Hello everyone 
this is my first post on the forums here and it's also my first time growing without any fancy equipment. I've grown once before many years ago, while I was amongst a group of enthusiasts such as myself. It was a fairly high-budget project that turned out rather well, we used an LED (brand-new tech at the time) hydro setup which facilitated top-feed and DWC systems. This is my dream setup, one I hope to attain again in the future.
For now, however, a couple seeds found their way into my possession and so I germed em a few days ago as somewhat of an impromptu decision. Used the cup of water method with filtered water and 2/3 seeds split within 48 - 72 hours. The third one took closer to five days. I wet some paper towel with the same water, put it on a plate and placed the 2 seeds in it, I used a bowl as a humidity dome and waited a day or two before planting them. By this time they each had good long roots on them.
Now there was always this one seed that seemed the most promising... It sank and sprouted first, had the longest root, and even after it was planted, it surfaced after only a matter of hours! Although, when it did, it still had it's shell covering it's cotyledon. When I removed the shell, it was still rather white in color. This leads me to believe that it surfaced prematurely. Nonetheless, it turned nice n green within a couple hours after I put the light to it.
After another day or so, the second seed emerged and it was looking much better than the first did. It had this beautiful red hue to it, unlike the first which was white. Similar to the first, it was nice n perky and green within a couple hours.
I've taken some pictures of their progress, about every hour or two. Excluding the ones I was asleep during of course. Here you can see the first seedling after it recovered and the just-emerging second.
About 30min - 1 hour later
Another 30min - 1 hour
Another 30min - 1 hour.
Another hour
After 3 more hours of light 6 hours dark overnight
After 3 hours.
Another hour or 2
After another 2
After another hour or 2
So I guess I'm wondering why within a single day, the second plant surpassed and almost tippled the first one... While the first shows no significant changes... I haven't done anything different to one over the other, except the deshelling incident aforementioned.
Right now they're under a small white-blue LED lamp that is very close to them (4-6 inches). And I've been watering them every few hours with a dropper 2-3 milliliters at a time, this seems to keep the soil around them well moist and I'm assuming 3 ml isn't enough to over-water...
Any input would be appreciated, as well as any tips! I'm also open to suggestions as to what kind of lights I should switch to in the coming weeks, soil and nutrient suggestions, as well as anything else you think might increases the chances of success for these little ones
Please keep in mind that I am new to soil growing and also that I would like to keep this little project relatively low budget.
Thanks in advance!!
this is my first post on the forums here and it's also my first time growing without any fancy equipment. I've grown once before many years ago, while I was amongst a group of enthusiasts such as myself. It was a fairly high-budget project that turned out rather well, we used an LED (brand-new tech at the time) hydro setup which facilitated top-feed and DWC systems. This is my dream setup, one I hope to attain again in the future.For now, however, a couple seeds found their way into my possession and so I germed em a few days ago as somewhat of an impromptu decision. Used the cup of water method with filtered water and 2/3 seeds split within 48 - 72 hours. The third one took closer to five days. I wet some paper towel with the same water, put it on a plate and placed the 2 seeds in it, I used a bowl as a humidity dome and waited a day or two before planting them. By this time they each had good long roots on them.
Now there was always this one seed that seemed the most promising... It sank and sprouted first, had the longest root, and even after it was planted, it surfaced after only a matter of hours! Although, when it did, it still had it's shell covering it's cotyledon. When I removed the shell, it was still rather white in color. This leads me to believe that it surfaced prematurely. Nonetheless, it turned nice n green within a couple hours after I put the light to it.
After another day or so, the second seed emerged and it was looking much better than the first did. It had this beautiful red hue to it, unlike the first which was white. Similar to the first, it was nice n perky and green within a couple hours.
I've taken some pictures of their progress, about every hour or two. Excluding the ones I was asleep during of course. Here you can see the first seedling after it recovered and the just-emerging second.
About 30min - 1 hour later
Another 30min - 1 hour
Another 30min - 1 hour.
Another hour
After 3 more hours of light 6 hours dark overnight
After 3 hours.
Another hour or 2
After another 2
After another hour or 2
So I guess I'm wondering why within a single day, the second plant surpassed and almost tippled the first one... While the first shows no significant changes... I haven't done anything different to one over the other, except the deshelling incident aforementioned.
Right now they're under a small white-blue LED lamp that is very close to them (4-6 inches). And I've been watering them every few hours with a dropper 2-3 milliliters at a time, this seems to keep the soil around them well moist and I'm assuming 3 ml isn't enough to over-water...
Any input would be appreciated, as well as any tips! I'm also open to suggestions as to what kind of lights I should switch to in the coming weeks, soil and nutrient suggestions, as well as anything else you think might increases the chances of success for these little ones
Please keep in mind that I am new to soil growing and also that I would like to keep this little project relatively low budget.Thanks in advance!!
