"What you’re raising is very interesting! I agree that the general theory of the final pot serves as a base guide, but I like to test things out and see what happens in actual practice. In fact, if you look at what the breeder (the creator of the genetics) themselves recommends, there’s room to handle it differently and step outside the traditional mold.
Just so I’m not speaking hypothetically, I’ll leave the link to my Growlog for the Big Autos here, where I’m documenting the whole process, the transplants, and the real-world results to clear up any doubts with facts. Anyone who wants to check out how it’s going over here is welcome to take a look. Happy smoking and happy growing to all!"
I bought my Super Boof seeds from Zamnesia. I’m also a bit of a hunter-gatherer myself
Back then I ordered 5, but I received a 3-pack. I immediately filed a complaint with photo evidence and got another 3-pack plus free Wedding Cake seeds.
What kind of insulation do you have around the pots there?
Like something from outer space!
Man, a few of my seedlings died and only the Strawberry Kush is standing.
And the delivery of the nematodes and fungus gnats is taking a long time.
I’m freaking out!
Hope that comes tomorrow then. Yesterday the Tropical Kush had a 0.5 cm long taproot and the peat Jiffys arrived.
So I soaked 2 of them right away and squeezed them out until they weighed 36 g on the scale. 8 g dry plus 28 g / ml of water. That was always what gave a 100% germination rate.
Now the Tropical is in there and the last seed of the Jamaican Pearl, because the last one had germinated and at half a cm above the soil it withered away.
I hope it can stay in the Jiffy long enough until the natural predators of the larvae arrive so nothing nibbles on young roots anymore.
I’ll dump out the empty soil pots right away and squeeze the soil to see if maybe it got a bit too wet.
The Sherbet Queen, Mexican, and Wedding Cake seeds are already in the soil, hasty as I was. But the Jiffys weren’t there yet and you don’t want big time differences either.
What I notice about Plagron soil is that it compacts the soil surface quite a bit after watering. So I loosened up the surface a little.
Maybe the little beans literally suffocated.
Man guys, it’s getting crazier and crazier with the prices!
Car insurance comes up again with a €10 monthly increase. Just to send me a new calculation in October when the new no-claims discount drops 1%, which actually would or should make the whole thing cheaper. But with the increase, in the end nothing is left for me from the better no-claims tier except it being more expensive instead of cheaper. So I called them up and in the end everything stays a little bit more expensive than this year, and the guy literally put a gun to my chest and said if he sends that to me now, my special right of cancellation would be gone.
I then said I’d rather consider that option.
There are plenty on the market that are fairer and cheaper.
Now I’m dealing with switching insurance. I’ll take the household contents insurance with me right away, because that got more expensive too, without any claims since I’ve had it.
And gas and oil, one record price following another.
Quickly making sure to get a good amount into the bunker for truly bad times that might still come.
Wonderful, and another weekend is knocking on the door. Wishing everyone lots of peace and fun growing.
Now I’m gonna smoke one and then we’ll see.
Stay High - that’s just life. Paule
This morning, the soil was prepared. Mycorrhizae, Rhizobacter, and Trichoderma were added to the soil. Afterwards, everything was mixed well and moistened with yeast water. Finally, the tub was covered; in a few days I’ll mix it all up thoroughly again and moisten it again if necessary.
There’s also already some life in the little lab, the Bubble Gum Sherb has been poking out of the soil since this morning. The Gorilla Bubblegum was potted today, the Fat Bastard and the Mint Kush are just opening slightly. The Gorilla Cookies and Bruce Banner Fast Version show no signs of life after 5 days. A bit disappointing what I received there, starting with different sized seeds for the same strains. We’ll see what happens.
"Hello, Pflanzenpaul! What you see around the pots is aluminized bubble thermal insulation (that material that has a metallic face on the front and air bubbles inside).
I used it for the middle of winter; here in the Southern Hemisphere we start in June with very cold weather and I had some left over from back then. In fact, we also put it on the walls of the space to get through June and July with temperatures from 0 °C to 5 °C below zero, and we did very well with that insulation, managing to maintain around 23 °C with the lights on and dropping to about 17 °C-19 °C with the lights off.
Now that we are entering spring, for a moment I thought about leaving it on the pots to hold a bit of substrate moisture, but the truth is I’ve already taken it off because it’s starting to get quite warm and I was risking boiling the roots.
One detail to keep in mind, though: you have to figure out a good way to secure it to the walls, because when the exhaust fan turns on it creates a vacuum, sucks it in, and tears it all off.
@Pflanzenpaul
It’s always a shame to read when something doesn’t work out. But it’s also a sign for everyone who’s just starting out and going through this—sometimes it’s just cursed.
The next run can only get better.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that you’ll soon get the results you’re expecting. Cheers
@Reckless610
Moin moin, I went through it with an oversized toothpick and loosened up the soil from the top.
So it stays loose for now.
I think this might be the problem: due to the compaction, not enough air or oxygen gets to the beans and they die off during germination.
As for the critters, I need to take another magnified look at the two pots without seeds.
Because yesterday I took worm tea from the worm bin.
And there were springtails in the tea.
Now a tiny bit of the worm castings is mixed into the soil, so it could be those too. Primarily beneficial insects in an organic grow.
It all just works on the principle of: eat, shit, and the plant eats the shit.
The predatory mites and 10 million nematodes are due to arrive today.
And the Mexican is showing itself this morning, on day 4 after the second attempt.
Still waiting on a few though.
If they were fungus gnat larvae, there should be hatched adult pests by now. But nothing is flying around.
Hohoho
I’ll get to the finish line eventually!
I’m not the youngest anymore, so everything takes a bit longer.
The Hulkberry in the middle has brown spots, so I’m currently correcting that a bit by giving it more potassium. Raked dolomite lime and new mycorrhiza powder into the top layer a day or two before and watered well.
I was also torn between Cherry - Bubble Gum
GroW 2 U
