Sara's Garden for 2012/2013/2014.

About time I put a bit of a journal together... the old brain has trouble remembering from one day to the next.

I had grand plans for Sensi's Jack Flash#5 and the Flying Dutchmen's Nepal Kush... lol root tip on the kush rotted in the coco and the JF that cracked has barely grown in the last 3 weeks...

So I had a search through the seed stash and found a couple of other things to play with...

4 Power Kush fems (older freebies)

1 Skunk cross (from accidental pollination at the outdoor plot, was testing germination and dropped one in a pot to test the growth against the JF... it's growing fine so it's staying until it does anything funky)

5 or 6 afghani f2's... the mother (Eloise) I kept for a couple of seasons as clones... thought I'd see what comes out of the few seed I have saved... miss the sweet and creamy hash taste of my old Ellie.

It would be nice to get at least one male out of the affies, but I wont cry if it turns out to be an all fem grow.

Currently the seedlings are sitting in a heated propagating box (lid off) under 2x20w t4 mini fluoros in my clone cupboard (with small fan). Temp in the cupboard is 21C and the rh sits on 60%.



That's about it for now... yeah the bigger one (rear right) is the skunkX and the one rear most, to the left is the JF... still sitting there but not doing much, cotyledons beginning to yellow.

Now they just have to hurry up and grow.

good luck sarah, I wish you a bountiful harvest :)
I'm not sure what it is I'm seeing, but is the shell still remaining the on the JF seedling?

im sure things will be booming in a week or two

Ta CK, bought it at the beginning of last summer so I haven't really had a chance to use it yet. Surely does the job of keeping them warm and a sheet of wet capillary mat in the bottom of the tray keeps the humidity perfect.

No worries Og, I thought it was a bit funny.

I wouldn't judge Jack Flash#5 from this seedling. Considering I have had a problem with seed from two different strains, I think the problem is more likely environmental than anything to do with the seeds.

In the past I have had some trouble getting seed away during winter (damping off) but I thought the new propagator would help... if any more crap out, I'll go get a systemic fungicide and treat from the beginning.

The medium is coco and perlite and before the seed goes in, the medium has been treated with a low strength fertiliser (ec 0.4) and liquid rooting hormone. I water with the same strength nutrient solution (ec 0.4, pH 5.8) until the second or third set of true leaves emerge and then increase the strength slowly.

hey sarah

Thanks for the info. That's about the same technique I employ . The only difference being in that I germinate in peat moss ; then I move to coco at first re-pot. Peat moss has been the least troublesome germination medium for me.

I agree; top quality seeds like these rarely produce weak seedlings if the conditions are right. Therefore, my bet would be on environmental factors as well; but IMHO the imbalanced fungal activity is not the cause of the problem but the effect of an underlying one.

So, in the spirit of brainstorming, here's a couple of thoughts for you to consider, if you haven't already.

IMHO either the capillary matting or the heated propagator, or both may have been working against you:

The heated propagator may have overly increased root zone temperature and that is believed to increase activity for some types of harmful root zone fungi and also inhibit some of the beneficials.

The wet capillary matting may have kept a medium of already high retention and capillarity overly moist and therefore, rendered the water in the medium somewhat stagnant; especially where there had been relatively low atmospheric demand (21C, 60%, small fan) and when the root system and foliage were not sufficiently extensive for pot size.

Or I'm just too high and ranting again

Originally posted by Melvan That's funny OG, I was just going to put it simply as too wet and too warm, lol.

Haha, I'm sure that would've been enough for sarah to see your point.

However, being the new guy, I do not yet feel confident enough in my credibility to be that concise; especially with senior members.  So I tried to make my case the best I could

Cheers

Good luck Sara! I know what you mean about forgetting stuff!

Jugs