Seamaiden
Living dead girl
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Yesterday afternoon I found that almost all my seed starts were showing sex, so I set about separating out the girls from the boys. When I was finished, I was astonished to see that I got FIVE females, and I lost count of the males (over 30). This has never happened to me before, however, this is also the first time I've ever done seed starts 100% indoors.
So, I see this as a failure on my part. I would like to figure out where my husbandry needs to be improved, because I can't work with a male rate like that.
Some room and media parameters:
Everything is growing well now that I seem to have gotten them past the stage where FGs can ruin their day, except for the Purple Cheddar mother I still have in the room. Right now, if it weren't for her, I wouldn't even come close to hitting my cultivation limits as zoned by the county! In fact, if it weren't for her and some stuff that's been gifted as clones, I'd be pretty concerned at this stage.
In all my previous years of growing I have always started my seeds outside. They live through the snow and the rain and the cold, but don't grow very vigorously. So I figured we're on solar, why not get a good head start this year? Well, lemme tell ya, this kind of male rate is NOT a good head start!
I have pix on my phone, will have to upload those later.
So, I see this as a failure on my part. I would like to figure out where my husbandry needs to be improved, because I can't work with a male rate like that.
Some room and media parameters:
Seeds started in February in Eden's Valley Premium Potting Blend, brightly colored beer cups
Given mostly water and a few teas, a couple of feeds
Within a week of firing up the indoor room I began seeing fungus gnats, whose populations EXPLODED. Many veggie seeds failed to germinate and I found the hulls in the soil, and I lost a few cannabis seedlings, many after they seemed to be well on their way
Room parameters are 75*F w/50%-60%RH. The temps were kept stable because I was also starting some very difficult peppers at the same time (most all have germinated!)
One 400W MH@3,000K
One 4-light T5 fixture w/6,500K bulbs
One 2-light T8 fixture w/6,500K bulbs (over the veggies)
Interrupted photoperiod with MH on for 11hrs/day, fluoro fixtures increasing the daylight to 14hrs, with two interruptions during the dark phase of the photoperiod of 1hr each.
Everything is growing well now that I seem to have gotten them past the stage where FGs can ruin their day, except for the Purple Cheddar mother I still have in the room. Right now, if it weren't for her, I wouldn't even come close to hitting my cultivation limits as zoned by the county! In fact, if it weren't for her and some stuff that's been gifted as clones, I'd be pretty concerned at this stage.
In all my previous years of growing I have always started my seeds outside. They live through the snow and the rain and the cold, but don't grow very vigorously. So I figured we're on solar, why not get a good head start this year? Well, lemme tell ya, this kind of male rate is NOT a good head start!
I have pix on my phone, will have to upload those later.