I tried to start germinating the first seedling by letting it sink in water overnight. That never happened. It just stayed floating. So I went ahead and put it in the rooting medium.
I decided also to try starting a second seed, in case the first one was bad. The second one I just directly put into a jiffy pod.
Both of the seeds have now germinated, so the "if it sinks it's good" concept, seems to be a myth.
I'm doing a Haze sort because I don't constantly desire the couch-lock effects from indicas. Prefer something that won't make me a piece of jello.
Also this sort is supposed to be done really fast, between 7-10 weeks from seed to harvest.
Have a charcoal filter I will later attach to the fan to help with any smell.
Grow light is something I bought from aliexpress. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32848708311.html
Actual draw is 200W, supposed 'equivalent' is 1000W, although I'm sure it's probably not quite that high in reality.
The LEDs are 250W COB LEDs Epistar.
Not really bothering with PPFD at the moment, will do so next week if the plants continue to develop ok.
For now no nutrients, will just put them in pot with a sandy mix soil which is already fertilized if they continue to grow.
I think underwatering combined with the light being close has caused my issue. However older leaves have also dried up and died (but staying green).
The way the leaf looks with yellowing though, and because a couple of leaf stems are turning reddish, maybe it's K deficiency?
To me it looks like a calcium deficiency or a cal n mag deficiency. The yellowing of the leaves outside to in and the brown/ burnt looking tips and splotches are all its trademark signs! I'd say give her a decent size feed of cal mag supplement and u should be able to mend her health and prevent the deficiency from spreading and worsening! Happy growing and stay lit fam
Some massive colas on that lady. Forsty and color full as well. Beautiful lady you got there. Nice work. Keep it up. Best of luck with the rest of the journey growmie
Couple of reasons I agree leaves yellowing were probably related to Mg deficiency:
A forum online mentions a lot of people using the same soil mix also having problems with magnesium deficiency.
Leaf stems we're turning reddish.
The leaves of the plants were pointing downwards a bit even though the plants had enough water. Read that it can also be a sign of Mg deficiency.
A couple of days after giving some of the magnesium supplement, the leaves are now mostly pointing upwards as leaves normally do.