Grand Daddy Black Tropical Winter Grow

Original Sensible Seeds described Grand Daddy Black as an believably potent 95% Indica with high resistance to plague. A friend gave me pure Afghani weed a while back but I did not do much to me. Maybe it was the genetic. And maybe it was the way that he fed his plant. Growing Indica outdoor is not easy in the hot and wet tropic. Humidity is more than 90% and temperature is 33 degree during the day. It will get drier in a couple of month. And that would be just in time for flowering. Let’s see how the work from good people at Original Sensible Seeds would perform in this climate. Let’s see if how yoghurt and molasses influence Grand Daddy Purple X Black Domina genetic. I grow with 12 hours light schedule from seed but holding them back with light leak. My plants were in perpetual 1st flowering week. So, I expect 10 days less in flower development time than published info. Germination day 1 I popped all three seeds. And I plan to choose only the best growing one to continue. I dilute one part of hydrogen peroxide (3% solution) with four-parts of very warm water. Then I checked the seeds after 12 hours. Seeds cover cracked on all three seeds. And after 24 hours, root tip show on each seed. Germination day 2 I put seeds on flat cotton pads and align root to point in the same way. I soaked one pad only. And put on three other dry pads on the dripping wet pad. Then the pads are just moist and not too wet. To keep humidity, and to have roots point downward, I put the cotton pad sandwich in a small plastic bag and prop it up vertically. After 24 hours, roots are about 3 mm long. I tend to damage longer root during transplant. And short root is good enough for transplant. I put seeds in soil. Containers were 3-inch X 3-inch. Soil was loose and moist recycled soil from pervious grow. I try to keep the bean part of the seedling on top of the soil and have only the root in. I think this reduces damping off a bit. Then I sprayed top of the soil with Trichoderma solution. This is to both wet the soil and to reduce damping off risk. Germination day 4 Containers were kept in another container with transparent lid. This is to protect them from my dog and vermin. Germination day 5 The next day all three seeds stretched above the soil. Keeping root growing straight help with placing seed in the soil. Germinating in vertical position is helpful. Putting just the root in and keeping only the bean part on top speed things up by a couple of days. Germination day 6 All three seeds popped. Germination rate is 3/3. Germination day 9 One damped off and died. There are two seedlings left. One looks healthy and another is small. I am keeping the small one for a few weeks as a backup. Later, I would only have space to try just one plant. In this first grow, at least I get to choose which one would go forward. Grand Daddy Black life in the tropic started.