Started the germination buy soaking the seeds in distilled water in a dark warm place. After that I combined the top soil materials for two 5 gallon fabric pots containing coco, perlite, mycorrhizae power rooting booster, and diatomaceous earth from Apotforpot. Next the pots were filled with superb soil first then the top soil mix.
I weighted the pots and the both came in at 19.9 lbs fully soaked. My watering goal is to maintain 1/3 of this weight so about 6.63 lbs.
I just used distilled water for now and will drop to lower ph in a later period.
24 hours later I planted the seeds in their own pods and put them in the grow tent.
The lights are currently hanging at 31in from top of pod with the heat about 75 degrees. Might take the lower if this is not enough but not sure for now.
I am running the carbon filter fan as it helps keep the heat down but doing so I have to run the humidifier to help keep the tent moist. So far it’s been around 60.
You’re getting the hang of it :) in my opinion that little peat moss pod holds too much water for your seedlings and that was giving you the hard starts on them. The roots need to be able to breathe :)
When I water, I saturate my whole pot, to encourage seeker roots to fully fill the pot and not have air pockets. It usually is 3-4 days before I have to water again, and I put my fingers in the dirt an inch or two down, and if I feel moisture it’s alright :)
These are my opinions or course lol but over and under watering is easy to do on the first go around :)
I ended up spraying a little distilled water and gently getting the outer seed coating off of the seedling. It opened up and is none doing well again. Also the lights have been on a 16 on 8 off but I’ve switched to 19 on 5 off.