Outdoor Potpourri 2026 - Take 2
VEG
Palmen- und Grünpflanzenerde Soil
Neudorff
Outdoor
Room Type
3 l
Pot Size
Start at 1 Week
G
Germination6d ago
Aircoholic This is the second attempt of pre growing 4 plants in preparation for an outdoor grow. The first attempt unfortunately failed because I drowned the plants. To avoid the same mistake, I added about 5 % Perlite and add water very carefully.
After only 4 days, all 4 plants germinated and look really healthy and fit. Careful with the soil now, don't water them too early, you don't want to drown them again.
As a bonus, Lemon Pie Auto has a bit of a strange mutation, it has 2 plants growing out of the same seed - never had a mutated twin before, no idea if I need to do anything, or just let them grow, which would be my intuition taking over. Should they be separated? Will both survive, or will the stronger plant survive, but the other one won't? Anyway, it looks super cute, and I'm curious if and how it will develop!
UPDATE: Lemon Pie indeed had a twin mutation, meaning 2 Embryos in 1 Seed. Unfortunately their chances of survival when growing side by side in the same pot, are very low, best case is, the bigger plant wins, the smaller dies, worst case would be, both plants staying very underdeveloped.
My decision was to dig into the soil and find out if they're bonded together, which they weren't - so I carefully removed the smaller plant and put it in its own little pot, to give it a fair chance. The next few days will show if she'll make it, or if I did damage the roots during the OP.
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Used method
Directly In Substrate
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation1d ago
4 cm
Height
24 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
3 l
Pot Size
24 cm
Lamp Distance
Aircoholic Okay, one week in and the seedlings all start to look worrisome. They start looking a bit pale, a bit matte green, the leafs drooping, growth somewhat slow-ish. All this really makes me worry that the same mistake from the last grow will repeat, so I'm looking for the cause to find a good solution for the situation.
My hot guess at the moment is a too moist root zone, caused by the soil that binds water longer than I thought and the regular standard pots that don't allow drying of the soil on the sides or bottom. And of course my inability to adapt to these circumstances 😣
My plan of action is to let the soil dry out more, until the pots feel light - when that is achieved, I will carefully try to transplant them into a couple of 3L AirPots I have lying around, that I completely forgot about (thanks, ADHD brain!). It's risky, but I don't want to risk stunting their growth again by overwatering and ultimately drowning them.
Oh and on a positive note, I started with 4 seeds and now have 5 plants - Lemon Pie Auto was a twin mutation (polyembryony), which I seperated in an intense operation, carefully diging both out until I could remove the small one, which then received her own pot and is looking alive, so at least any damage I caused to her roots, hasn't been vital. Don't expect her to grow super tall or big and have massive yield - she's gonna be a small miracle, and I love her, no matter what she grows into. All plants are beautiful!
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