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 SpeedrunSeedsā Slime Machine and Mimosa Wookies from Bean Genie started showing what looked like an early deficiency.
To me, thatās a canary in the coal mine.
Itās 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⦠Iām probably never using Mother Earth coco again. I donāt know what happened, but something feels off. Iāve been finding pieces that look like cardboard or random junk in the coco, and Iām 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 Iām probably switching to the KAYA perlite mix.
For anyone struggling with seedlings, remember this O_O
Seeds need oxygen just as much as water.
Thatās where a lot of people mess up. They soak everything like theyāre baptizing the seed into a swamp, then wonder why it stalls.
The plug or medium needs to be moist, not drowned.
Temperature matters too. Iām keeping seedlings capped around 80°F. They need to be babied. I donāt know where this whole ānuke your seedlings to make them toughā trend came from, but Iāve been testing and recording different environments and approaches, and I keep finding the same thing:
seedlings are babies.
You donāt feed a baby steak.
You donāt put a baby in a sauna.
You donāt throw a baby into a full nutrient schedule and say, āadapt, coward.ā
Theyāre still developing.
Also, Iāve tried a lot of plugs, and honestly Iām not impressed with Root Riot plugs O_O
Speedrun Seeds has the best plugs Iāve used so far, hands down.
Another thing O_o Iām done adding silica and RunClean during the first week. I donāt think itās 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 donāt 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