Green Gelato Auto RQS (First Grow)

Germination 20/05: Camera, Lights, Action! The last piece of the puzzle has arrived and it is time to begin the grow. We dropped two seeds into a shot glass filled with water at 18:00 on the 20th of May (20/05/2020), a magical day. We will each look after our own seed to see who is the Alpha Farmer. Germination 21/05: After keeping the seeds in the shot glass for 24 hours, we saw that the seeds started to pop already. Time to transfer! We have put the seeds into moist cotton pads and put them in between two plates so that it’s dark. We wanted to make sure that the seeds root before transferring them to the soil. This was the result in the evening of day 2, and we decided to keep them in the cotton pad for another day. Germination 22/05: After waiting impatiently for the roots to grow, towards the evening of Day 3 they have grown enough to go into the soil home. The image on day 3 shows how big the roots were at the end of day 3 before being planted (about 2cm). Germination 23/05: After planting the seeds in soil, we lightly watered them and put them under the lights. The light cycle that we chose was 18/6 and since we don’t have a timer for the lights yet we will be turning the lights off at 17:00 and back on at 23:00 for now and we will see how it goes. So far, no leaves are showing. The temperature at planting was 25C and humidity was 47%. Day 1 24/05: The girls are starting to come out of the soil, it’s so exciting! We did notice that overnight the soil dried up on the top and the humidity dropped to 30% since we do not have a humidifier. This worried me so we started spraying the inside of the tent more often to make sure it is humid. We also put out some dishes filled with water so that it can evaporate under the lamp. I spray the plants with water lightly throughout the day and feed them at 17:00 with 100ml of water with Biobizz Root Juice (4ml/L) to promote root growth in the “night time”. The temperature in the evening was 24.6C and the humidity was 51%. Day 2 25/05: The seedlings are growing really well, they are both showing two sets of leaves, however the one on the right looks like it is becoming a little too leggy. I will keep an eye on it and see if it becomes too tall. Also noticing high temperatures again with the lights and the soil drying too fast. Will be thinking of solutions tomorrow. The temperature was 24.6C and humidity at 46% Day 3 26/05: The seedlings are growing really well but the one on the right is stretching a little bit too much so I will cover it up with an inch of soil tomorrow morning. Since we noticed that the temperature in the tent was getting too hot, I have put more trays with water around and we have decreased the intensity of the light to 50% to reduce the heat. I have also read that a frozen water bottle should also decrease the temperatures in the tent so my freezer is currently working on that ❄️. At the end of the day, the humidity was at 50% and the temperature was 24.4C Day 4 27/05: Both of the seedlings are starting to grow their 3rd pair of leaves! One seedling (A) is growing a bit bigger than the other (R) but R seems to be focusing on growing its third pair of leaves so they are actually bigger than that of seedling A. We’ll see if either of them will outgrow the other in a few weeks or if they will level out to be about the same. Very interesting to see this since they are seeds with the same genetics and were planted at the same time with the same conditions. The temperature measurement today was 24.1C and Humidity was at 44%. Day 5 28/05: The seedlings have been doing well throughout the day and the day temperatures are staying between 26-27C which is a bit high but better than before. In the effort of trying to reduce the temperatures, throughout the day I had a frozen bottle of water inside the tent. It actually didn’t really help much because it melted really quickly under the lights, so still keeping the lights at around 50-70% intensity while the seedlings are still in the small pots. The temperature in the evening was 21.9C and the humidity was at 56%. Throughout the day the humidity varies between 45-55% because we do not have a humidifier so I spray water around the plants to keep the tent humid. Day 6 29/05: The seedlings are getting bigger and growing strong. I noticed that the plant on the left was getting a little weak and the stem was not sturdy, so I had covered it with about a centimetre of soil so hopefully it gets stronger. The plants are still only getting fed with Biobizz Root Juice (4ml/L) of about 0.2 L of water just before the lights go off at 17:00. I am not noticing any significant issues with the plants yet so hopefully they will grow healthy. Temperature: 23.5C and humidity: 44%. Day 7 30/05: I found the smaller plant (R) in the morning with its leaves pointing down which could be because of overwatering (because it is hot and the soil dries out so I keep misting it). Now I will be making sure to only water when the soil up to my first knuckle is dry, which should help. For the bigger plant, I now water it with 200ml of water with Root Juice and it is enough for 2 days because the soil seems to be holding in the moisture well. Towards the evening, the smaller plant was restored and its leaves were pointing up again. Moisture was at a happy 52% and temperature was at 23.0C.