Day 31 - Finally some signs of Greener futures

Day 31 - Finally some signs of Green!!!

So we had a little luck in the past 5 days.  What did we learn.

Coco is an inert medium.  Growing in coco means you are going to be introducing nutrients on a regular schedule.  That is something we did not do for the first 25 days.

In 6 days we have seen almost all 7 of the seedlings double in size.  Many have developed at least one new node in that time.  Finally seeing a little stretching too.

Currently we are feeding 1/4 strength of 5-5-5 fertilizer.  3 Fert feeds and then 1 pure water to prevent any nutrient lock.  Drip to waste style watering.  Lights are still 18/6 (~ 108 Watts of uncapped LED bulbs).

To prevent potential stretching.  The distance between the light and the plants is now ~20 inches.  It was previously around ~24 inches.

Feels pretty good to know that we are slowly getting out of the seedling phase of the grow.  And to have only lost 1 seedling along the way to this point.

Here is are the latest photos of the ladies:

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Day 25 - Quest for New growth

Day 25 - Quest for New Growth

The seedlings are slowly showing signs that they haven't died.  Little has changed since they were moved out of the grow box and into an open environment.  Watering is still on a needs basis, and lights are on 18 off 6.

Nutrient feeding is going to start tomorrow.  Fingers crossed that starts the seedlings down the path back towards growth and not towards the compost...

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Day 15 - Seedlings are hanging on

Day 15 - Seedlings are still looking pretty sickly, light green and leaves are drooping

The seedlings have been moved from the peet pellets, and into a pre-mixed coco soilless medium. They are now getting watered until there is run off, every other day.  From the original 6 seedlings, 5 seem to have survived the transplant.  All 6 were physically removed from the peet pellets and then planted into the coco.

Two additional seeds were started about the time of the transplanting.  They are out side cups in the middle row.  They quickly caught up with their struggling sisters, and are showing the healthiest shades of green of the 7.  The front cup contains a seedling that is currently having the worst go of things.  Many of the seedlings are off color which isn't a great sign.  They have a light green color and not the dark green.  The leaves are also drooping rather than fanning up towards the light like hungry seedlings ought to be doing.  Even the two newest additions are sort of bending a bit.  Needless to say this is not the best start of a grow. 

The distance between the light and the back cups is around 12', and due to the slant increases slightly for the middle and front rows.

No nutrients are being given yet.  

At this point the box design seems a little too intense given the choice of lights.  These are twelve 60w Cree LED bulbs (9w equivalent).  So that's around a 108 watt set-up.  The temp doesn't seem too high and the fan is certainly keeping any heat moving out of the box.

Hopefully now that the seedlings are in a stable medium, that isn't being overwatered.  They can bounce back and start to thrive.  

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Sick Seedlings - 7 Days Old

They are just in peet pellets.  I haven't seen any roots going through the peet pellet.  We were told not to transplant until the roots are through the pellet.  So the solo cups have been on hold until the plants roots are showing.

The cotyledons are starting to yellow and fold down.  And the those that have prominent true leaves are yellow slightly at the tips.  there are 6 seedlings and 3 are just above the surface and three that have a inch and a half of stem.  But all aren't looking healthy.

It has to be either watering, heat, or light.

Light: The 12 LED uncapped (60w) are about a foot about the dome of the seedling tray.  There is a large fan blowing air over the down, and the dome is not perfectly sealed.  this entire week the light cycle has been 24/0.  Last night that was altered to 18/6, and this morning we reduced the number of lights on from 12 to 6 bulbs (turned off the outer rows of three).

Heat: Our humidity / therm, monitor is delayed, but the fan has done a good job of circulating the air.  It could be too hot in the dome which does look like it's also drying out when we get home. But they are LED so even with all 12 on, it doesn't feel extremely hot (above the dome).  Inside it does feel warmer.

Watering:  Using a mist sprayer to wet the peet pellets each day as they look dry.  We also leave excess water in the tray so that the dome retains humidity.  It has been very hard to water these and the peet pellets look dry on the bottom.

Seedling Dome:  Should this be on of off?  Should it be sealed or partly venting?

We didn't have this much trouble through seedlings in the past, but we also didn't have quite this type of light set-up last time.  Just want to provide everything for these little ladies and it's killing us that they are failing to thrive.

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