Reave's Soilless: Peat, Bark, Sphagnum, Perlite, White Widow 2018

Reave said:
I'm in the tin foil hat business now. How close can I put these bad boys @InTheShed?
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Nice! Hold your hand between the lights and the sprouts. If it feels hot on the back of your hand the raise them up a little until you don't. Easy!

I draped foil along the sides of mine too to make sure the light focused down and not out. Like an old desk lamp.
 
InTheShed said:
Nice! Hold your hand between the lights and the sprouts. If it feels hot on the back of your hand the raise them up a little until you don't. Easy!

I draped foil along the sides of mine too to make sure the light focused down and not out. Like an old desk lamp.
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Ok sounds good.
 

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You are a master with the tin foil :thumb:.

I'd go back and find pics of mine but it would be too embarrassing :).
 
Girls are still looking happy this morning. I last watered on Thursday morning. It has been 72 hours and they are still quite wet.

The older plant is nearly dry. Going to wait another day or so before I water her unless she starts drooping. She is currently in a 1 gallon fabric pot. (Bottom right of image)

No clue when the other seedlings will dry out. The medium seems to hold water very well.
 

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Reave said:
The medium seems to hold water very well.
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It is not a mystery as to how water leaves a medium...
They all hold water pretty well...
But it is up to the plants to USE that water... it doesn't evaporate.

Dry all the way to the bottom all through veg... Give them time, the plants can do it.
 
Emilya said:
It is not a mystery as to how water leaves a medium...
They all hold water pretty well...
But it is up to the plants to USE that water... it doesn't evaporate.

Dry all the way to the bottom all through veg... Give them time, the plants can do it.
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Yup me and my lack of patients. Trying to move the speed of plants is difficult for me. Love your quote , I think about every time I think I should do something.
 
yes, they do a fragrance pump at the water me point... are the pots getting very light?
 
Emilya said:
yes, they do a fragrance pump at the water me point... are the pots getting very light?
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Yes just the oldest one is light. Moisture meter also reads dry(I just don't trust the meter because I can't stick it in some spots without disturbing the plant) and I plan on waiting to water till morning. Stuck my head in the tent and was like wow that smells like cannabis. She's older but stunted from nutrient deficiency and foliar burnt the bottom 2 nodes off.. I was thinking about giving her the veg nutes now that she seems to have recovered.
 
Some strains smell all the time (my 6" Candidas already smell up the room!) so don't us that as a determination of when to water. Use pot weight.
 
2weeks 1 day from seed(with the exception of bottom right.)

Watered the bottom right one today using the method described by Emilya in watering guide.

Gave it veg nutes hopefully she gets a boost and takes off.

Some of the new leaves look droopy on a couple plants.

The middle left one looks great.
 

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I wonder if raising the light might space those nodes out a bit further. They seem pretty tight to me.
 
Usually some stretch in this stage is good. Not so long it falls over o_O but sometimes really tight nodes at this point aren't a sign of health.
 
InTheShed said:
Usually some stretch in this stage is good. Not so long it falls over o_O but sometimes really tight nodes at this point aren't a sign of health.
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I figured if they could take the light and it wasn't damaging them it was fine. My bad. I think I had it way to close. Should be about 3 ft for seedlings apparently. We will see if they stretch then I will start lowering it again. Well. Live and learn.
 
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