Ok, this is my first time really growing anything from a seed, pot or otherwise. I am not a dummy, but have successfully killed my first batch of seedlings, and am looking to see if anyone can add anything to what I have learned from that experience.
These seeds germinated in damp towels and were placed with tweezers into 16 oz plastic beer cups with slits in the bottoms consisting of 1:1:1 vermiculite perlite peat with a little bit of garden lime for buffer. The medium was moistened with bottle water with a pH a little above 7. Everything is looking a-ok after two days (as it was before) and I am seeing vigorous sprouting and embryonic leaf display from their little humidity domes. The seedlings are in my custom built cabinet under 3 30W 100w equivalent 6400K CFL approx. 8-10 inches away. The ventilation system is OFF.
Ok, so here is what I did last time. I got to this point, and then decided that it would be a good idea to remove the fragile seedlings from the humidity dome, blast the cabinet's full light (a total of 292 CFL watts, ~1000w equivalent, ~20,000 lumens) at the same distance, and turn on the intake and exhaust fans. It is no surprise in retrospect that the tiny plants died.
This time I plan to wait until well after I see the first REAL leaf set come in, keep the same light they have now, mist regularly, and gradually increase the light and ventilation as the plants grow.
My question is basically is if anyone has any ideas as to how I should stage the introduction of more light...as I would imagine that I definitely eventually want to be giving them as much light as I can.
Thanks for reading and any input,
Matt
These seeds germinated in damp towels and were placed with tweezers into 16 oz plastic beer cups with slits in the bottoms consisting of 1:1:1 vermiculite perlite peat with a little bit of garden lime for buffer. The medium was moistened with bottle water with a pH a little above 7. Everything is looking a-ok after two days (as it was before) and I am seeing vigorous sprouting and embryonic leaf display from their little humidity domes. The seedlings are in my custom built cabinet under 3 30W 100w equivalent 6400K CFL approx. 8-10 inches away. The ventilation system is OFF.
Ok, so here is what I did last time. I got to this point, and then decided that it would be a good idea to remove the fragile seedlings from the humidity dome, blast the cabinet's full light (a total of 292 CFL watts, ~1000w equivalent, ~20,000 lumens) at the same distance, and turn on the intake and exhaust fans. It is no surprise in retrospect that the tiny plants died.
This time I plan to wait until well after I see the first REAL leaf set come in, keep the same light they have now, mist regularly, and gradually increase the light and ventilation as the plants grow.
My question is basically is if anyone has any ideas as to how I should stage the introduction of more light...as I would imagine that I definitely eventually want to be giving them as much light as I can.
Thanks for reading and any input,
Matt
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