First Grow Chocolate Orange

Well, my first germination didn't go to plan. After a week in soil pellets in the airing cupboard something wasn't right so I dug them out and found that they weren't doing anything. I soaked new seeds for 24hours, placed them in kitchen roll in a plastic tub in the airing cupboard and in a couple of days they had roots. I carefully moved them to soil pellets (one root was bout 2.5cm) and put them in their final pots (XL Auto Pots as they're not in the most accessible place and I want to make sure they don't dry out). They've been there a couple of days now and they seem to be sprouting nicely... I guess only time will tell! I've got them in the tent with the extractor fan off most of the time to maintain humidity of between 60 and 80%. I've got a tube heater nest to the pots to keep them warm and a larger heater maintaining general warmth with a thermostat set to 25C. Lights are on 24 hours at the moment at and are around 24" from the top of the pots. Exciting times for my first grow... fingers crossed!