Royal Dwarf 2nd Grow

JohannaW Hello, this will be my second grow of this fabolous strain. Due to numerous circumstances , i havent been able to document the first one. It is a shame really, as it was super exciting and succesfull first attempt. This site and diaries of many growers helped me in previous journey so i want to return the favor (and to be completely honest, keep a neat diary for future reference). Germinated under 48 hours using wet (demineralized water) paper towel method. One remark; i am using a 100W led system (6400k), but the drop down menu only lists 150W as a minimum. In that regard; lets go ! Update; This little one has broken to the surface in a couple of days before but as it can be seen, not much has happened since then. I wanted to wait a couple of days to see if the shell would shed off but as of today; this has not happened . As i recall, in my first grow the shell pretty much came off during the surfacing so in my, still limited, knowledge i would appreciate some input on this (not very good) situation. In the worst case scenario; yesterday I have started to germinate an additional seed. Update 2: Unfortunately my suspicions were true. The first germinated seed died. While i was waiting for the second seed to germinate i got an idea to plant the third one in the pot for direct germination in soil. Im going to fill another smaller pot with soil for the other one germinated with "paper towel method" to see how the two of them will make it. 10/18/19 Update 3: Finally some good news ! The 2nd seed germinated with the paper towel method has made it ! This time i used plain warm water and forgot about it so the taproot before planting was longer. I would say it roughly took 3 days after dropping it in soil to shed its shell and say "hello". The other seed which was planted (in previous used, 12l pot) direct in soil; its shell is slowly emerging. Hopefully it will also crack and then i will post some pix as well. Both were watered daily (spray can 2 times per day) with warm plain water. "Germination light"; led bulb 9W 3000k used for keeping the temperature warm. Im still busting up my brain why the first one did not make it, eventhough all 3 germinated sucessfully,

JohannaW Hello people ! I am wraping up the second week with these two lil infants. The are alive and doing well (as far as i can see). Switch to high powered light has been made so these two rascals have been basking for a whole week in a light with some muscles 💪 Number 2 is little bit behind in the height and leaf development (fascinating in a sense as it only sprouted two days behind the #1) Height; #1; 4,3cm #2; 2,4cm Nothing changed in the water schedule. When the soil is dry, a lil spray over the seedling perimeter and thats it. Anyway, see you next week in another episode so until then; Have a nice weekend and be good !

JohannaW Hello there ! Another friday-another update (depends on where you live) Lil infants made it to week 3 but i must say i am not completely satisfied. The overall growth seems to be going very slow, as opposed to other diaries and as i can recall even to my own previous. While trying to figure this out during the week, I raised my led system about 20cm further and added some more soil/perlite mixture for number 1 as to support it better and maybe to encourage some additional root growth. Why did i distance the light further ? While the distance was 30cm from the infants, i noticed that the pots started to get a lil bit warmer than maybe they should and hence during watering the soil would evaporate too soon. I will be making soon another led fixture to replace this one as i might know or guess at this point, the culprit in this matter (the fan is blowing downward through the heatsing instead of drawing air upwards). I did notice some additional leafs forming after these changes but still it seems going too slow. Other than above mentioned; nothing has changed. Temperature is steady most of the time and precise. I am thinking hard enough and i admit that no good or more productive ideas are surfacing so far. Everything should be better than the last time on my first grow: Light during the whole vegetative phase was then one 15W bulb, then two and maybe three altogether during the vegetative growth and no ventilation whatsoever. As opposed to now when there is intake and outake fans and a 117W led from the start. I am missing something i know but i dont get it. Oh Yes ! The only thing i am not sure about is when do i start to add nutrients. On my first grow i started right away as i got them when She was well beyond the vegetative phase and the She was big so no confusion there. Biobizz states; "Start using fertilizers when your baby plant is 10-15 cm or has 2-4 leaves" These infants are not 10-15 cm so scratch that but they do have 2-4 leaves. I want to be careful with this as i dont want to burn them and slow down growth even more so hmmmmm. As always, dont be shy as i am very open to advice. Well, until next episode; have a nice weekend and be good to each other

JohannaW Hello ladies and gentlemen. My two kids made it to week 4 Overall growth is taking even more time as i have problems with my light system so until i get it up and running again, these two are sucking up every ounce of energy from a couple of 4000k led bulbs. The other thing; i had very low humidity problem up until the last week which has been taken care of bumping it from 37% to 67% (I have made an additional research and found out it is recommended in vegetative phase to keep RH around 70%) HEIGHT Number 1: 9.5 cm Number 2 5.0 cm Unfortunately this update ran late because i had a very bad week so i am trying to make up for the loss of words for a better detailed description. I am very sorry, but to whom it may concern; this one is going to be short. On a more positive note; this week there can be noted the start of that lovely smell on the tips where the new leaves are forming on the main stem. Number 1 (i have to think of proper names for the kids) smells of a faint limey bubblegum and number two of that stronger classic lime skunk. These fragrances take me back to older sunshine and laughter filled warm pure friendly times. Until next episode, be good, because there is too much antagonism going around. JW