Mephisto Genetics Double Grape & Autocobs, Hooray!

[PapaEmeritus]

Thank's for the info.
Was it an auto version of Blue Dream you ran? If so how did it turn out or do you have a link to a thread?
Duh found the link in your sig

No worries! And yeah, it's nice. I'm still a new grower so I probably could have pushed it more for a slightly better yield, but it seems to be a smallish plant in general and a bowl definitely gets me where I wanna be so no complaints here. It's only been curing since the 14th but I'm not sure it's gonna last long. I have plans to turn at least an 1/8 into tincture in the next few days and the rest is probably gonna disappear into my pipe or my vape in short order, lol.

 

[Proph]

Glad you're back at it! I've never tried hempy before but its encouraging to see others do it! Seedlings are looking strong! This is a good time waiting to happen! Thanks for tagging me!

 

[PapaEmeritus]

Well, forgot the nephew was gonna be over today. Looks like potting up Thing 2 and making some glycerine tincture is on hold til tonight. Will have pics of Thing 2 up in a bit though - she's looking a bit odd and I'm not quite sure how to proceed. I just can't get a good pic.

 

[PapaEmeritus]

Well, damn. Gonna have to pop another seed.

So, Thing 2 had trouble from the start. When I set seeds to germinate, I use soaked/PH'd rockwool cubes and I make sure to press each seed into the bottom of the little pre-made hole in the cube and into one of the sides so it has as much contact as possible. I guess I didn't do that with Thing 2, because when I checked on it the day Thing 1 popped I saw that it was only sticking to the side of the cube and hadn't popped. So I took it out, soaked another cube and replaced it later that day.

The next day I noticed that it had a taproot, but that said taproot was facing *upwards*. So I carefully teased it out of the cube and replaced it taproot *down*.

When it broke the surface the next day the seed husk was well stuck on top, so I teased that off as well. Alright, good to go, right?

This is how the seedling looked earlier today: (please excuse the somewhat blurry pic and random Alice in Wonderland stuff, lol)

Notice how it goes white about halfway down? I assume that's the taproot that still decided not to grow downwards. Ok, no problem - I'll just make sure to brace it with a skewer or something when I pot it up. Well, I went up just now to grab something from the room the seedling is in, and I see this:

Damnit. I'm sure some of y'all could probably salvage this youngin', but...I'm calling it quits and starting over. Anyone have any idea what happened her? Wonky seed? User error/inexperience? I'm not terribly bummed about it thanks to @mephisto hooking me up with extras (thanks again!) but if it's something I did I'd like to avoid repeating it in the future, you know?

Anyway today is week 1 for Thing 1 and I'll be getting another seed in some rockwool tomorrow so Thing 2 will make an appearance - just might be another few days.

Alright, that's it. Just wanted to give y'all an update. Time to go school the nephew in Mario Kart.

 

[BuffaloKing]

Could you have your lights a little high? The seedlings seem slightly stretchy. I also suggest just leaving the taproot to find its way down! Sometimes they naturally grow up (out of shell) and then down.

 

[Pedro_Uk]

Tear the cube in half and see if you can reset the seed better within it maybe?

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[BuffaloKing]

Another good hint: Tear a small piece of rockwool and plug up that hole a little (less room for stem to wiggle)

 

[sewerdweller]

Thats a bummer. I wonder if by removing it the very very fine hairs thats on taproot didnt have it anchored in and when the root grew it pushed it out on account of less resistance.

Mario cart is taboo in my house the wife crushes me and our son. Its the one game she really enjoys and she likes to gloat and victory dance lol

 

[PapaEmeritus]

Could you have your lights a little high? The seedlings seem slightly stretchy. I also suggest just leaving the taproot to find its way down! Sometimes they naturally grow up (out of shell) and then down.

Maybe? My technique wasn't appreciably different than my last two grows, so I don't think the light was a huge factor, though I do need to fine-tune my germination situation a bit, lol. As for leaving the taproot - if it happens again I'll probably leave it, but teasing it out and replacing it facing down wasn't difficult at all so again, who knows.

Tear the cube in half and see if you can reset the seed better within it maybe?

Too late for that, mate. The seedling didn't make it. I've got another germinating though, so not the end of the world!

Thats a bummer. I wonder if by removing it the very very fine hairs thats on taproot didnt have it anchored in and when the root grew it pushed it out on account of less resistance.

Mario cart is taboo in my house the wife crushes me and our son. Its the one game she really enjoys and she likes to gloat and victory dance lol

Yeah, I dunno man. It's certainly the first time I've had it happen, so I'm calling it a fluke, you know? As for Mario Kart, I play to win. Nephew didn't know what he was up against.

 

[PapaEmeritus]

There's been an interesting development!

That seedling that I thought was dead? Definitely not dead, my friends. I went upstairs about a half hour ago to grab something from the back room and when I glanced at the shelf where I had the seedling sat, lo and behold she was standing upright again! The rockwool was quite dry so I hurried to dribble a bit more water onto it, but as soon as I did the seedling began to list over to one side again. So I did what @Pedro_Uk suggested and split the cube a bit in order to nestle the exposed root further inside. Then I threw together a pot and some Growstone, sat her in and gave a good drink. She's in the tent now with her sister, and my as-yet-to-pop replacement seed.

So...I may soon have three plants in my little 2.5x2.5 tent. Is this what being a new father is like? I feel like I'm gonna have my hands full in short order...