Midwest outdoor grow log (starting in mid August) tips?

[altectech]

Thanks everyone for the positive response!

I've decided to organize the cups by numbers and will take individual cup pictures per day. There are 9 cups total, Cups 1, 3, and 4 are the strains Onyx, Himalayan Blue Diesel, and Blue Hash respectively. These girls were started about a week later and are still in the germination period. Cups 2, 5-9 are Burmese Kush. Like I said in a previous post, all seeds are feminized.

Now in order to play catch up I will now post all previous logs I had been keeping.

Day 7 (Day 3 in soil)

Not watering plants today, may have overwatered previous day as I had watered twice the day before. I hope to allow the soil to dry a little bit in order for the roots to want to branch out more to seek out water. The soil had been excessively damp.

No sign of germination in the fresh seeds of cups 1, 3 and 4 (they were planted the night before directly into soil without prior germination)

The most surprising to me is that it seems cup 2 had lost all its leaves but perhaps they were just hiding. Refer to the picture in a previous post where one of the plants appears to have nothing but a shiriveled mess of leaves. Now today it looks healthy as the others.

Cup 5 was thought to have 3 leaves but one of the cotyledons was actually just stuck to the stem with mud (I had covered many plants with mud by mistake and believe it had damaged many of them and stunted leaf growth). I attempted to remove the mud from cup 5's leaf but I accidentally tore it off!

Cup 6 looks fantastic, the second set of true leaves is now visible with more leaf growth. Cups 7-9 are progressing nicely, cup 9 has begun showing a small set of leaves as well.

Both cup 2 and 9 only have 3 leaves due to mishandling. Cup 7 has damage along the underside of one cotyledon which may be stunting its otherwise healthy growth. The damage is a tear in the middle of the leaf, but it is still attached. I bent the plant stems for a little bit in order to stimulate growth (as I heard that works?)

Cup 4 seems VERY muddy and I wonder if that is why it has been unsucessful so far in germinating or producing any sprouts.

Pictures:

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More Day 7 pics (Day 3 in soil):

Cup 9 and group shot

[altectech]

Day 8 (Day 4 in soil):

Backyard sprinklers had been running every morning which had been partially hitting my plants. I noticed that may be the reason the plants are seemlingly always damp/wet.

I began fertilizing today with 'Fox Farm Big Bloom' which is a flowering fertilizer. Both Fox Farm and Cervantes in his horticulture book have suggested using flowering fertilizer in the seedling growth stage very lightly twice a week for 3 weeks until vegetative growth begins.

I used a very small concentratioon of 6 tsp / gal of water and lightly watered the plants.

I removed cup 1, 4, 8, and 9 to examine the soil as much mud seemed to have been packed in by my own mistake. Removed seedlings from 8 and 9 and replaced almost all soil in order to remove mud. Plant 8's root system was longer and seemed healthier than 9's - which had a shriveled end on the root tip possibly from remaining too dry for too long during germination in paper towel.

Checked planted seeds in cups 1, 3, and 4 which were onyx, HBD, and blue hash respectively. Cup 3 had a very successful germination. I readjusted the sprout to face downward and removed some mud from the soil. A caterpillar (very tiny one) was roaming in cup 3, I promptly kicked his ass. I had to spend a lot of time search for cup 1's seed and eventually found it after about 20 mins of looking. I put cup 1's seed (Onyx) in a germination bowl for now as it only appears to be slightly cracked open but not quite germinated.

Cup 4 had also sucessfully germinated in the soil and was placed back in the soil after mud removal, sprout down.

Cup 2 seems to be doing very well, I'm happy I didn't discard it after the first day as it looked like it was a goner. Cup 6 didn't appear to have much growth today, but perhaps its roots did? Normal growth rates for all other plants. Hopefully they make the rest of the week without getting eaten in its current vulnerable state before transplanting to larger containers.

Hopefully plants also don't burn from the fertilizer!


Evening Update:

As of 5 hours after feeding, no apparent nute burn is present in any plant.

Also, cup 1's seed (Onyx) which was in a wet paper towel for germination has successfully been germinated as well with a small tap root sticking out. I will let it stay in the paper towel for another day before transplanting.



Recap of cups:

CUP 1: Onyx (still germinating)

CUP 2: Burmese Kush

CUP 3: Himalayan Blue Diesel (still germinating)

CUP 4: Blue Hash (still germinating)

CUPS 5 through 9: Burmese Kush

Pictures:

[altectech]

Additional pics:

Cup 9 and group shot


Also, if you guys could help me with what's goin on with cup 8's leaf curving?

[middieman440]

hey man dont give them any nutes at all they do not need it you will kill them before they even grow......dont feed them untill they have at least 3 sets of big leafs

[altectech]

Right, but the people that kill their plants by nuting too early are using vegetative fertilizer. I'm using flowering. Fox farm says on their feeding schedule to do this so I'm just following what they tell me! :P

[Stomper420]

Id wait on the nutes bro. They are newborns. Just my .02:rastasmoke:

[altectech]

Hey, just went out and took some pics, looks like plant 9 is hurting really bad, had upward leaf curl, also with cup 8 as well. Cup 9 also has a VERY weak stem now and is barely standing up. Might have rough handled it too much during soil replacement, same with 8. Perhaps just transplant shock as well? We shall see. Nutes didn't appear to cause any damage, all plants with the exception of 8 and 9 (which I handled yesterday) look like a healthy growt. I will continue to use the fert twice a week for the next 3 weeks. Cup 6 looks healthy as ever along with 2. No sprouts yet on cup 3 or 4. Will put cup 1 out in the sun tomorrow. Almost all cups are showing their second set of true leaves.

Pics:

[altectech]

Cup 9 here:

[boulderbud5525]

you're using big bloom and your plants aren't even out of the infant stage? dude, try again next spring, these babies aren't going anywhere.