Update as of 12PM PST September 7, about 4 days after germinating seeds…
Tent is filled with 18 germinated seeds in solo cups 13 of the seeds were placed in solo cups within 48 of starting germination. The remaining 5 seeds were in solos within 72 hours.
I’m keeping the light output low but have reduced it…more on that later Here’s a report by strain on what’s been happening so far:
Dog Patch
I originally planned on germing 9 seeds but ended up doing 10. Good choice as I had one that still hasn’t germinated and will likely be tossed. So ended up with 9 as planned. All but 3 of the seeds including the one dud had shown taproots within 24-36 hours. All 9 viables were in solos within 48 hours. Out of the 4 strains I’m growing here, notwithstanding the dud Lucky Dog Seed’s Dog Patch was far away the most vigorous in terms of throwing tap roots quickly, much like the vigorous high I hope it provides!
Here are the six above ground:
Dog Patch 1
Dog Patch 4
Dog Patch 5 Note yellowing at end of leaf - sign that lights are too intense?
Dog Patch 7 Same issue as Dog Patch 5 with yellowing at end of leaf
Dog Patch 8 Again, same yellowing at end of leaf
Dog Patch 9
Lights were at 30% output 36" from canopy (630watt LEDs) but after noticing what looks like yellowing the Dog Patch 5, 7, and 8 plants as noted above, I’ve turned them down to 25%. Hopefully if the discoloration is due to light being too intense this helps.
Original Bruce Banner f2
I popped 3 seeds, 2 of which had taproots within 36 hours and were put into solos within 48 hours. The remaining straggler was in solos within 72 hours. So far, 1 of the 3 is above ground:
OBBf2 3
Looking good so far. Hopefully more above ground by tonight!
OG Kush x Puck bc1
I popped 3 seeds. Same as OBBf2, 2 had taproots within 36 hours and were put into solos within 48 hours. The third seed worried me as it sank to the bottom of the cup pretty quickly when popped though I know that’s not necessarily a bad sign. A (very) small taproot was finally noticed at 72 hours from popping the sinker and all 3 were in solos within 72 hours. Nothing has emerged from soil, though I had thought I saw a flash of green under some bits of perlite at the surface on 2 of the cups this morning - we’ll see.
Hashplant 1
Far and away, this Bodhi selection took the longest to show taproots of the 4 strains being grown. No taproots were observed after 48 hours. After 3 days small (1-2 mm) taproots were observed on all 3 seeds and were planted immediately. I know this discussion is all relative as very old seeds can take several days and require additives beyond hydrogen peroxide, scuffing etc. to encourage them to crack. Nothing has emerged from soil so far, though since these were placed into solos 24 hours after the first 13 seeds makes sense they will lag a bit in development.
Tonight I’ll be weighing cups as part of determining if it’s time for their first watering after going into the solos. When I feel the cups it seems like many of the Dog Patches which were among the first planted are drying back pretty effectively. No nutrients for the first 2 weeks, though I know others may do a light first feeding soon after seedlings emerge.
Mainly, I’d like to know what visitors may think of the yellowing at the end of the leaf emerging from Dog Patch 5, 7, and 8 and what usually causes such discoloration at this stage. Like I said, I reduced the light output to 25% from 30% but does it need to be reduced even lower?
Thanks for stopping by all. Next update in a few days.