Hello, this is my first time so hopefully it goes well. I maybe should of chosen a quicker strain as waiting 3-4 months to harvest for a newbie isn't a great intro, but I was after a single strain plant and found 'Double Glock'.
So this is what I've done so far. On the 31st May I filled a 30L plant pot with 20L of "Carbon Gold Bio Char All Purpose Compost" and put a 7cm layer of "Carbon Gold Grochar Seed Compost" on top, then I stuck my little finger in the soil 3cm deep (maybe a bit too deep) and placed a seed pointy end up. I gave a light sprinkle of water inside the hole and closed it up with surrounding compost, then did a further sprinkle of water on the top surface. I was worried that I may have buried the seed alive being too deep but it punched through the soil on day 6 (phew!). I've stopped watering regular as while the surface seems bone dry the moisture underneath seems OK-ish with my moisture meter and it is a coir compost after all.
What are your thoughts on the early health of my young plant? I wont bother adding general nutes until the compost has been depleted of what's already there but will probably add nitrogen at some stage. I am a bit concerned sticking a meter spike into the compost so close to the plant as it's likely to cut through roots.
Photos from 18th June:
Details:
- 100% Indica
- Been in veg stage for 2 weeks
- Grown outdoors in a pot of compost
- PH of media not yet known. I need to mix some of its compost with water before testing with my meter spike, as when I just stick the spike directly into the media I just get a reading of "2-3" which is probably wrong.
- No pests yet.
- Will only water when my meter stops saying the media is no longer moist and haven't watered for 2 weeks so far.
So this is what I've done so far. On the 31st May I filled a 30L plant pot with 20L of "Carbon Gold Bio Char All Purpose Compost" and put a 7cm layer of "Carbon Gold Grochar Seed Compost" on top, then I stuck my little finger in the soil 3cm deep (maybe a bit too deep) and placed a seed pointy end up. I gave a light sprinkle of water inside the hole and closed it up with surrounding compost, then did a further sprinkle of water on the top surface. I was worried that I may have buried the seed alive being too deep but it punched through the soil on day 6 (phew!). I've stopped watering regular as while the surface seems bone dry the moisture underneath seems OK-ish with my moisture meter and it is a coir compost after all.
What are your thoughts on the early health of my young plant? I wont bother adding general nutes until the compost has been depleted of what's already there but will probably add nitrogen at some stage. I am a bit concerned sticking a meter spike into the compost so close to the plant as it's likely to cut through roots.
Photos from 18th June:
Details:
- 100% Indica
- Been in veg stage for 2 weeks
- Grown outdoors in a pot of compost
- PH of media not yet known. I need to mix some of its compost with water before testing with my meter spike, as when I just stick the spike directly into the media I just get a reading of "2-3" which is probably wrong.
- No pests yet.
- Will only water when my meter stops saying the media is no longer moist and haven't watered for 2 weeks so far.
