My First Grow

ElMedico Good morning everyone! This is my very first grow and I am more than certain that I am going to do a lot of mistakes so don't mind to give me some tips if you're following this grow. So I decided to not let my seeds germinate in water & paper towel, instead I used growing earth with almost no nutriments and watered them with rain water. After 3 days, 3 of the seeds germinated and started to show leaves. I used a germination box as temps and humidity were very low.

ElMedico So on the second week I transplanted the small containers into pots of 7L, which was a huge mistake as transplant shock really slowed their growth and 7 L was way too small as I wanted to use 12L pots so I knew I would have to transplant them a second time. I was disappointed by myself 😂 #badplanning ! As medium I used potting soil, which was pre-fertilised for 8 months, NPK being 12-5-10. For the next grow I will definitely germinate seeds in a towel and plant them directly in their final container. The white plastic is there to make it easier to transplant the plant into 12L pots. The aluminium foil & ground cover to reflect even more light.

ElMedico So yeah here we are at week 3, unfortunately as I mentioned before I had to transplant them for a second time and by doing so a plant's soil body ripped itself into two, probably causing root damage which you can clearly see the plant is suffering with. So I decided to plant a 4th plant immediately after that to cover for the loss and germinating it with a paper towel and then putting it right into the 12L pot instead of transplanting! Still using pre-fertilised 8 months potting soil, NPK being 12-5-10, so not feeding them. Not sure if it is going to work but let's see!