8 Delicious Seeds | Deep Mandarine

HandsomeTerpz ## 🌱 Week 1 – Deep Mandarine | Restart with a Second Seed A small change of plans with my **Deep Mandarine by Delicious Seeds** grow. During the second week of the first plant, I noticed that **something wasn’t developing quite right**. The growth and overall appearance didn’t convince me, and rather than losing valuable time, I decided to start a **second Deep Mandarine seed** as a backup. This time I also changed the germination approach. Instead of starting her the same way as the first plant, I germinated the new seed **directly in a coco-based substrate**. The idea is to give the young root system a very light and airy environment during these important first days. Once she has developed a healthy and established root system, I’ll **transplant her into my regular soil mix** and continue the grow normally from there. ### 🌡️ Week 1 Conditions - **Stage:** Vegetation – Week 1 - **Height:** ~5 cm - **Temperature:** ~25°C day / ~20°C night - **Humidity:** ~65% - **Light schedule:** 18/6 - **Lamp distance:** ~45 cm - **CO₂:** ~500 ppm - **pH:** ~6.0 - **TDS:** ~200 ppm - **Current medium:** Coco-based starter substrate - **Final medium:** Soil - **Lighting:** MIGRO Array 4x4 LED So far, the new seedling is looking good and developing normally. 🌱 I’ll keep the original plant running for the moment, but this second seedling gives me the opportunity to compare their development and make sure I continue the diary with a **healthy and vigorous Deep Mandarine**. Sometimes a restart is simply the better decision when something doesn’t look right early on. 🍊🌱 **Deep Mandarine #2 is up let’s see how she develops from here.**