I don't think I've ever had such a crap start to a grow!!!
From the first batch of 4 seeds, planted on 2nd Feb, only two made it to the 25L airpots - a Night Queen and a Colorado Cookie. The Colorado Cookie died soon after the transplant.
The next 2 seeds were planted on the 10th Feb, only one survived rushed germination - another Colorado Cookie.... and only cos I dug her up.
The Night Queen seemed Ok after the transplant, but as you can see, by day 24 she was showing signs of heat stress.....
... not surprising as it was well over 40°C in the tent.... right in the middle of a brutal Aussie Summer heatwave.
Look at all that mossy green stuff on the surface of the Coco too. I think that was because I was not watering her to run off in the early days after the transplant.
A week later on day 31, and she looks like an encyclopaedia of Cannabis symptom diagnosis..... every leaf seems to show a different deficiency or toxicity.....
.... and by day 40, it was clear she was not going to recover, so I pulled her out.
... again, look at all that moss. I was well pissed as Night Queen is my favourite smoke. Plus that's 25L of Coco up the spout and a load of nutes.
The Colorado Cookies was a week younger than the Night Queen. She was moved from a Solo cup to the 25L airpot quite early too, and what with the infernal heat and the poor watering, she also went down. Here she is on day 17....
Crispy, curled up leaves and more of that bloody moss. The newer growth looked a bit better, so I persevered.
A week later, on day 24, she was looking terrible, but bigger than the Night Queen behind who was on day 31 and on her way out...
On day 33, you can see she had grown a bit more, the Coco was looking better, and the new growth was picking up a bit. I'd given up on the day 40 Night Queen behind by now.....
.... but in the end, by day 43, she had gone back into veg with no flowering at all, so I pulled her out as well.
So there you go.... Teetee fucks up!
Too many mistakes, I thought I should list them...
- Temps up in the mid 40°C's is never good, especially with young seedlings.
- Why must I insist on digging for unpopped seeds after 3 days???? In the past I had a 100% success rate, but I waited, sometimes for 4-5 days for them to come up. Disturbing germinating seeds is a big no - no.
- I transplanted them way too early, and that affected their feeding.
- My Bluelab Guardian broke down (grrr) so I now rely on my Bluelab truncheon... which has always read EC slightly lower than the Guardian did. When the Guardian read EC 0.8, the Truncheon would read EC 0.7..... grrr.
- I wasn't doing a journal - I do really believe that regular posting on here can keep the enthusiasm going.... I just don't think I was that committed this time, I was slow getting back into growing after having a little break and I wasn't switched on.
Never mind, everything's a learning experience, but to lose 4 plants.... it's gonna take me a while to get over this!