AccidentalGardener
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Newbsville is hard sometimes. You better be able to laugh at yourself.
I have my own special kind of stupid, lol.
I started a Growers Choice GSC fem photo seed on 8-24, the same day I started 2 FBL auto seeds. It was above ground roughly at the same time, but that's where things diverged. There was suddenly a lot to pay attention to because autos go very fast. I've never grown an auto, so I decided to let these first 2 do what they want to do so I will know what they want to do next time. They went straight into the big tent. No coddling, no fooling around. One of the seedlings presented with two 1-leaf nodes, followed by a 3,5, etc. Interesting if you are trying to figure out when to top or LST. Damn, they are fast. Love 'em. Leaf-counting can be confusing if you're doing it for the first time. The lovely and talented FBL said they do that sometimes. Coolio.
The GSC seedling was in a 4" in the baby tent - I don't need it until January. I have no idea what to expect. My first seedlings never had a store-bought light until they were 8 weeks old. First I thought the LEDs I had in there were too strong. Then I put in CFLs and stuck it on a riser to get it close to the light, but out of the way of the fan, which wanted to knock it over on each pass. Since it's going to be in there for a while, and I want it to grow a nice root system, I decided to up-pot to a gallon container.
If you are new to growing anything in general, do not transplant your seedling unless you have a well-developed root ball.
If you are using properly-draining soil and you upend your seedling without being prepared for it to completely fall apart, you will bust your tap-root. Clones are different - they don't have a taproot. But seedlings do. I was ready for it.
I brought it in the house. "Dangit. This thing is stretching. WTF do you want, little Girl Scout??"
If plants could talk.
It is a 3-week old seedling. It doesn't have a lot of roots, save the tap.
I got it into the new container - barely - had already decided to bury it up to the hubcaps. It was looking too tall with not enough leaves. Hmm...
Repotting away, tamp, tamp, sprinkle, loved on it ...
Then I mathed.
Omg, this dumb thing is missing the 3-finger leaves. Went right from weak-sauce 1-finger seedling hating life right to 5 finger.
Didn't figure it out until I was done transplanting it, lol.
Nature isn't perfect, but it sure makes the learning curve interesting
I have my own special kind of stupid, lol.
I started a Growers Choice GSC fem photo seed on 8-24, the same day I started 2 FBL auto seeds. It was above ground roughly at the same time, but that's where things diverged. There was suddenly a lot to pay attention to because autos go very fast. I've never grown an auto, so I decided to let these first 2 do what they want to do so I will know what they want to do next time. They went straight into the big tent. No coddling, no fooling around. One of the seedlings presented with two 1-leaf nodes, followed by a 3,5, etc. Interesting if you are trying to figure out when to top or LST. Damn, they are fast. Love 'em. Leaf-counting can be confusing if you're doing it for the first time. The lovely and talented FBL said they do that sometimes. Coolio.
The GSC seedling was in a 4" in the baby tent - I don't need it until January. I have no idea what to expect. My first seedlings never had a store-bought light until they were 8 weeks old. First I thought the LEDs I had in there were too strong. Then I put in CFLs and stuck it on a riser to get it close to the light, but out of the way of the fan, which wanted to knock it over on each pass. Since it's going to be in there for a while, and I want it to grow a nice root system, I decided to up-pot to a gallon container.
If you are new to growing anything in general, do not transplant your seedling unless you have a well-developed root ball.
If you are using properly-draining soil and you upend your seedling without being prepared for it to completely fall apart, you will bust your tap-root. Clones are different - they don't have a taproot. But seedlings do. I was ready for it.
I brought it in the house. "Dangit. This thing is stretching. WTF do you want, little Girl Scout??"
If plants could talk.
It is a 3-week old seedling. It doesn't have a lot of roots, save the tap.
I got it into the new container - barely - had already decided to bury it up to the hubcaps. It was looking too tall with not enough leaves. Hmm...
Repotting away, tamp, tamp, sprinkle, loved on it ...
Then I mathed.
Omg, this dumb thing is missing the 3-finger leaves. Went right from weak-sauce 1-finger seedling hating life right to 5 finger.
Didn't figure it out until I was done transplanting it, lol.
Nature isn't perfect, but it sure makes the learning curve interesting
