Day 07 of my auto run O_O
Tent A (3.9 Gal pots)
Stargazer -
@TwistedTreeAuto
Gasquatch -
@NoveltyGiftSeed
Painted Lady -
@BroMendel
Mimosa Wookies -
@BeanGeniePNW
Tent B (6.6 Gal pots)
Slime Machine - Dream Portal -
@SpeedrunSeeds
Okay guys, things are looking great so far. The only real issue happened around Day 5, when SpeedrunSeeds’ Slime Machine and Mimosa Wookies from Bean Genie started showing what looked like an early deficiency.
To me, that’s a canary in the coal mine.
It’s telling me I need to increase feed ASAP, especially because these two look like the hungriest girls in the whole gang. I was running 0.3 EC of CropSalt, and now I bumped it to 0.6 EC. That translates to 6 ml of Part A and 6 ml of Part B CropSalt concentrate.
Also kinda weird with the numbers because the exact EC came out to 662 μS.
THE NUMBERS, MASON.
WHAT DO THEY MEAN?! O_O
Anyway… I’m probably never using Mother Earth coco again. I don’t know what happened, but something feels off. I’ve been finding pieces that look like cardboard or random junk in the coco, and I’m starting to think the quality dropped. That might be why my hydro store switched them out.
I really like KAYA so far. The consistency feels way better, and next round I’m probably switching to the KAYA perlite mix.
For anyone struggling with seedlings, remember this O_O
Seeds need oxygen just as much as water.
That’s where a lot of people mess up. They soak everything like they’re baptizing the seed into a swamp, then wonder why it stalls.
The plug or medium needs to be moist, not drowned.
Temperature matters too. I’m keeping seedlings capped around 80°F. They need to be babied. I don’t know where this whole “nuke your seedlings to make them tough” trend came from, but I’ve been testing and recording different environments and approaches, and I keep finding the same thing:
seedlings are babies.
You don’t feed a baby steak.
You don’t put a baby in a sauna.
You don’t throw a baby into a full nutrient schedule and say, “adapt, coward.”
They’re still developing.
Also, I’ve tried a lot of plugs, and honestly I’m not impressed with Root Riot plugs O_O
Speedrun Seeds has the best plugs I’ve used so far, hands down.
Another thing O_o I’m done adding silica and RunClean during the first week. I don’t think it’s needed that early, and I honestly feel like it can do more harm than good while the seedling is still trying to establish itself.
Keep it simple.
Moist, not soaked.
Warm, not cooked.
Fed, not blasted.
And pay attention to the plant before it starts yelling at you.
To sum it up, I think this is why some people naturally become better growers from the jump. They don’t treat seedlings like machines. They treat them like living things that need care, patience, and the right conditions at the right time.
Baby the babies.
Then let them become monsters.
Keep on Growing O_O