Alright guys, been a bit slow of a germination when I had the seeds above the fridge so moved them to a slightly warmer area by my GPU mining rig. So far I have 2/5 popped from each the CISKEI and Panama that I’ll get into some solo cups and and keep a ziplock bag over for the first week or so at an attempt to keep a humid environment until they’re alittle more ready to endure the summer heat. Here’s a few pictures of my jelly pie babies. Both have been stunted and I recently FIMM’d one in an attempt to try and get some horizontal branching but might have been a bit premature.
It seems like they got stunted in the solo cups from lack of nitrogen as they are a bit lighter than I would like. So two days ago I topp dressed them with fresh earth worm castings (EWC) and oyster shell flour (Calcium) in an effort to rejuvenate them a bit. Ph of the soil seems fine so I’m going to start with the usual N/Ca deficiency culprits.
Most people I’ve talked to that grow in the desert use some sort of seedless hay or mulch to keep the roots cool, I’m using pine needles as it’s what I have on hand. Seems to be doing it’s job so far but might need to add more as the temps pick up.