Apothecarian Sat Nov 15 - I germinated the seed. I put the seeds into water with ChitoSal and Microbial Mass Pro.
Day 1 - 1 litre of water + 2.50ml of Chitosal + 0.25ml of Microbial Mass Pro
- Set up the propagator, on a heat mat set to 26°C, in the grow tent with the lights off, heat set to 24°C and
humidity at 60%. Lights stay off until I put the taproots into the grow plugs
- Poured the water in to a bowl with seeds, let sit for 35 min as per Instructions on Chitosal
- Put seeds into papertowel and into an open ziploc bag, then poured the water containing Chitosal &
Microbial Mass Pro onto the papertowel, then poured the rest of the water into a spray bottle to keep the
papertowel moist
Sun Nov 16 - I took a look at the seeds. It's been about 24 hours. There doesn't appear to be any difference as of yet.
Day 2 Previous grows, the seeds had a tap root showing or were splitting open to reveal the tap root
- I'm always nervous when germinating. I really like to get 100% of the seeds to germinate.
- I'm keeping the papertowel moist with the spray bottle containing ChitoSal & Microbial Mass Pro.
Mon Nov 17 - 1 of the seeds has a tap root that is ¼ inch long. Another one is showing a decent start and the other 2
Day 3 look no different
- I will plant the one tap root seed that's ¼ inch into a grow plug and I'll leave the other 2 until tomorrow
- I took the grow plug and used a 1/4 inch drill bit to drill out the hole a bit better. I find the pre-drilled
holes in the plugs are too small to safely put the tap roots in without risking breakage
- After putting the seed with the tap root pointing down, I took a small piece of the grow plug and fill in
hole so that light doesn't directly hit the seed. This causes the seed to grow better in search of light.
- I dumped out the spray bottle and filled it with water only containing Microbial Mass Pro. As per the
ChitoSal instructions, it shouldn't be used until 1 week prior to flowering.
- I always forget to scuff the seeds first, but in the end, the seeds always germinate for me so I'm not sure
it's necessary. I maybe should scuff the end of the seed that's opposite the hinge.
- I hate it when one tap root is way ahead of the others. When sitting on the papertowel, they need
darkness, but once they are in their grow plugs, they need light… I’m always torn about what to do.
Tomorrow, I will plant the other seeds into their grow plugs no matter what as the one in the grow plug
needs to start getting light
- My method of using the CitoSal and Microbial Mass Pro has been giving me 100% success. Why change it?
Tue Nov 18 - The other seed with the tap root showing now has a 1 inch tap root, so it's ready for the grow plug
Day 4 - I re-soaked the other 2 seeds to for about 15 min and put them back on the papertowel. I'll see if they
ever open. I'm disappointed that 2 seeds, 50% of the seeds did not open up.
- I sprayed the plugs to re-moisten them.
- I now have the light on
Wed Nov 19 - I've decided to germinate 2 more seeds tonight and see if I can get them to germinate as I was always planning
Day 5 on having 3 plants in soil and 1 in the DWC bucket, but right now I just have 2 germinated seeds
- The seedlings are starting to emerge from the grow plugs. I pulled off the seed shells
- One of the seedlings was growing upside-down. It was the first one I planted on day 3. I felt that when I dropped
the tap root into the grow plug hole that it flipped upside-down. So I used tweezers and righted it up.
- I sprayed the seedlings and plugs to re-moisten them.
- I soaked the 2 new seeds in the same solution as day 1 and waited 35min and them put them on the papertowel
- I hope they germinate. I don't like that they'll be 1 week behind, but whatever!
Thu Nov 20 - The first 2 planted seedlings are now emerged from the grow plugs. Roots are already protruding out from the grow
Day 6 plugs of one of them. It's all due to the Microbial Mass Pro. Ever since I started using it, the roots grow faster while it's
a seedling, making it ready sooner for repotting.
- the 2 news seeds I germinated yesterday as unchanged so far… so hopefully, the tap root will pop out tomorrow.
Fri Nov 21 - The other seedling in the grow plug now has a root protruding from the grow plug. The both are looking good
Day 7 - I have now lowered the light down to 24 inches abover the seedling as I forgot to do that
- I noticed this morning before I headed out to work that the 2 seeds I germinated now have a tap root that has sprouted
but when I got back home in the early evening, the tap root was completely unchanged, I was expecting it to be out much
further as the other 2 seeds were like that. I will put them in their grow plugs tomorrow irregardless if the tap root has
come out any further or not.
- I am undecided if it's good or bad to have the light on while the seeds are still on the papertowel. I have always
kept the light off, but when I already have some seeds in their grow plugs, I want the lights on… what to do!?!
