Mephisto’s Wedding

Started out floating the seeds in a shot glass but when they sunk to the bottom after about 12 hours, I didn’t want to risk drowning. Transferred to a wet paper towel (tap water through a taste/odor filter). Tent setup: I set a shelf up about waist high. Added a heating mat. Too hot to place a wet napkin directly on top of. So I placed them next to and added a small fan. The ambient temp of the mat combined with the convection of the fan kept the temp at a very consistent 77.5-78.5. Checked every 8 hrs or so to make sure the paper towel stayed moist…waited 36 more hours and Voila!! 100% success. I’ll wait till tomorrow to put the seeds to soil. I’m looking for the radicles to be about 3x the size of the seed. In the meantime I’ll get initial ph and ec/ ppm readings for both the water and the seedling soil runoff. I’m thinking 6.4 ph and .6 ec should be a good target starting point. From what I’ve read about Mephisto seeds, they tend to be a tad bit sensitive to nutes, so I’ll err on the side of caution. Planted seeds/radicles in a 4” seedlingpot. 75% FoxFarm Happy Frog /25% seed starter. Ran clean ph balanced through till ec was 1.4. (A little higher than I wanted but I’m gonna roll with it. Ph was 6.4. Temp 79*f. Rh 50%. Now we wait. 12/12/22 - It’s A Girl!!!! 12/13/22 - It’s Another Girl!!!! Girl #2 lookin a little funky. We’ll keep an eye on her