ragamufn
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[I posted the start of this grow diary in the wrong forum topic, so I’m correcting my foolish newbie mistake by creating one in the proper Grow Diaries section]
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Seeds: Kosher White x 1, Cookie Monster x 2, Trainwreck x 2
Mediums: Roots Organics micro-greens seedling mix, Fox Farms Ocean Forest potting soil
Containers: 16 oz plastic cup (seedling), 2 gal plastic pots (veg), 3 gal fabric pots (flower)
Nutrients: GO box (for simplicity)
Location: Outdoor patio, coastal microclimate
Skill level: Mid-level indoor grower, but novice outdoor grower
Goals: learning the growing season here, having fun trying different methods, figuring out best process for future seasons
This season’s patio grow is a random seed found in some groovy dispensary bud labeled Kosher White, along with two pairs of regular sex seeds each of Cookie Monster and Trainwreck, purchased from Humboldt Seed Company. I have an indoor tent cycle starting in about a week which will be more my focus, but still keen on doing a high quality job with these. Not concerned with biggest yield or fastest growth speed, though...just sipping a cup and having some fun...
On 7/7 @ 6am, the Kosher White seed was dropped in a shot glass of purified water covered by coffee cup for 24 hours, then further germinated between damp towels and paper plates. After 72 hours in plates, gently teased the long taproot out of the paper with tweezers, planted into solo cup with drain holes and filled with RO seedling soil and gravel at bottom for drainage, then slowly watered through.
Seedling spent several days indoors on heat mat without any dome and with sunlight on it through patio doors. Grew a bit stringy at first, but guidance from DemonTrich got the stalk stabilized with some soil addition. After gradual acclimation, it’s now spending days outside and nights indoors. Been cloudy and windy for a few days, so growth isn’t super fast. Gets watered slowly with purified water when soil feels dry by knuckle test...just got watered this evening before pic was taken after bringing it indoors. Been 9.5 days since it went into the cup.
Two regular Cookie Monster seeds were dropped in shot glass on 7/18 @ 7am, but instead of paper plates, were sown directly into RO seedling soil and gravel in solo cups after 24 hours. Reason for process change is that I smelled funkiness with wet paper towels used unsuccessfully on some other seeds, so I’m hoping to retire that method. Seeds have been on the heat mat for 3.5 days at time of pic, with plastic wrap for domes on most of the time (we were oddly out of plastic baggies which I would’ve used instead).
Cookie Monster 1 seed is doing well, even after getting its shell stuck on a cotyledon (thanks to someone not burying the seed deep enough). The translucent film is still stuck on, and a test tug from tweezers showed it’s on tight, so I’m not going to try and remove it. Cookie Monster 2...well, nothing at all yet. Considering that I obviously sowed the other seed shallow, I assume I also did something clumsy with 2 and wrecked it (pH is same in both cups). But I’m leaving it going for a few more days, just in case it’s a late starter.
The seeming failure of CM 2 bummed me out, so decided to try more seeds in the straight-to-soil germination method to make sure it’s still what I want to switch to. So on 5/22 @ 10 am, two Trainwreck seeds were dropped in shot glass and they’re soaking now. I’m going to use a freezer size baggy as a shared dome on these when they go into cups.
Nothing too exciting happening yet, but still figured I’d share what’s in the works under the sun, under the sun...
- ragamufn
Details -
Seeds: Kosher White x 1, Cookie Monster x 2, Trainwreck x 2
Mediums: Roots Organics micro-greens seedling mix, Fox Farms Ocean Forest potting soil
Containers: 16 oz plastic cup (seedling), 2 gal plastic pots (veg), 3 gal fabric pots (flower)
Nutrients: GO box (for simplicity)
Location: Outdoor patio, coastal microclimate
Skill level: Mid-level indoor grower, but novice outdoor grower
Goals: learning the growing season here, having fun trying different methods, figuring out best process for future seasons
This season’s patio grow is a random seed found in some groovy dispensary bud labeled Kosher White, along with two pairs of regular sex seeds each of Cookie Monster and Trainwreck, purchased from Humboldt Seed Company. I have an indoor tent cycle starting in about a week which will be more my focus, but still keen on doing a high quality job with these. Not concerned with biggest yield or fastest growth speed, though...just sipping a cup and having some fun...
On 7/7 @ 6am, the Kosher White seed was dropped in a shot glass of purified water covered by coffee cup for 24 hours, then further germinated between damp towels and paper plates. After 72 hours in plates, gently teased the long taproot out of the paper with tweezers, planted into solo cup with drain holes and filled with RO seedling soil and gravel at bottom for drainage, then slowly watered through.
Seedling spent several days indoors on heat mat without any dome and with sunlight on it through patio doors. Grew a bit stringy at first, but guidance from DemonTrich got the stalk stabilized with some soil addition. After gradual acclimation, it’s now spending days outside and nights indoors. Been cloudy and windy for a few days, so growth isn’t super fast. Gets watered slowly with purified water when soil feels dry by knuckle test...just got watered this evening before pic was taken after bringing it indoors. Been 9.5 days since it went into the cup.
Two regular Cookie Monster seeds were dropped in shot glass on 7/18 @ 7am, but instead of paper plates, were sown directly into RO seedling soil and gravel in solo cups after 24 hours. Reason for process change is that I smelled funkiness with wet paper towels used unsuccessfully on some other seeds, so I’m hoping to retire that method. Seeds have been on the heat mat for 3.5 days at time of pic, with plastic wrap for domes on most of the time (we were oddly out of plastic baggies which I would’ve used instead).
Cookie Monster 1 seed is doing well, even after getting its shell stuck on a cotyledon (thanks to someone not burying the seed deep enough). The translucent film is still stuck on, and a test tug from tweezers showed it’s on tight, so I’m not going to try and remove it. Cookie Monster 2...well, nothing at all yet. Considering that I obviously sowed the other seed shallow, I assume I also did something clumsy with 2 and wrecked it (pH is same in both cups). But I’m leaving it going for a few more days, just in case it’s a late starter.
The seeming failure of CM 2 bummed me out, so decided to try more seeds in the straight-to-soil germination method to make sure it’s still what I want to switch to. So on 5/22 @ 10 am, two Trainwreck seeds were dropped in shot glass and they’re soaking now. I’m going to use a freezer size baggy as a shared dome on these when they go into cups.
Nothing too exciting happening yet, but still figured I’d share what’s in the works under the sun, under the sun...
- ragamufn