Started week 1.
-Soaked seeds in water for 18 hours then proceeded to paper towel method
-Seeds in light tight container in sous-vide bath at 75 degrees to germinate
1/30/21
-24 Hours into germination seeds appear to be doing well and have popped
-Will Transfer to rapid rooter and cloner/germination bucket after another day.
1/31/21
-Seeds germinating well and placed into rapid rooter.
-Rooter placed into foam collar and Aero germination
-Lights on 24hr till seeds pop then 18/6, 20% power
-Humidifier
-No Nutrients, water is slightly pHed. Begin to include hydroguard also.
-Aero timer is 1min on, 60min off.
Day 4
-Seeds have begun to pop out of rapid rooters
-Continue to monitor temp/humidity, a bit low
Day 5
-Seeds appear to be doing Ok, Zkittlez has popped seed
-Ph around 5.5
-Continue to monitor humidity and temp
Day6
-Seeds looked good on first check, Concerned about damping off on 2nd
-Turned off humidifier
-Increased aero off time from 1hr to 3hrs, Added touch more hydroguard to water
*I maybe way overthinking it but am really worried about damping off. not much I can do if it is, but i've taken precautions to help prevent if its not. Including lowering the moisture level of the root chamber and grow room. We'll see how the plants respond. Going to monitor root chamber hourly and develop true time schedule of when its drying out. More to follow tomorrow.
Day7
-Still some slight concerns about damping, but seedlings appear to be doing well
-Both have popped shell and formed first green pistol.
-Less water definitely appears to have helped, down to 1min/8hrOff schedule. Was definitely watering too much first couple days.
-Rooters still moist on most checks, roots haven't grown past netcup yet. Will monitor but might consider even 12hrs off.
-Lights are 38% no sign of burn, pH and humidity look to be in good ranges.
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