So back germinating and planting my 3 F1 strains today, had 2 seeds of each fail already I suspect due to mistaken storage in a box in the kitchen. I have 2 Super Lemon Haze and 1 Purple Chemdog that sprouted on the 11th before I had my 4x4 setup, and they are in shock, but two are holding on and surviving.

Some Tobacco seeds failed as well due to me soaking them in water prior to planting them onto the soil surface. I am reusing some soils from last grow and also got a bunch of promix veg for my 7 gallon pots and backup. I have used a tiny Bit of Ferti-Frass (insect castings), Diatomaceous Earth, Liquid seaweed, and a dry microbe mix by Whole Earth which also contains Kelp and Humic acid on the topsoil mostly by slurry spray, but using Bokashi Pro-Grow to wake up the used soil for the seedlings until they are ready for a proper top dressing of the Jobes I use, vs Gaia Greens, I use the Jobe along with Good green earths Bokashi Pro-Grow and now to use their new Pro-Bloom formula to help the Jobes and the seaweed, kelp based things and use of teas in flowering.

The cover crops (Mumms sandwich mix sprouts) came up surprisingly fast, and also germinated some catmint for the cat. Reviving the neglected Aloe Vera that toppled over from neglect and age, which I also use for growing the cannabis, foliars, soil soak, and especially for cloning.

The temps in here are avg 23-26c, with 40-60% RH, and in the tent a steady 25 to 28, and 25 through the night now for the germinating. Keeping the windows open enough to add humidity and fresh air but the AC on low now at 25c+. Very happy with all that. Using 16 on 8 off versus my 12-1 lighting schedule, with 2 Maxisun MF-2000 at 24" from soil, both 30% power measuring 180 ppfd on Photone App using an Andriod, so account for -10% reading deviance. I usually run my seedlings from 100-200, and once they establish or take right off I try 250-350 and go from there and it keeps them short but big and wide.

Currently the 2 Super Lemon Haze seedlings, one is moving along slowly and has started the next shoot of it's first leaves, and the other looks scorched and stunted. The Purple Chemdog seedling in the same 7 gallon with my used soil came up with the hat on her, so I sprayed with aloe and flicked it off easily an hour later, and it's kind of recovered i guess but no sign of the first leaves. Aloe and seaweed spray was used to help them all out, with some DE in there too.

Just a floor oscillating fan in there with only my spare 4" booster doing the exhaust and it's working great for now, until I put in the 6" EC turbo 460 CFM inline fan and charcoal filter, the 2 Passive 6" intake flexducts. I think I will add an active4 or 6" intake fan but I suppose that will eliminate using a second passive duct by raising the pressure in the tent, so if that's the case and I can't use the two passive 6" ducts with the 4" active intake fan effectively, then I will get a really good 6" inline fan for the intake as well. I still have a 3x3 to setup and deciding if the 4" inline EC 250CFM fan is really enough for it's exhaust. But if I use a decent positive intake fan for it this time it might work better, or at least use the two 6" flexduct intakes for the 3x3 as well and maybe it will be fine.

***The last 4 pics are the Tobacco seedlings that sprouted 6-12 hours after being placed on the soil, vs being pre soaked and not germinating. Using a cover like they told me as well until they become less microscopic. I hear these things are one of the few that can compete with the growth of Cannabis.

Wish me luck on the germination of the 3 F1's. Right into the 7 gallon, 4 seeds each this time. Will put them into flower at 4 weeks of growth to sex them quick and then back to reveg ideally, but well see how things go.

Oh and the 3 F1 strains are all from the same male parent of Erbaceous genetically studied but not modified, Ever5st, which is basically a carefully selected Mendo Purp with skunky characteristics.
The three females crossed with it are as follows:
Super Lemon Haze S1 seeds from an OG breeder in BC
Trudeau seeds from a cup winning breeder in Ontario here using this strain to win multiple times.
And Purple Chemdog from a local grower I always associated with.

Wish me luck on the F1 germination this time around.
Thanks for coming by the garden,
Sincerly,
Soil Sheppard
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