left the Tropicana Cherry under a lamp giving 100umols on a 24hr cycle for 2 days. .I maintained a temp of 25c for the first 3 days to give the best start. However this was voting a fair bit in electricity and I was using 5 kWh a day on just heat.
However with the dome maintaing rh in the high 60s low 70s the little shoots exploded and I was able to transplant again on day 6.
Day 6.
I mixed 10l of Coco/clay pebbles mixed to 40/60. More pebbles than Coco. I also mixed in 3 paddles of perlite. I guess around 500ml just to add so airation to this already very airy mix.
Startrex. 50g for my 10l of substrate.
Silicium Flash. 50g for my 10l of substrate
2 Biotabs tablets are buried at about 5cm recommended. I went to about 7cm.
A hole is made for the nursery pots and a teaspoon of Mycrotrex is sprinkled into the hole. And then the shoot gets transplanted to this.
Bactrex. 1g mixed into 1l of water is then fed .
I will top feed water until I have a root system established in the new 15l Autopots at which point I will deploy the res and the plumbing and let it run itself.
I will be growing from this point with just tap water using the Biotabs "Just add water" method.
Lights are now up to 250umols ppfd on a 18hr cycle.. this is taking 94w and is at about 40% on the dimmer.
Next week I will add royal blue to the spectrum to promote some nice growth.
I have reduced the temperature max to 23c and mine 21c. It is to save on a bit of money on heating but if I need to I will return to 25c for the love of the ladies.
That's all this week.
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