Vorkosigan
I have a jungle of happy trees.
As promised a long time ago in a galaxy far away...I bring you my newest grow under my Amare SE450 UVB. This is my third grow (EVER) and second grow with autos & coco so I may make mistakes but they're not mistakes if I learn something from them!
Specs -
Tent - 5'x5'x7' iPower on foam gym mats for slight insulation from cold cement.
Light - Amare SE450 UVB currently ~27" without cobs, once the seedlings hit 6" the cobs go on, first sign of pistils & they get the UVB *evil laugh*. I also have a heat lamp in the tent because it's out in a non-insulated garage in the Pacific Northwest. Schedule is 18/6 because I believe plants need a dark period in order to have proper metabolic function.
Tent temps & humidity - with the heat lamp high of 81F low 61F (this week) with relative humidity 30-40% (sucky I know, I was hoping the rain outside would help some)
Medium - Ready Gro Coco
Nutrients - Almost the full line of Nectar for the Gods with some potassium additives because NftG is lacking, learned the hard way on first grow. E-mailed NtfG and found out they recommend 6.3-6.6 pH even in Coco due to having high calcium phosphate in their line. I previously ran the nutes at the 5.7-6.0 range so I will see if the pH changes my growing.
Plants - I can legally grow four and I'm in the state capitol so I stay legal like a good kid. 1 each of Mephisto Genetics Auto Blues, Mephisto Genetics 24carat Illuminauto pheno, Autoflower Portal Stone Dragon (special reserve regular seed stock), & Autoflower Portal Mumbling Dragon (regular seed stock).
20Nov - Started soaking in water mixed with Poseidonzime (2tsp to 1qt, seedling mix).
21Nov - All seeds popped seed coats and were transferred to rapid rooters.
22Nov - Auto Blues was above the rapid rooter with helmet still on.
23Nov - Eased the helmet off of Auto Blues & cotyledons opened without a problem (Day 1).
24Nov - Auto Blues was 1" above the rooter. Stone Dragon & 24carat were placed in the rooter a bit cock-eyed so they had to deal with gravitropism before emerging. Mumbling Dragon stalled with only a short radicle, started soaking another seed. Transferred Blanca (Auto Blues), Sierra (Stone Dragon *hoping for a female*), & Jewel into 160z s0l0 cups with coco as the medium sitting under a CFL.
25Nov - Both Sierra & Jewel were above the rapid rooter (Day 1 for Sierra and Jewel). Noticed that Sierra had white tips on the first finger leaves as seen in previous post. Mumbling Dragon [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG] cracked seed coat & was placed in rapid rooter.
27Nov - Moved Blanca, Sierra, & Jewel to the tent with the light ~27" above the babies, I want a little stretch for easy watering later. Mumbling Dragon [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG] stalled with short radicle, removed embryo from seed coat to see that the cotyledons were yellow-white so not viable (got to educate the 13yr-old about seeds and embryonic seedlings).
28Nov - After confirming the Mumbling Dragon is older seed stock I decided to use the paper towel method for Mumbling Dragon [HASHTAG]#3[/HASHTAG] to see if that would help.
1Dec - Mona (Mumbling Dragon *hoping for a female*) is above rapid rooter & in 16oz solo cup under a CFL. Removed humid domes from the tent kids and added a small circulating fan to strengthen their stems. Gave them water with Poseidonzime (seedling mix) to run-off since the coco was a bit dry.
2Dec - Moved Mona to the tent & keeping her humid dome on until she's ~2" tall. Blanca & Sierra are 2.5" with Jewel coming in at 2.25"
@Vlad The Inhaler @Itisi @Wile e Peyote @witchyhour @A-Train
Specs -
Tent - 5'x5'x7' iPower on foam gym mats for slight insulation from cold cement.
Light - Amare SE450 UVB currently ~27" without cobs, once the seedlings hit 6" the cobs go on, first sign of pistils & they get the UVB *evil laugh*. I also have a heat lamp in the tent because it's out in a non-insulated garage in the Pacific Northwest. Schedule is 18/6 because I believe plants need a dark period in order to have proper metabolic function.
Tent temps & humidity - with the heat lamp high of 81F low 61F (this week) with relative humidity 30-40% (sucky I know, I was hoping the rain outside would help some)
Medium - Ready Gro Coco
Nutrients - Almost the full line of Nectar for the Gods with some potassium additives because NftG is lacking, learned the hard way on first grow. E-mailed NtfG and found out they recommend 6.3-6.6 pH even in Coco due to having high calcium phosphate in their line. I previously ran the nutes at the 5.7-6.0 range so I will see if the pH changes my growing.
Plants - I can legally grow four and I'm in the state capitol so I stay legal like a good kid. 1 each of Mephisto Genetics Auto Blues, Mephisto Genetics 24carat Illuminauto pheno, Autoflower Portal Stone Dragon (special reserve regular seed stock), & Autoflower Portal Mumbling Dragon (regular seed stock).
20Nov - Started soaking in water mixed with Poseidonzime (2tsp to 1qt, seedling mix).
21Nov - All seeds popped seed coats and were transferred to rapid rooters.
22Nov - Auto Blues was above the rapid rooter with helmet still on.
23Nov - Eased the helmet off of Auto Blues & cotyledons opened without a problem (Day 1).
24Nov - Auto Blues was 1" above the rooter. Stone Dragon & 24carat were placed in the rooter a bit cock-eyed so they had to deal with gravitropism before emerging. Mumbling Dragon stalled with only a short radicle, started soaking another seed. Transferred Blanca (Auto Blues), Sierra (Stone Dragon *hoping for a female*), & Jewel into 160z s0l0 cups with coco as the medium sitting under a CFL.
25Nov - Both Sierra & Jewel were above the rapid rooter (Day 1 for Sierra and Jewel). Noticed that Sierra had white tips on the first finger leaves as seen in previous post. Mumbling Dragon [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG] cracked seed coat & was placed in rapid rooter.
27Nov - Moved Blanca, Sierra, & Jewel to the tent with the light ~27" above the babies, I want a little stretch for easy watering later. Mumbling Dragon [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG] stalled with short radicle, removed embryo from seed coat to see that the cotyledons were yellow-white so not viable (got to educate the 13yr-old about seeds and embryonic seedlings).
28Nov - After confirming the Mumbling Dragon is older seed stock I decided to use the paper towel method for Mumbling Dragon [HASHTAG]#3[/HASHTAG] to see if that would help.
1Dec - Mona (Mumbling Dragon *hoping for a female*) is above rapid rooter & in 16oz solo cup under a CFL. Removed humid domes from the tent kids and added a small circulating fan to strengthen their stems. Gave them water with Poseidonzime (seedling mix) to run-off since the coco was a bit dry.
2Dec - Moved Mona to the tent & keeping her humid dome on until she's ~2" tall. Blanca & Sierra are 2.5" with Jewel coming in at 2.25"
@Vlad The Inhaler @Itisi @Wile e Peyote @witchyhour @A-Train
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