Orange Sherbet FF

Anna_J It's been a little while since my last grow but I'm excited to start this next one and i'm looking forward to re-connecting with you all here again. 😊 I've only just picked out my seed strains and have gotten my tent all set back up, cleaned and everything tested. For this current run, I'm growing two strains: 🌸Orange Sherbet FF and 🌸Tropicana Cookies FF (check out my other diary for this strain) I will be germinating two seeds from each strain but i'll only end up keeping two or three of the plants so as not to overcrowd my 2x4 tent. 🌱Germination Day 1🌱: - I selected two out of the five seeds in the package. I found these seeds to be a bit smaller than normal but they all looked healthy and viable. - I soaked the seeds in a glass of distilled water for 8 hours. I would normally put the glass on a heat mat but i figured that the warm summer temperatures were good enough. - After 8 hours i transferred the seeds to some damp paper towel, which was placed loosely inside a plastic sandwich bag (unsealed) and the bag placed within a small glass container without a lid, which was then set on a heat mat within the tent. The heat mat was set to 32C / 89.5F. 🌱Germination Day 2🌱: - no changes 🌱Germination Day 3🌱: - Both seeds have 'popped' and the radicle is showing. One seed is slightly ahead of the other. - I mixed up a pretty basic soil consisting of: 80% Pro-Mix Organic Vegetable and Herb potting soil 15% Perlite 5% Canna Coco Professional Plus coir This was added to four plastic 6" containers. The seeds were planted roughly 1" deep and watered with a small amount of distilled water. The pots were placed in my 2x4 grow tent, along with my two "Tropicana Cookies" pots, where I have only my Sunblaster 48W LED strip light turned on. I placed clear plastic cups on the soil, to act as humidity domes since the humidity in the tent was only 54%. - Temperature: 81F - I set my AC Infinity Cloudline T6 exhaust fan to turn on to it's lowest setting when the temperature inside the tent reaches 84F. 🌱Germination Day 4🌱: - no changes 🌱Germination Day 5🌱: - It's official, I woke up this morning to both seedlings having finally broken through the soil! 😃 I know some people count the germination date as the day when the small radicle root pops from the seed but for me, i've always counted it as the day when the seedling first pops through the soil. 😊