McT - I'm really sorry to hear about the seedling sorrows. I don't know about readying the seedlings for the hempy buckets, so I won't question the application of 50% nute solution to them; however, I start my seedlings out in jiffy pellets too, and I don't add any nutes whatsoever while they are in them. It sounds like you may have had some other issues with lack of humidity and old bagbeans? I'm glad to see you still have a viable seedling though.

I just threw all of my old bagbeans into the wet paper towel on a plate on my cable box this last go 'round, and only about 8 out of 30 popped; some of the beans were not mature, but the remainder that didn't pop - who knows? Maybe they just were not stored well enough? But, those that did pop and those that did survive the first dog attack and those that have survived an unfortunate over-concentrated Neem Oil spraying incident are really showing how hardy they are!

I'm looking forward to your ordered beans arriving. I've got some nice new ordered beans sprouting outside right now. I'm really impressed with the sheer viability of them over bagbeans - the taproots on my new beans "feathered" with what seemed like thousands of lil' roots fanning out from the taproot itself. I'd never seen anything like it - almost like a rooting agent had been applied, but nothing but tap water and paper towel had touched them.

Your setup looks clean, and I'm all about that Frankenlight, my friend! Is that a serious carbon scrubber up top that exhausts back into the tent? I've been talking about moving indoors since last year, but I haven't got the guts just yet. I know watching your grow will help me figure things out.

Keep on keepin' on - hopefully those new beans will be there soon!