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Growing and going full tilt No Till

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Wayback at the beginning of the thread I tested the environment with 4 Blood Orange seeds. I planted in compost from my Community Garden. Well check out the
Blood Orange Blossom Special!
 
Star date March 9, 2018
6 AM
outside temp 33f humidity 83%
indoor temp 80f RH 65%

4 out of 8 little Indians are standing proud with their first serrated leaves revealed. Four out of eight still laying low after 3 and a half days. What me worry?
 
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I hate when they leave the party without me LOL
I’ve got four and four
OJH your “ candelabra “ looks like it would look excellent on any fine dining table
oldjarhead100.
 
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Only the lonely, four out of eight are viable after five full days.
three Jedi and one Vader OG
Tom Petty said it “waiting is the hardest part”
When will I be loved?
 
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I thought I caught a glimpse of this one yesterday, but I wasn’t sure. It was just the teeny tiniest micro sized speck of green. I thought maybe it was a mirage or wishful thinking. But this morning I confirmed that something is happening, exactly what is happening I am not sure. It’s working hard to get wherever it is going to go. So this is the beginning of DAY 6 since I dropped the seed's last Sunday.

I don’t have much hope for the remaining three seeds to germinate. I feel the soil may of been too compacted & a few too many pieces of stone that the seeds couldn’t move and breath well. Although I had drainage it was on the sides of the cup.

It is my fault the soil did not have a good loam consistency. I believe where I went wrong was by over saturating the soil to activate its amendments before I even planted the seeds. They may have drowned as the soil settled and compacted around them even more from watering. While pessimistic I haven’t given up on them totally and I will wait until the end of the week for 14 days to pass.

I will drop some more seeds so I have at least 8 seedlings that will still need to be sexed. Something we all need LOL.
First grow is a learning experience for sure.

Ps I saw my first new neighbor today in the garden, it’s name is Boris the spider. Next weekend I am picking up Frank the red wiggler.
 
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The Herbin Farmer on YT has been my major inspiration and educator about no till gardening or NTG. No till gardening allows you to recycle your soil in the same container through many cycles of grows. Some growers have been using the same pots for 5, 10 or even more years. Re-amending their gardens with only cover crops, mulching, worm castings, compost and assorted malted grain tea’s to create a rich microbial and bacterial LOS.

I have included screen shots of his receipe for Living Organic Soil LOS. CHECK OUT HIS LATEST VIDEO and if you like it subscribe to his channel.
I think it is SUPER COOL.
https://youtu.be/74YU1nAyMC0

I am working slowly towards creating a similar garden and lighting system. The Herban farmer uses a sub irrigation system. All designed by him simple and DIY, He also DIY’d his lighting system with COB and Quantum lamps, details are included with the Sceen Shots in the next post.
 
Adding some Coco would help. I grow organic in soil to, and love mixing some Coco and perlite in, seedlings really like it, as well as earthworms and roots especially.
Boris and Frank will be excellent neighbors! :)
Best of luck, enjoying your thread!!
 
GreenhouseEffect thanks for the kind words and suggestion. I am planning on amending sphagnum peat moss into the soil I transplant into which will use this soil as it’s base. I am going to adapt the recipe below from the Herbin Gardner. I definitely could of done better with the aeration and I believe I over saturated the soil to begin with before I planted the seeds. The result as it dried out under the lights was that it hardened except the knuckle deep hole where I put the sprouted seed. I will take a look for your threads GE.
 
Getting back to the roots
http://www.mycorrhizae.com/
“Myco” – “rhiza” literally means “fungus” – “root” and describes the mutually beneficial relationship between the plant and root fungus. These specialized fungi colonize plant roots and extend far into the soil. Mycorrhizal fungal filaments in the soil are truly extensions of root systems and are more effective in nutrient and water absorption than the roots themselves. More than 90 percent of plant species in natural areas form a symbiotic relationship with the beneficial mycorrhizal fungi
 
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