00110001001001111O -- Pineapple Express by MSNL
(Disclosure: gifted seeds)
Total days above ground: negative 2-4 days, lol
Second cycle is starting with a 24 day overlap relative to a 9-week flower estimate for the first cycle. This gives ~3 days to sprout and then plenty of padding for their final pot-up into 5 gal pots at some point after 21 days above ground.
Heat mat is set to 76F. Usually I warm it up before I plant them, but it slipped my mind. Initial soil temp is 60F. I doubt it delays anything, but less than idea all the same. The dome is only in use to prevent a need for irrigation between now and sprouting. Excessive humidity and restriction of gas exchange is not a benefit to seedlings. As they sprout, they will be removed from the dome.
Will update this Germination week with pictures of sprouts before moving on. First vegetative week will be posted after 7 days above ground based on earliest sprout - ~10 days from now.
Nearly lost a seed. It fell into an adjacent seedling pot during the process. It's damn hard trying to discern a seed from the perlite and vermiculite on the surface.
-------------- Sprout updates below
PE - 4 of 5
BC -
VCP -
Humidifier running - 55% (52-55%)
Pineapple Express is in a hurry. Four of five seeds sprouted before I checked in after 3 days time. I'd expect more than half to sprout by the time I wake up tomorrow (~3.5 days) and the rest not long after that As of ~3 days I can see a few more that have slightly disturbed top of medium, so they will be busting through shortly. Might be at 50% before I go to bed.
Moved them from dome. I've had an unusual problem of early stretching ever since I started using the heat mat. Something related to the dome or the heat mat is the most likely cause as most other behaviours remained the same. I avoided the trend in 2025-2, but forgot to apply those new behaviours for 2026-1. Should not be a problem going forward.
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Week 1. Vegetation
8d ago
1/6
16 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
650 PPM
TDS
40 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
45.72 cm
Lamp Distance
00110001001001111O Total days - 6 to 8 depending on seedling.
In future weeks, this will be based on 'today' being day 7. It will make a difference early on but no discernable difference later on.
Pineapple express is on its way. They all look strong and viable. Not much else to say at this stage.
Climate is less than optimal. Humidifier is struggling to maintain 40% and is often less than that. The reusable wick is not as effective as the throw-away wicks, so i'll see if that helps. Second humidifier will be used in drying room, so I may just have to suffer through a less than ideal growth rate.
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Week 2. Vegetation
1d ago
1/12
16 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
650 PPM
TDS
55 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
45.72 cm
Lamp Distance
00110001001001111O Totdal days (avg): 14
Potted up to 1 gallon on day 13. Some plants were begging for it and a couple were lagging behind pace. Because of the excellent outcome in 2026-1, yield is irrelevant beyond principle. Only potted up 9 and a couple of those are on the smaller side. There are 2 factors related - RH% wasn't well-controlled the first few days and onyl 1 of 6 HSC seeds produced a viable plant.. possibly 2 if the other grows out of its mutation. So, cutting down to 8 plants will not be much of a decision in 10-12 days. Since production is irrelevant, I'll favor variety a bit more.
Pineapple Express looks great. Of these 3 strains, PE has been the most consitent and vigorous, so far. The sprouted the fastest and grew the fastest. This only correlates to future growth, but is a good omen, nonetheless. No transplant shock for the 431st time, lol. Just kidding on the precise number but it's a fairly accurate estimate, too. Hopefully at least one of these is respectable by day 24-25. I'll take both to flower for variety, if possible.
Not much to type out. Things are boring. Temperatures are warmer under the FC4800, so that should help. Humidifier is keeping things 52-55% RH. 2026-1 harvests should be out of the way by the time these need to be potted up into 5 gallons.
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Forgot to write out some goals for this grow in germination week:
-Further streamline incorporation of 0-12-26 No-N Part A
-Adjust 12-cola training -- Be more flexible about it. Some may be better off with 10 or 11 colas. There was enough room for 12 colas on the more ideally growing plants, but anything on the small side is better off with fewer.
Most goals/changes from 2026-1 went well, so it's more a matter smoothing things out.
