Indoor/Outdoor First Grow Florida>Comments Welcome<

Hey all welcome to my grow journal. Hope it goes well. I am growing in SW Florida Indoors and Out. I start in the morning sun in a direct light window sill. About 11 am (I work from home) I move it out back in direct sunlight till 6pm or so and bring it inside to a 24 inch gro glow floresent (less then an inch away). I shut it off around Midnight and place the seedling back in the window sill for the morning sun.

I am growing in Mirical Grow seedling starting soil. I know now I shouldn't have used this. I will use a nutrient free soil when I transplant. The seedling sprouted 9-12-08. I have only watered once the soil goes dry, about once a day in the Florida sun. It has been going good, except when my bloodhound got a hold of the pot and dumped it in the yard. The seedling was 2 days old. I found my baby and replanted "her" and she seems to be doing fine. It will no doubt slow the growth a bit while she recovers. Below is a pic at 2 or 3 days old.

The seedling is now a week old and I am kind of concerned. The false round leaves are starting to show some yellow and the main two leaves are starting to point upwards. I have just switched today from my hard Florida well water to water that has gone through my reverse osmosis. Next time I'm at the depot I will pick up new soil, ph tester, and some nuits (will not use them yet). Should I be concerned or just let it go for a while? Sorry about the huge pics. Havent figured out how to use thumnails yet.

Ok, its been almost a month. I went ahead and planted another bag seed ( on left ). It has done much better as you can see in the pics. The smaller darker green one is the first planted 3 weeks earlier and boy has it bounced back from its earlier probs. I have had some probs with yellowing leaves on the new one, but hopefully ya all will answer my prob in the plant problems section. I think she just needs a transplant.