Day 14: first post
Time for a new batch. I started soaking the seeds on Christmas, most are 14 days from sprout. It's pretty much the same setup as last time -- I'm growing in a 2x2' / 60x60 cm tent, in reused 1/2 liter polypropylene food containers (ice cream pints) full of coco and hydroton, bottom-feeding with Dyna-Gro hydroponic nutrients. I'm using ~110 watts of LED COBs lights, 24/0 for extra warmth.
Left row, front to back:
- 2x Wizard's Apprentice (regs)
- Grape Crinkle x Anvil (reg)
- 2x Wizard's Apprentice x Blue Microverse (regs)
Right row, front to back:
- 2x 24 Carat (fems)
- Grape Crinkle x Anvil (reg, a week younger than the others)
- Wizard's Apprentice (fem, the F5)
- Fantasmo Express (fem)
This group is kind of a hodge-podge of Mephisto, Night Owl, and pollen chucks of mine. I started four Wizard's Apprentice regs last time hoping to get a male or two and make a bunch more seeds for later, but all four turned out female. I really like the flower from the two I kept, though, so I'm trying to find a male in my remaining two regs before they get too old, or failing that a WA x Blue Microverse male. Otherwise, I've been wanting to try 24 Carat for a while, as well as some of the crosses I've made, and added Fantasmo Express to get some relatively early-finishing Haze in the mix. The regs have white plant markers, the fems blue.
I had another Grape Crinkle x Anvil that germinated but didn't sprout -- I later found the planted seed with an inch-plus-long radicle that went a ways and then changed direction, so I think it got turned around and ran out of energy before it broke the surface. After a couple days of waiting for it to sprout I got another soaking, and that one (GCxA3) germinated and sprouted very quickly. I also soaked a couple really old 3 Bears OG x Grape Crinkle seeds (Illuminauto #20, circa 2015?), which germinated lethargically but didn't sprout. I'll give more of those a try again later, with care specific to old seeds.
At the moment, 24C1, WAxBM2, and WA2 are in the lead, already forming their fifth node. Most of the others are filling out their fourth, with the Fantasmo Express a bit slower than the rest, and the GCxA3 a week younger but catching up. As usual, I'm planning on topping everything between days 15-20, as soon as there's a clear shot to cut above the fourth node. They will probably start showing sex over next week or so.
Most have some significant leaf tip burn on the first and (to much a lesser extent) second nodes' leaves, stress from a cold and dry first week. Adding a heat lamp to warm up the tent made it even dryer, and my small humidifier couldn't keep up. I've kept the coco damp and their roots are drinking plenty now. The newer growth looks better, so I'm not too worried, and the water in the trays from bottom-feeding will help raise the RH a bit. There's some algae on top, but as the surface coco dries out that'll go away. Some are also a bit pale, but improving -- I started out really low nutrient-wise, but I've been raising the EC gradually, and also acclimating the seedlings to my (somewhat hard) tap water.
Left row, front to back:
- 2x Wizard's Apprentice (regs)
- Grape Crinkle x Anvil (reg)
- 2x Wizard's Apprentice x Blue Microverse (regs)
Right row, front to back:
- 2x 24 Carat (fems)
- Grape Crinkle x Anvil (reg, a week younger than the others)
- Wizard's Apprentice (fem, the F5)
- Fantasmo Express (fem)
This group is kind of a hodge-podge of Mephisto, Night Owl, and pollen chucks of mine. I started four Wizard's Apprentice regs last time hoping to get a male or two and make a bunch more seeds for later, but all four turned out female. I really like the flower from the two I kept, though, so I'm trying to find a male in my remaining two regs before they get too old, or failing that a WA x Blue Microverse male. Otherwise, I've been wanting to try 24 Carat for a while, as well as some of the crosses I've made, and added Fantasmo Express to get some relatively early-finishing Haze in the mix. The regs have white plant markers, the fems blue.
I had another Grape Crinkle x Anvil that germinated but didn't sprout -- I later found the planted seed with an inch-plus-long radicle that went a ways and then changed direction, so I think it got turned around and ran out of energy before it broke the surface. After a couple days of waiting for it to sprout I got another soaking, and that one (GCxA3) germinated and sprouted very quickly. I also soaked a couple really old 3 Bears OG x Grape Crinkle seeds (Illuminauto #20, circa 2015?), which germinated lethargically but didn't sprout. I'll give more of those a try again later, with care specific to old seeds.
At the moment, 24C1, WAxBM2, and WA2 are in the lead, already forming their fifth node. Most of the others are filling out their fourth, with the Fantasmo Express a bit slower than the rest, and the GCxA3 a week younger but catching up. As usual, I'm planning on topping everything between days 15-20, as soon as there's a clear shot to cut above the fourth node. They will probably start showing sex over next week or so.
Most have some significant leaf tip burn on the first and (to much a lesser extent) second nodes' leaves, stress from a cold and dry first week. Adding a heat lamp to warm up the tent made it even dryer, and my small humidifier couldn't keep up. I've kept the coco damp and their roots are drinking plenty now. The newer growth looks better, so I'm not too worried, and the water in the trays from bottom-feeding will help raise the RH a bit. There's some algae on top, but as the surface coco dries out that'll go away. Some are also a bit pale, but improving -- I started out really low nutrient-wise, but I've been raising the EC gradually, and also acclimating the seedlings to my (somewhat hard) tap water.
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