I usually think of this period as the most boring part of a grow, but I'm taking that opportunity to refine a bit more.
Environment:
Fairly simple stuff, but I decided to focus on other things once I got my environment within acceptable ranges. Now I'm excited to move closer to optimal (Warmer & more humid early on) and hoping it contributes towards a more successful grow. Warmer temps should mean more life and vigor in the soil - which I'm sure translates to good things for the gals.
Soil updates:
I'm following the BAS schedule as mentioned, so most weeks will see a couple limited (1/2 gal or so at this stage) top waterings with the few amendments I am adding. Mainly Agisil and rootwise to keep the soil happy.
I did struggle a bit with the mulch cover; but ultimately decided to keep it. I removed for ~24 hours as the seeds were sprouting to help make sure things weren't too damp at a critical phase. Then re-covered. Despite it, the cover crop is coming along well. I'm trimming overgrowth down as I encounter it and loving this built in mulch generator. Will probably throw a few red wigglers in before too long just so I can say I did. Although I still need to read more on this; have heard others say that the worms can really clog things up in an EB.
Seed updates:
Not much to report on here. I've already updated my lessons learned to reflect the fact that I should probably not sew cover crop where I plan to drop my beans. Whiskey Zulu was easy to spot because she came out still wearing part of her helmet, but the Triks gal popped right up in the middle of a bunch of clover. A day after, I was able to spot those true leaves and then cut her neighbors down.
I called yesterday, January 17, Day 1 for both of them, as it was the point at which both had true leaves clearly visible. They're stretching out beyond their little mulch cover holes and looking for light. I'm going to let them stretch a little bit for now so that I have an easier time with LST next week. Expecting to see an uptick in activity as those roots start to explore all the space.
Triks:
Whiskey Zulu:
Environment:
- Humidity. Always been a struggle for me. I ended up picking up the BAS humidifier and have found that it's doing a much better job than my old amazon purchase. Double the cost (~$110 USD) -- but seems to be getting about a day and a half on a gallon of water and actually maintaining the prescribed 65% RH that I have it set to. All this with exhaust running; which is a game changer.
- Heat. In my previous post, I mentioned that it was easier for me to get heat from lights than to add other sources -- but I can't be blasting the lights yet. Even with RH stable (Averaging 59.3% for the last week), temps were in the low 70s. That works, but I wanted warmer. So I've moved an old oil radiator into the tent and have it on a lower setting. This has me at 79F and 65% RH which is right where I want it. Once I can up my lights, I'll just remove the radiator.
Fairly simple stuff, but I decided to focus on other things once I got my environment within acceptable ranges. Now I'm excited to move closer to optimal (Warmer & more humid early on) and hoping it contributes towards a more successful grow. Warmer temps should mean more life and vigor in the soil - which I'm sure translates to good things for the gals.
Soil updates:
I'm following the BAS schedule as mentioned, so most weeks will see a couple limited (1/2 gal or so at this stage) top waterings with the few amendments I am adding. Mainly Agisil and rootwise to keep the soil happy.
I did struggle a bit with the mulch cover; but ultimately decided to keep it. I removed for ~24 hours as the seeds were sprouting to help make sure things weren't too damp at a critical phase. Then re-covered. Despite it, the cover crop is coming along well. I'm trimming overgrowth down as I encounter it and loving this built in mulch generator. Will probably throw a few red wigglers in before too long just so I can say I did. Although I still need to read more on this; have heard others say that the worms can really clog things up in an EB.
Seed updates:
Not much to report on here. I've already updated my lessons learned to reflect the fact that I should probably not sew cover crop where I plan to drop my beans. Whiskey Zulu was easy to spot because she came out still wearing part of her helmet, but the Triks gal popped right up in the middle of a bunch of clover. A day after, I was able to spot those true leaves and then cut her neighbors down.
I called yesterday, January 17, Day 1 for both of them, as it was the point at which both had true leaves clearly visible. They're stretching out beyond their little mulch cover holes and looking for light. I'm going to let them stretch a little bit for now so that I have an easier time with LST next week. Expecting to see an uptick in activity as those roots start to explore all the space.
Triks:
Whiskey Zulu:
