N.B. Photos - Day 7 from germination.
About 4" of growth
Using transparent orchid pots to view root growth to time transplanting to final pots (about another 10 days). Orchid pots have drainage holes in the bottom and sides to help airation and prevent root rot. Can already see good root development shooting down and to the sides of the pot. Will need to transplant to final pot in next 7 days.
Keeping temps around 80f. - RH is a bit of a challenge at the moment and varies from 50% to 65%. Ideally, I aim to keep my veg cycle a little on the humid side (60-65%).
Watering by eye - PH - 6.5 ; chlorine and chloramine free water; mycorrhiza in soil mix ; moonshine (enzyme to aid cellular development and nutrient uptake) and bio-silicon.
Being very careful at this stage not to overwater.
Once second set of proper leaves develops, I will start to add nitrogen at 25% recommended dosage.
Currently under 80w of the veg cycle LED light at about 28" (I started at 40" and worked my way down over the week looking for any reaction from the vulnerable seedlings/saplings).
Will contine to bring light down to 18" but around day 21 the saplings should now be sufficiently hardened off and I can swap lights to my main 340w LED light. Again, I will "hang em high" and gradually lower the main light until I can get to circa 20" without causing any light stress.
My preference is to wait until I have around 7 nodes before I begin mainline training (this will also depend on the plant being healthy and vigorous at the time), so the objective at this point is to try and encourage strong, thick healthy growth.
That's a beautiful lady. Spectacular work growmie. Keep doing what it is you've been doing and may the ganja garden gods give you good fortunes until the end
Looks good! I've bookmarked your grow: my next round starting in March will also be RQS Skunk XL and I plan on trying some of the more advanced techniques as mainlining too (as it will be my second grow ever), so thanks for sharing your methods! I will definitly follow untill harvast and use your diary as a reference.