The Garden 2026-2- HSC Vanilla Creme Pie

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. Second batch of seeds with poor germination rates bought from Seeds Here Now. Is it a bad batch from Humboldt Seed Co? Is it poor stoage from the seed reselller, seeds here now? I have no idea, but very unhappy with my purchases. Their replacement policy is a scam, too. I had to pay more for an unwanted strain of seeds as a replacement. I only got a 33% germination rate and 1 of those grew upside down, which required a replant. I would wager SHN does not store their seeds in a professional manner. It's a WA company, so maybe they weren't controlling all that humidity? The medium and methods germinated 100% of everything esle. 20 other seeds were fine... 20 seeds from SHN/HSC were piss-poor over the last 2 grows. So, only 2 of 6 Vanilla Creme Pies. Not much else to say about them at this stage. I don't number them until final transplants. Pictures will not be in the exact same order like my other diaries have been. Little cold, a little dry... I need to fix this sooner than later. 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.

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. Vanilla Creme Pie looks ... well, I have 2 live plants. One may have a deleterious mutation - time will tell. Both are exhibitng less than ideal growth rates, but 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. Again, a combination of inconsistent health and poor germination rates. I think this is both a SHN and HSC issue at this point. Twenty seeds of other breeders planted at the same time as 20 HSC seeds... Nonstop problems and failures from one and nothing but consistency from the other group. Two packs of 10 seeds is not a large enough sample to be confident, but I'll think twice before buying more. The 'replacement' Farmer's Daughter seeds will be used next year. Three 10-packs is also a small sample, but if those have poor results, I don't see any more reason to give them my money. 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. ----------------------------- 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.