Hey everyone! Happy Monday. I've been waiting on posting some of these results because the day to day has been quite tense and aggravating. The results have been inconsistent but the common denominator is that after germination, they go into soil and straight outside.
These are the six seeds of Amnesia Lemon Kush and six of Guava for a total of 12.
These seeds soaked for over 48 hrs! There were only 3 with the hulls broken open and showing some white. They all sunk to the bottom though and looked swollen. So they were at least growing. I decided to take them out of the water and placed them in a damp paper towel for another 24 hrs. These are the results of that. Not too enthusiastic but there's life. I can work with that at least!
They all got transplanted on 6/1.
For this seedling mix, I prepared a mix of coco,perlite, compost, and worm castings.
My IDs for these are ALK 1-6 with the first three including some Dynomyco
Since I have a pair of the Guava that successfully grew from the previous planting, the IDs are 3-8. #s 3-5 have Dynomyco included.
Here, the first three on each side have Dynomyco mixed into it.
And this is where they were at yesterday. A whole bunch of stuck membranes and seed hulls.
So I can blame this on my soil mix. Possibly the soil moisture. My planting techniques. The humidity. But it has been a consistent problem this go round.
I forgot to get the individual IDs of each one.
Here is part of the solution. I spritzed them with water and then I put some domes over them. You'll notice that the front left is another Guava with Dynomyco that is mostly out on her own already. She had a stuck membrane though. No dome needed though. Gave her a few sprays of water and was able to get it off without issues. Also, make note that it is the ONLY one of the Guava to even come up at all. So that is one Guava with Dynomyco. Two ALK with Dynomyco and one ALK without it that have come up.
I left the domes on for probably an hour or so before I came back to start the process of removing the seed hulls and membranes. Here are the results.
Remember that G3 did not have a dome. Only needed the membrane removed and this is how she looked shortly after. Already much happier and ready to grow!
So most of all that update was yesterday at 4:30pm. Here's an update on that tray today at noon. Domes needed again! Glad to see more popping up. It was a very nice warm day yesterday. These genetics don't like being put outside much do they?! Geez. Looks like I will need to just bite the bullet and make a space in the garage for seedlings. One shelf...that should be all I need. I think my crisp evenings are slowing everything down more than they'd like. Makes me also want to focus on creating some locally focused cultivars to share with the community here. Focus on cold hardy germinations and growth. I'm stoned talking now...I'll shut up.
Stupidly (stoned) forgot to get a detail pic of ALK 1 but you can faintly see her in the pic above. I'm already sitting down from going outside. Had a puff of Trainwreck and now I'm sitting. With a napping dog on my lap. It would be heartless to get up and disturb his sleep!
I don't know about you...but this thing looks meh at best. Would like to note that this has no DM added go it. We'll see by the end of the day whether she's going to want to live or not.
And now the other Guava seedlings choosing to come up too. Looks like all three with Dynomyco are popping up.
A different angle of Guava #5
Even one without Dynomyco is popping up. Guava #6
Ok! I got off my ass and went to get pics of the G3 & ALK1.
Might as well show you the older babies too and make this one big update.
How about a little Zkittlez baby?! I decided she should make an appearance here or there throughout this journey. Even though I don't have a non-dynomyco plant to compare her to, she's still going to be able to show off so might as well let her stay and make a cameo. She's definitely hungry and her recent feeding with geoflora is already helping. The only nutrients she previously had was from the soil. So she's 25 days old. She looks small to me but with the recent feeding, she should start to get some vigor.
And just to remind everyone that I'll be using
@GeoFlora Nutrients for all these plants, until they finish. I was fortunate to get some of these in recent
contests and wanted to showcase them. I have been using their nutrient line since last year. They are not a sponsor of this journal. Just want to encourage you all to tag them in your posts and journals to let them know when you've got questions, concerns, or just want to give them a shout out. They need to know we as a community are utilizing and supporting them. Sorry...preachy but a little honesty goes a long way to appreciate the business relationships we have on this site.
So I
did not add the geoflora string transplant. I would like to mention to anyone that is using or trying their product to definitely use it when first preparing your soil or during transplant. There is a reason I am emphasizing why I chose not to use it as recommended. I wanted to showcase only the Dynomyco for its ability to help plants when accommodations aren't quite in their favor. So far I believe that Dynomyco is giving them a boost. They only got a 1/2 teaspoon of Geoflora veg. I have various container sizes here with these babies. So this is a measurement based on the solo cups. I plan on feeding them this amount weekly, every Sunday. Until they grow into a 1 gallon, then they will be getting the minimum 2Tbsp every two weeks as recommended by the
GeoFlora Feeding Schedule
Did you make it this far?!
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@DYNOMYCO We Want You "
on the success and moving out of the 
stage!
