Used the paper towel method, two germinated in <24hrs (the third will likely be one more day) and then:
Roots Organics Lush soil
3 x 5 gallon food-safe buckets with GroBucket inserts
7w 254gph aerator pump (to keep the water reservoirs from stagnating, and the roots seem to love it).
Tap water as needed (that doesn’t appear to have chromium, based on local water quality reports), but aired-out ~24-48hrs for chlorine reasons, and roughly PH’d to the mid 6s based on the periodic testing color/using GH drops.
2’x4’x6’ tent
4 inch inline extraction fan and carbon filter, 6” clip fan, and 6” oscillating fan (all off to start, to help with environment)
300w LED: 24/7, ~25%, ~20” from the soil to start, until there are leaves and the humidity domes come off (then 18/6 and % as appropriate):
Day 3 and folks are a little leggy, so I moved the light a few clicks up to keep it ~20” from the seedlings, and increased the dimmer to ~38%, so the middle should be getting ~400 PPFD/25 DLI. I also have the upper fan at ~20% and the extraction fan on ~10-20%, 24/7 now
Day 14, top-watered 1 gallon between the three with 1 tblsp of unsulphured Molasses mixed in for the soil microbes; and adjusted the light so the middle guy should be getting ~620 ppfd/ ~40 DLI…
good growing growmie
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