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musashi

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Aloha fellow Firewalkers!

It has been quite a while since I have put seed to soil. Many of you know that I had some important things happen in my life needing my focus for nearly a year. Not a day has gone by during that time that I didn't yearn to walk among my plants. And like Spring, there is an awakening in me to begin the creative process once again. I hope I haven't forgotten how.
I thought I would do some old and new. Some MNS along with some hybrids I made with MNS strains. While sorting seeds from the freezer I dropped seeds on the cutting board and where they came from I do not know, so the question mark (2 seeds). The EQ x AH is a small sample of 10 seeds just to see. The Wizard which is a Diesel x La Nina hybrid I made in 2015, if IIRC. And then the SSH/Widow x Curandera (Diesel x MedMan) hybrid made in circa 2023. Okay, germination time.

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Let's see if I still remember how to do this :giggle:

mu
 
musashi said:
Aloha fellow Firewalkers!

It has been quite a while since I have put seed to soil. Many of you know that I had some important things happen in my life needing my focus for nearly a year. Not a day has gone by during that time that I didn't yearn to walk among my plants. And like Spring, there is an awakening in me to begin the creative process once again. I hope I haven't forgotten how.
I thought I would do some old and new. Some MNS along with some hybrids I made with MNS strains. While sorting seeds from the freezer I dropped seeds on the cutting board and where they came from I do not know, so the question mark (2 seeds). The EQ x AH is a small sample of 10 seeds just to see. The Wizard which is a Diesel x La Nina hybrid I made in 2012, if IIRC. And then the SSH/Widow x Curandera (Diesel x MedMan) hybrid made in circa 2023. Let's see what germinates.

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Let's see if I still remember how to do this :giggle:

mu
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Good to see you growing again @musashi :)
Looking forward what your gems bring to the table ;)

MB
 
Have fun and good luck with the growth of this very interesting selection. @musashi
May I ask what kind of solution the seeds are soaking/germinating in?

The products I see? TGA Subcool seeds are still really expensive. The first time I tried germinating 7 seeds, none germinated 🥲. Hydrogen peroxide is supposed to be helpful. What concentration should this solution have? Or are there any tricks for older seeds?
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Aloha fellow Firewalkers!
8 days in and we have confirmation!

EQ x AH- 9/10
SSH/BW X Curandera- 7/10 with 1-double plant
?- 2/2 which may be Holy Smoke or Master Kush/Widow.
Wizard (Diesel x La Nina)- 53 with 3-double plant and 1 surface seed looking to root so I put a little soil on top 🙂. This variety is an ongoing project.
I gotta stop smoking before I put seeds to soil as I have double planted several seeds together. Teasing the doubles apart is a pain.
So, this morning the humidity hoods came off, the seedlings were then sprayed and moistened with the kelp/H2O2 solution, the humidifier was turned on and the door was closed to bring up room humidity from 47 to 76 currently. I’ll check in another hour to see the humidity increase to target minimum of 80%. A balmy 73 F currently.
I’ll let them acclimate today and then tomorrow I will introduce the fan to toughen up those stems.
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mu
 
Aloha fellow Firewalkers!

It's been a week since our last visit. The EQ x AH are the yellow tagged ones BTW. The grow is progressing with minor inputs. I noticed the ones in the back (Wizards) were not growing as well and deduced the imbalance due to too much fan causing dehydration on that side of the room. I added a heater to get the temps up and into the VPD range. Now in VPD range, they seem to be turning the corner though I do have a total of 53 Wizards and may have to cull some anyway due to numbers and room size restrictions. All plants got their first flooding yesterday with a Fish Hydrolysate and Kelp mixture with Phosphoric Acid and added Potassium Sulfate. They are responding positively.

After reading the MIT article on the effects of rain and seed response I decided to do some experimenting on my next grow.
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I bought a CD and will give it a try.
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As an aside, this Middle East war is supposedly causing many shortages, including fertilizer. They say the impact will be felt for years. My advice? Stock up on fertilizer or source and learn how to make your own.

Back to the garden.
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mu
 
I find the prices already quite extreme. I'm now reusing soil and coco coir multiple times, as much as possible. Something I never used to do.

I got Hesi fertilizer for 50% off four months ago. I had to grab it.

Even though I've been fertilizing organically in soil for a long time now, about 97% of the time. Just a few days ago in the basement, I thought to myself, "Damn, I wish I had that money!"

So, apparently, I stocked up at just the right time.The stupid ones don't just get lucky occasionally.@musashi 😉✌️
 
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