Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Germination round 2 progress

On 5/8/15 I planted 34 wells of seeds.  Some had 2 seeds per well but not all.  I kept the tray on heat pad; soil was moist but not too wet. Using Miracle gro Seed Starting Potting Mix.   This is totally different from regular "potting mix" which is half made of wood chips and twigs.  It is definitely decent for seed starting and is part sphagnum, very loose and fluffy.
5/11: 5/34 germinated so far..  I removed some of the condensation from inside the tray.
5/12:  15/34  germinated so far.   Removed consensation; turned on grow light, closely positioned.   ~15 hours/day.
5/13: 17/34 germinated .   Now the top layer of soil was getting dry for some wells so, I removed the lid, turned off heat pad and added a little water to the dry wells.
5/14: 19/34
5/15: 23/34
5/17: 28/34.  Many of these are pairs of sprouts since I planted 2 seeds in some wells.
5/21: 28/34; secondary leaves out on about half: looking pretty good !

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