The Garden 2027-1 - Mendocino Skunk #1

00110001001001111O Total Days - 0 Germinated four seeds of four strains for a total of sixteen. Only eight plants will be taken to the flower area. Heat mat is set to rest at 76F. A humidity dome is used to prevent any need to irrigate while they germinate, but will be removed at first signs of sprouting. I won't bother turning the light on for a couple days. Should see some sprouts within 2-3 days. The rest will follow, shortly. I'll update with pictures to complete the germination week. Only the strongest will be taken to flower, but I will ensure that each strain is represented, too. I'll eventually split the diaries into individual plants in a few weeks when I know which make it. The average of sprout times will dictate when vege week 1 shows up - probably ~10 days from now. An XS1500 (150w) light will be used the first couple weeks at 15-50% power as they require more light. Then, I'll bump up to a couple 226-watt DIY lights dimmed to 67% power after potting up to 1-gallons. Once they reach the flower area, they'll be in slightly under-filled 5-gallon pots and under two 650-watt lights which will cover roughly 35 sq ft of canopy. This is a little too much. I'm debating running them at 80%. But, running at 100% with a greater hanging distance will give better light penetration and a more even distrubtion of light across the canopy. I have nearly four weeks to waffle over that decision. Hand-watering while it's small and manageable, and the irrigation and drain system will be setup in the flower area. Current water tank has a well-balanced mix of about 500ppm of fertilizer. Next refill will be up around 660 ppm, where it will stay until flower approaches. MSNL - Lava Cake Paradise Seeds - Mendocino Skunk Spliff Seeds - Mint Runtz Nobody's Buds - BB x GS Thank you to MSNL, Paradise Seeds, and Spliff Seeds for gifting a few strains. I have three more MSNL strains to grow in the 2027-2 diaries, which will start in late December - Cafe Racer, Carbon Fiber, and Cap Junky. HSC's Farmer's Daughter will be joining them, too. ======================================================================== Update... 1 day into of "vege" final tally 2.5 days - 1-2 LC and 1-2 MR (4/16) 3 days....- 1-2 MS and 3rd LC (7/16) 3.75 days- 3-4 MS, 4th LC, 1-2nd BG (12/16) 4 days....- 3-4 BG (14/16) 5 days---- 3rd MR (15/16) -- "days: 1" So, 15 technically sprouted. One stalled or died - never turned green and too far behind to bother. One germinated upside down and too far behind to bother. One did not germinate as far as i can tell and not waiting any longer as ... it's too far behind, lol. 13 chilling under the light. One of those has a singed coty. One may not have a growth tip. Another looks like a potentially malformed growth tip, but too small, yet. This is why I plant twice as many as I intend to grow. Even when you get a near 100% germination, shit happens that you can't control. Regardless, will have 10-12 pot up to 1 gallons, then only 8 will go to flower. Everything being used sprouted by day 3 or 4. Updates will come on tuesday and some plants will be 1 day older than the others.