Whoo great second week.
Nice fast growth. She had roots poking out of the pod by the 2nd week and she got her transplant the 2nd day. I added extra perilite to help with aeration and breaking up the soil space.
I love this early stage of growth, there's so much happening in such a short period of time. Germination, root building, the transition from the first two cotyledons and seedling stage into making leaves and branches in the vegetative stage...very exciting stuff. The abilities of plants never stops amazing me and all that they build and overcome in such a short life cycle.
We are still ph free in this second week...although I can't brag much on that as most of my seedlings thrive without ph adjustments. One positive thing though, I did check my tap waters ph in the beginning and it was sitting steady at about 6.8. Usually in my area we have two ph zones, 6.5-7 in the late spring/early summer and then a higher ph of about 7.2-8.5 for the fall/winter time. I'm not sure why this is, possibly all the snow runoff and higher water levels versus the low, very dry climate of the fall season when there is not snowmelt.
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@DaSofaSurfer, I definitely agree with you that more often than not, when I don't ph it goes a little wonky.
And a secret between us... there's a couple weeks coming up where things get a little questionable, but I'm not sure if its because of underwatering(chronic drought, i was so busy for several weeks), outgrown container and the roots bound up, lack of extra nutrients because I only feed once a week, or because of ph.
When i checked the initial startup ph it was showing 6.6 and my area usually has the 2 different phs, springtime and fall. Fall usually spikes up to about 7.7-8.3
@Treighfunky, thanks tre. You should see the finish! Holy crap she got so purply red with the cold temps. I'm cutting her today before it freezes tonight.
@Treighfunky, thanks Treigh, this one has definitely turned out to be beautiful and strong. I've gotten lucky with a few good, unique and beautiful plants this year. 2020Garden good...2020year not so good. Lol
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