- Later I the evening, I noticed that one of the tap roots is further out now, the other hasn't changed.
- Lights are 24 inches above plants, lowered humidity to 60% and LED lights set to level 3.
Sat Nov 22 - I planted the 2 seeds into grow plugs.
Day 8 - I will get 2 grow bags ready for the first 2 seedlings that are further along. I need to buy a power bar for
the air pump.
- The 2 seeds look to have taken well to the grow plugs. The other 2 that are further along will probably go into the
grow bags tomorrow or one to the grow bag and the other to the DWC bucket
Sun Nov 23 - I decided to plant the 2 further along seedlings into their grow bags tomorrow instead. The other 2 later seedlings
Day 9 have a few more days to go before they go into their grow bags.
- The seeds took longer to germinate and be ready for planting than the last few grows. It could be either the seeds,
or it could be that the Chitosal and Microbial Mass bottles are over a year old as I stopped growing cannabis for a
year to deal with health issues.
- I will consider tomorrow the be the start of the seedling phase for the 1st 2 plants
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Used method
Paper Towel
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
2h ago
1/9
5.08 cm
Height
6 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
120 PPM
TDS
65 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
13.25 liters
Pot Size
13.25 liters
Watering Volume
60.96 cm
Lamp Distance
250 PPM
CO₂ Level
Nutrients 9
Microbial Mass Pro
2.8 mll
Silica
1.4 mll
CalMag
3.5 mll
Apothecarian Mon Nov 24 - I planted one seedling into the grow bag and the other into the DWC bucket. The other 2 seedlings will need a couple
Day 10 more days in the propagator. Then they will go into their grow bags
- This is where the grow diaries will separate as I will document the DWC bucket plant separately.
- I filled the DWC bucket with room temp water. I put on the nutrients. I hooked up the air pump for 20min, then checked
the PH level. It needs to be between 5.5 and 6.1, but it was 7.5, so I added about 5ml of PH, but not all at once.
- I used Silica, Cal-Mag, Flora Micro, Flora Grow, Flora Bloom, Rapid Start, Diamond Nectar, Floralicious Plus and
Microbial Mass Pro.
- I fed the root that was hanging from the grow plug and worked it through the bottom on the basket and ensured that
the water was 1 inch from the bottom of the basket. The root was making contact with the water. I put hydrotons
around the seedling, just to the top of the grow plug. I took a syringe and sucked up from of the water and basted the
grow plug.
- It's looking really good!
Tue Nov 25 - The seedling is looking good. The water temp was at 23°C, which I think it's supposed to be more around 21° to 22°
Day 11 so I moved the air pump out of the grow tent so it's sucking air from outside the tent. I do think that once the seedling
gets bigger and I need to move the lights up, it might get cooler on the ground so maybe then I'll put the air pump back
into the grow tent.
Wed Nov 26 - the plant has been noticeably growing slightly every day. The water level still doesn't need to be topped up yet.
Day 12 Moving the air pump outside the grow tent hasn't really made too much of a difference so far but it's still within range
- The root hanging down is about 1.5 inches long. I will measure it every day to ensure that it's growing.
- I did notice that on the root, about half way down, it looks very thin. I don’t think it due to the bubbling water, but I
am concerned… but the plant has noticeably grown every day so far, so I'll just be keeping an eye on it. I also used
a syringe to suck up so of the water and wet the grow plug from the top
Thu Nov 27 - The plant is looking bigger every day! It's doing great. I'm very happy as this is my first hydroponic grow
Day 13 - the root hanging down is still about 1.5 inches long. It's still making good contact with the water below.
- I also noticed that there were about 4 new roots just poking out from the bottom of the basket. They were only
a couple of millimeters long, so they have a ways to go before making contact with the water
Fri Nov 28 - The main root that touches the water is now 1.75 inches long. And I noticed that there is now 2 more roots that are
Day 14 about 1 inch long and a bunch of little ones all poking out from the bottom of the basket. The picture I took is fuzzy
as the roots are so thing, the camera was focusing on opjects behind the roots. It's really coming along nicely.
- For some reason, the PPM reader was at 275. I have no idea why it went up as it should be going down as the plant
starts to consume the nutrients
Sat Nov 29 - The water was just below the roots, so I topped it up with PH'ed water. Plant is looking small but mighty
Day 15 - The water temp is between 23° to 24° C, which is a bit high, it needs to be between 18° to 22° C. But at least the
temperature consistant, which means if I take measures to cool it down, it should take down. I'll be buying water
bottles to freeze and put into the water. I bought 3 so that I can keep in rotation, one when I get home, one before I
go to bed and one before I leave for work. This timing might change depending on how it's going
