amazongardener
New Member
Hello everyone,
I'm new to this, so I'm trying to figure out what went wrong so I can get it right the third time.
I'm using a 600w LED Viparspectra in a small, empty bedroom with mylar sheets taped around.
My temp stays at around 75F - 80F and my humidity 35-40% and I also have a couple fans running to blow fresh air in.
For the grow, I germinated 2 cheeseberry seeds from 00 seeds/Bonza using the papertowel method in a ziploc and let the taproots grow for 24 hours until I saw the first sign of their taproots, then I put them into rinsed coco coir + perlite with no extra watering. About 1/4" deep. They looked fine before going in
That was on 5/1. I put them straight under the light at about 20", which I was told by a more experienced grower is the right height. After a couple days, the soil was mostly dry (to my 2nd knuckle) so I gave them another 1/2 cup of water each. Since it's been 4 days and I saw no sprouting, I got suspicious and brushed them up and what do you know--they're black and brown.
I'm certain they're dead, so I'm germinating another single seed to try again now, but I want to know what am I doing wrong and what could have caused this?
I'm also wondering could it be my coco coir causing this? Because I tried a grow before this one too (same seeds, same set-up) and I had damping off after week one, so this time I made sure not to overwater. But in any case I added photos of the other grow too.
I'm new to this, so I'm trying to figure out what went wrong so I can get it right the third time.
I'm using a 600w LED Viparspectra in a small, empty bedroom with mylar sheets taped around.
My temp stays at around 75F - 80F and my humidity 35-40% and I also have a couple fans running to blow fresh air in.
For the grow, I germinated 2 cheeseberry seeds from 00 seeds/Bonza using the papertowel method in a ziploc and let the taproots grow for 24 hours until I saw the first sign of their taproots, then I put them into rinsed coco coir + perlite with no extra watering. About 1/4" deep. They looked fine before going in
That was on 5/1. I put them straight under the light at about 20", which I was told by a more experienced grower is the right height. After a couple days, the soil was mostly dry (to my 2nd knuckle) so I gave them another 1/2 cup of water each. Since it's been 4 days and I saw no sprouting, I got suspicious and brushed them up and what do you know--they're black and brown.
I'm certain they're dead, so I'm germinating another single seed to try again now, but I want to know what am I doing wrong and what could have caused this?
I'm also wondering could it be my coco coir causing this? Because I tried a grow before this one too (same seeds, same set-up) and I had damping off after week one, so this time I made sure not to overwater. But in any case I added photos of the other grow too.
