Mephisto seeds arrived today. Received 5x Sour Stomper, 5x Mephisto's Wedding, 2x Mango Smile, and 2x CDLC. Freebies are 5x 3Bog x Mango Smile and 5x (CDLC x Sour Stomper) x CDLC.
I couldn't decide which strains to run so I had my friend choose for me. Right now I have 2 Sour Stomper, 2 3BOG x M.S. and 2 Twisted Cookies soaking in 1% peroxide water (~180'ish mL RO water with ~5'ish mL of 3% peroxide) on top of a heating mat. They will soak for a few hours before being wrapped in moist paper towels and into a tupperware container. I'll only be running 4-5 plants, and the extra seeds are for germination insurance or for culling the weakest ones once sprouted. The decision to use 1% peroxide water was informed by this video:
While the seeds are in paper towels I'll prep the jiffy pellets by soaking them in RO water with a tiny drop of Pro-Tekt silica and a teeny pinch of Mikro-Micro (similar to Recharge). Once tails are 1/2 inch long or so I'll be putting them into the pellets.
70/30 Coco perlite will be prepped as soon as the seeds go into the jiffy pellets. I'll prep the coco by soaking them in 5mL/gallon Cal-Mag for 24 hours and check the run-off pH and EC. I'll allow the Coco to get to temp by leaving them in the grow room for 24 hours. If run-off ppm/pH of the prepped coco is too high, I'll flush using the same diluted nutrient solution (~150 ppm of Foliage Pro + Silica) that I'll be fertigating my seedlings with once they are transferred from pellets to coco. Will add cal-mag if necessary, but I've read a few grow logs of other people using dyna-gro in coco who did not use cal-mag throughout the grow.
Throughout the grow I'll be referencing a VPD and DLI chart. Seedling conditions are perfect as VPD is about .6 in my seedling starter tray. Ambient VPD is about .9 to 1.1 which is perfect for veg stage. With the dehumidifier turned on the VPD is between 1.2-1.4 which seems ideal for flowering. Environment is looking good so far.
For those reading, feel free to pick apart my plan and provide feedback! I get the sense that I am over-complicating parts of this grow, but I don't want to stray too far from what has been prescribed by the resources I've read. Once I have a few miles under my belt I hope to simplify much of my process. Thanks for reading!
I couldn't decide which strains to run so I had my friend choose for me. Right now I have 2 Sour Stomper, 2 3BOG x M.S. and 2 Twisted Cookies soaking in 1% peroxide water (~180'ish mL RO water with ~5'ish mL of 3% peroxide) on top of a heating mat. They will soak for a few hours before being wrapped in moist paper towels and into a tupperware container. I'll only be running 4-5 plants, and the extra seeds are for germination insurance or for culling the weakest ones once sprouted. The decision to use 1% peroxide water was informed by this video:
While the seeds are in paper towels I'll prep the jiffy pellets by soaking them in RO water with a tiny drop of Pro-Tekt silica and a teeny pinch of Mikro-Micro (similar to Recharge). Once tails are 1/2 inch long or so I'll be putting them into the pellets.
70/30 Coco perlite will be prepped as soon as the seeds go into the jiffy pellets. I'll prep the coco by soaking them in 5mL/gallon Cal-Mag for 24 hours and check the run-off pH and EC. I'll allow the Coco to get to temp by leaving them in the grow room for 24 hours. If run-off ppm/pH of the prepped coco is too high, I'll flush using the same diluted nutrient solution (~150 ppm of Foliage Pro + Silica) that I'll be fertigating my seedlings with once they are transferred from pellets to coco. Will add cal-mag if necessary, but I've read a few grow logs of other people using dyna-gro in coco who did not use cal-mag throughout the grow.
Throughout the grow I'll be referencing a VPD and DLI chart. Seedling conditions are perfect as VPD is about .6 in my seedling starter tray. Ambient VPD is about .9 to 1.1 which is perfect for veg stage. With the dehumidifier turned on the VPD is between 1.2-1.4 which seems ideal for flowering. Environment is looking good so far.
For those reading, feel free to pick apart my plan and provide feedback! I get the sense that I am over-complicating parts of this grow, but I don't want to stray too far from what has been prescribed by the resources I've read. Once I have a few miles under my belt I hope to simplify much of my process. Thanks for reading!
