Speaking of Doug's Varin, I planted it last night when I got home, and I decided to do it a little differently. So let's make that the Wednesday update.
Usually I just plant it in a solo cup and then
try to water around it without getting the peat puck wet, but still getting all of the bottom layer of ProMix moist. I'm always afraid of damping off since that peat puck retains a lot of water. This time I planted it in stages.
First I filled the cup with ProMix HP and packed it down so I knew I would have enough:
Then I took out about a third:
And I watered that thoroughly and let it drain. This meant that the tap root would find moist media without me having to soak the whole cup.
Then, after
removing the cover on the peat puck (please do!), I placed it on the damp ProMix and filled in around it:
Here it is, waiting for the final step (which I foolishly forgot to get a pic of, so my description will have to suffice):
I then took it to the kitchen sink, got a small stream of warm water, held the cup at an angle, and watered just around the outside edge where the dry ProMix was. I let that drain and put it back in the outside cup.
Any moisture that works its way into the peat will be at the very bottom or outside edges, well away from the part where the sprout emerges. I put the cup back on the heat mat, and this morning it met Ms Sunshine for the first time. Let's go!
I hope your Wednesday is going well.
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Let's just hope it's a Doug's Varin and not a "sswpuotfaasowacatwis" like my N.A.A. (Non-Auto Auto)
For those not in on the joke... "sswpuotfaasowacatwis" is an acronym that Shed came up with. Stands for "some seed we picked up off the floor and are shipping out without a clue as to what it is".
NAA is much better. And mine shall be DV!
Thanks BigD!
Thank you dynamo.
Congrats on your win and on your new bambino!
Thanks GDB...it's a good week so far.
Congratulations on the Plant of the Month Win!
Got it!
LOL thanks BL...I will keep you updated!
Damm I Didn't realise I fell 6 pages behind congratulations on potm mate well deserved and them really good harvests
Glad you could catch up a bit. Thanks Ljb!
gee i always thought all that script behind sheds handle was his memoirs ...
My masterpiece is years away!
Congratulations on your birthing!!! How exciting! I'll be here, naturally.
Naturally!
Damn thing Jumped out the ground LOL Nice ! In Oct. just call it SHEDS POTM Congratulations . That THCV sounds interesting ,, Carry on .
Thanks sb! A sativa in a hurry is going to an interesting grow.
Oh, and it's only every third October.
to my perpetual grow journal! I don't think I'll be tagging anyone, but if you're willing to stick around for at least a few days, I will be dropping a link here when it's up and running. This isn't such a bad place to be. 
congratulations
It will be nice to get in at the start of a new sprout. 
