What did you do today?

My germination rate has fallen off a cliff. I'm thinking the temp fluctuations in my cold room were already an issue and then the basement flooding this year, and subsequent issues with mold, had an affect, even though I try to store things in airtight containers.

As an attempt to turn things around, I just bought a mini fridge for seed storage. Maintaining a more consistent temperature and humidity should be much easier.
Not sure how much can be done with the old stock, but I'll save what I can and rebuild in Vault 2.0.

I also just found a source for Puto Rojo IBLs. I haven't grabbed them yet, but looking forward to seeing what they offer while I try to find some survivors in my C99 seeds. Indicas and hybrids are a dime a dozen but finding sativas is much more challenging, in my experience.
 
My germination rate has fallen off a cliff. I'm thinking the temp fluctuations in my cold room were already an issue and then the basement flooding this year, and subsequent issues with mold, had an affect, even though I try to store things in airtight containers.

As an attempt to turn things around, I just bought a mini fridge for seed storage. Maintaining a more consistent temperature and humidity should be much easier.
Not sure how much can be done with the old stock, but I'll save what I can and rebuild in Vault 2.0.

I also just found a source for Puto Rojo IBLs. I haven't grabbed them yet, but looking forward to seeing what they offer while I try to find some survivors in my C99 seeds. Indicas and hybrids are a dime a dozen but finding sativas is much more challenging, in my experience.
I've had good luck just storing seeds in our main fridge where food is kept.
Everything is in 1-gallon ziploc bags with desiccant packs.

I thought about getting a dedicated dorm fridge in the garage, but if something went wrong and it quit working, I probably wouldn't notice for a while -- which could be disastrous.
 
I got my new seed fridge set up in a perfect spot and have most of the collection moved in. I gave the inside a good spray of lysol to help with any micro-bastards. Going to be a lot more careful with any new purchases, as I'm still pretty PO'd that most of my collection of irreplaceable IBLs appear to be compromised. :( Nothing like locking the barn after the horses are gone.


I also adjusted my solar panels from year round optimal angle to winter optimized angle, as we got our first significant snowfall. Being this far north, there is almost a 30 degree difference between optimal Summer and Winter angles. Everything being covered in a white, reflective coating is already having an apparent positive affect on power generation, even though it was a cloudy day.
It's been fun, learning all about the generational capabilities of my panels on this small scale, so I can expand in the most efficient manner and with no unrealistic expectations.
 
I was annoyed when my power went out this morning, on the coldest day so far. About ten minutes in my brain started telling me I'd forgotten something. I checked my email and found the notice of this outage from weeks ago.

Yeah Right GIF by Your Happy Workplace


It was two hours until I had juice again.
My UPS systems worked flawlessly. I played on the PC and vaped weed while the solar panels did their job.
I could have fired up a propane heater but it wasn't cold enough to bother.

The other UPS shit the bed. I got notice that they "tried" to deliver my transfer switch, but the fact that the only tracks in the fresh inch or so of snow in my driveway are mine says that is a lie.
That's actually one of my favorite things about winter, everything leaves tracks. Checking the driveway and seeing what critters visited overnight is the way I usually start my morning. :)
 

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