Winter/Spring 2024 Grow - Featuring 2 Breeders - Dino's Party & 3Thirteen

[HydroRed]

Update:

Advice is well received.

This morning I decided to dig around in the coco. I couldn’t even find a seed, much less a tail or elbow.

So, I’m starting a third round. This time I gave them a light scuff with my wife’s Emory board.

Then dropped them into little glasses with tap water with a hint of H2O2.

I have an Igloo cooler that is rigged out with heat mats. This is what I use for spawning mycelium on grain.

It’s set to 80 degrees and well insulated. Tonight, I’ll transfer to tried and true moist paper towels.

What is the minimum length that you allow for the tails?

My logic, regarding flower/harvest timing, has relaxed. I was thinking that if I have to leave them for the last week of flower it’s no big deal. By then they won’t need a humidifier and my reservoir is 18 gallons. They can auto-pilot for a week on 12/12 and light nutrients.

I‘m pretty good with keeping good moisture conditions. I pre-wet the solo cups a day before and then on planting day fluff up the top 2 inches. I never worry about drowning the seed. I lightly cover the seed, sometimes with the seed shells exposed and tail only buried.

This Is now WAR! 😆

I'll plant them after they sprout about 3/8" out of the seed and up to 1" or greater if I let them go too long by accident. I've planted them from out of the ziplock bag when there wasnt even seed husk anymore, it was just very pale cotys and a 1.5" taproot (often burrowing into the paper towel at this point) because they were in the bag too long lol. They usually green up after 24 hrs of being planted and under light -then off to the races they go. Being that you are in coco this likely wont be an issue for you, but Im in hydroton so everything goes from ziplock to rooting plugs first before being potted. Often, I have to split the rooting plugs to be able to get the whole tap root in it.

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

Some good news

I left these five seeds for 24 hours in the soak.

All five seeds had some form of tail poking out. Nothing was an eighth of an inch or more, but there were evidence on all five.

I went ahead and moved them into baggies with wet paper towels. I’ll check them this evening after 12 hours just to see if they took off in the change of environment.

After that, I went upstairs and removed about an inch or so of the Coco from the solo cups. I usually leave plenty of room in case some of them get lanky.

I added in some new untouched Coco and stirred it into dilute anything that might be part of the problem. Although I don’t think that coco is causing problems.

I made up a pint of RO water with a hint of Tribus & Rhizotonic. I was surprised that I had to dilute down 0.5 E.C. It was also trace amounts of kelp in there and all of these things have an EC that adds up.

I’m not worried about nutrients per se while they feast upon cotyledon. I also stabilize the pH at 6.0.

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

Mostly Great News:

4 of 5 Tails were at least 1/2" this AM and are now in the coco cups.

The only holdout was Chopper Sic Balls (Dino). She was only about 1/4".
I'm giving her more time to grow in the hot box in her damp paper towel.

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This next video is a test. I'm thinking about bringing videos to my Journals.

It's the same view as the picture above, except it is in motion.


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[ExNavyInSTL]

I just crossed the VPD Tool for the first time. It's very interactive:

VPD Chart

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

Officially Day 1

I was beginning to believe this day would never come. But here we are - Day 1.

MooMoo DooDoo leads the pack, and Grease's Pieces is in second place.

Chopper Sic Balls is lagging, and it could get worse. I dropped the seed (with tail) twice before getting it into the Solo Cup.

An AutoFlower (TBD) will go in this slot if she doesn't make it.

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

Day 1 - Environmental Conditions

When you consider the current weather conditions and that my Tent is in the garage (slightly climate-controlled) ... these are decent tent environmental numbers.

Weather Right Now

Inside the Tent Right Now




Inside the Tent Last 24 Hours

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

I would like to request the moderators delete this thread.

This ”Grow” has officially ended!

I woke up this morning to another disaster.

The only plant that looks like it has a chance to survive is MooMoo DooDoo. I say that because it’s the only plant so far that’s made it to 1 inch tall. We’ll see what happens when that plant realizes it’s growing in a graveyard.

The only thing different is the fact that I used Flora Flex Coco. I am by no means blaming that difference. I did a slurry test and the pH was around 6.0 and the EC was .3 which is what they advertise I think due to the buffering.

Nonetheless, three strikes and you’re out.

Again, moderators, please delete this thread.

I have to think this is God‘s way of telling me to take a break. I’ve been growing nonstop for more than two years and I just finally hit the wall.

 

[Smoke_A_Lot]

I would like to request the moderators delete this thread.

This ”Grow” has officially ended!

I woke up this morning to another disaster.

The only plant that looks like it has a chance to survive is MooMoo DooDoo. I say that because it’s the only plant so far that’s made it to 1 inch tall. We’ll see what happens when that plant realizes it’s growing in a graveyard.

The only thing different is the fact that I used Flora Flex Coco. I am by no means blaming that difference. I did a slurry test and the pH was around 6.0 and the EC was .3 which is what they advertise I think due to the buffering.

Nonetheless, three strikes and you’re out.

Again, moderators, please delete this thread.

I have to think this is God‘s way of telling me to take a break. I’ve been growing nonstop for more than two years and I just finally hit the wall.

I've had more failures growing than I'd like to admit. I wouldn't take it as a sign to give up but to keep going, that's how you learn from your mistakes and perfect your craft. I reached out to the mods for help if you still wanna delete this thread.. Don't give up, and better luck next time. I also lost a lot of money on seeds until I got my germination game down even then I still lose seeds here and there. That's just the name of the game! If you got these packs for free consider yourself lucky and start over fresh.

 

[Caddis]

 

[DopeDaniel]

Again, moderators, please delete this thread.

Please don't take offense if this doesn't happen. It's not how we operate this joint.
@Deebs

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

Please don't take offense if this doesn't happen. It's not how we operate this joint.
@Deebs

No offense at all. I was just thinking of the people that might click on this later only to find a dead end.

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

I've had more failures growing than I'd like to admit. I wouldn't take it as a sign to give up but to keep going, that's how you learn from your mistakes and perfect your craft. I reached out to the mods for help if you still wanna delete this thread.. Don't give up, and better luck next time. I also lost a lot of money on seeds until I got my germination game down even then I still lose seeds here and there. That's just the name of the game! If you got these packs for free consider yourself lucky and start over fresh

No quitting here.

I’ve already thrown seeds in the empty spaces. I’m just not gonna track anything online until I’m sure they got a chance to make it.

Having said that, this grow is officially over.