RQS~Astro lemonade

Theia Diary 1: Astro Lemonade (Royal Queen Seeds) ​Entry 1: Germination & Sowing ​Big shoutout to Royal Queen Seeds for sending this Astro Lemonade over as a gift to test drive and review. The journey starts today. ​The Start: I started by dropping the seed into a 24-hour soak using 22°C dechlorinated water. After the soak, it went straight into wet paper tissues inside a zipped plastic bag. Just 22 hours later, a healthy taproot had already broken through. ​The subsyrate: For the first home, I prepped a 100ml cup filled with BioBizz peat-free Light Mix. To give the soil a solid organic kickoff, I blended in 5ml of Startrex soil conditioner and a tiny touch of Bactrex to wake up the beneficial microbes. The sprout is now tucked in and settling. ​The Lights: Right now, it’s sitting under the Invisible Sun B60 (Samsung lm301h with added royal blue). I've got it running on a continuous 24-hour cycle at a gentle DLI of 13. Those royal blue diodes should do a great job of keeping the early growth nice, short, and stocky.

Theia Week 2: Astro Lemonade Growth & Development Astro is sitting beautifully squat under the B60. The 450nm spectrum completely caught the early windowsill stretch. I was a bit of a lazy boy and in her first few days of life I left her on the window sill as we had amazing weather. She leaned and went lanky... I was a bit worried she would topple but the blues have done the job giving her a really thick stem and incredibly tight node density. The leaf profile is wide, lush, and spreading perfectly flat. She’s massive for this 100ml cup now and raring for the transplant. Substrate & Pot Prep Prepping the 35L bulk mix tonight (30L Light Mix, 5L Perlite) along with the scaled doses of Startrex, Silicium Flash, Mycotrex, Bactrex, and Gypsum. Letting the whole lot sit for 3 to 4 days to allow the initial biological reaction and heat to level out completely before potting up. The drainage base is fully sorted too. Last run's clay pebbles have been recycled using a strict over the top clean—60°C water, a 24-hour bleach drench, 3 clean hot rinses, and a proper sun bake to clear any potential pathogens. Transplant goes down later this week once the substrate has stabilised.