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

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