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In this edition of my "After Hours" gardening project, I'm going to be talking about a new tester strain from @bifbeans breeder Macronut; the [Ghost Toof x Toasted Tangerine] Feminized AutoFlowering Strain! I personally like to call this baby the Toasted Ghost, but I'm not sure if there is an official name for her yet!
I ended up getting these a little while ago, but was waiting to pop them to try to time out a decent harvest cycle. The plan was to germinate and pop them in the dirt by the 40 day mark on the other testers, and then go from there!
So I started germinating 2 of these Toasted Ghost beans on Saturday December 24th! For some reason, I changed up my germination method for these beans, and instead of putting them in a cup of water, I placed them straight into a wet paper towel, which was then placed into a ziplock baggie.
That bag was then placed inside an Xbox game case, and then place it on top of the corner of my light to stay warm. It stays fairly cool in this particular room (outside of the tent that is) so I didn't bother wrapping it in a t-shirt like I did before!
Unfortunately, and much to my surprise after how well the other testers seeds germinated, the taproots didn't explode like I had thought they would, so on December 28th I decided to plant them and see how they did.
Although they had pretty decent sized tails to them, neither of these testers ever popped, and I fear may have either been lost inside of the dirt, or had suffered from rot from being too moist during germination!
I decided to go ahead and germinate 2 more beans on January 5th, hoping that I'd do a little better with these ones. Losing 2 of these testers beans for unknown reasons really took a toll on my confidence as a grower, so I was really hoping to redeem myself!
Thankfully, on January 7th I noticed that one of those testers popped a taproot, while the other sank to the bottom! So acting as quick as I could, I planted the newly germinated bean into a 2 Gallon cloth Smart Pot in my same, recycled, living soil mix of Fox Farm Happy Frog and Ocean Forest potting soils.
I personally love the Happy Frog, and it does contain living microorganisms and mycorrhizal fungi to help boost the plants root growth! I did find that for a seedling, using Happy Frog bears the possibility of burning out the root system, so to counteract that, I added the Ocean Forest, since it's not as acidic!
I initially moved the bean that had sunk into a moist paper towel and attempted to finish germination that way! However, after a few more days with no results, I went ahead and popped my last [Ghost Toof x Toasted Tangerine] tester bean on January 12th, and threw the other bean in a long with it, just as a last ditch effort.
During the time that I started germinating the new Toasted Ghost bean, I was able remove the humidity dome from the first seedling, as it had already grown to about 2 inches tall or so!
Thankfully, the new bean popped open and showed signs of a taproot by the 13th, and I was able to go ahead and plant it on January 14th!
I went ahead and wet the soil to prevent the bean from getting lost, and placed my makeshift humidity down over the top! My first viable seedling happened to be 6 days old at the time I planted the second bean!
Very fortunately, the second tester popped from the soil overnight, and and is official 1 week younger than the first tester! I personally think this will be very interesting to watch grow at different stages, even though it's only a week difference!
I only kept the humidity dome on for about 2 days, which is when I started noticing the leaves on the first tester starting to yellow at the tips!
I'm not sure what the cause is, as I haven't even started to use nutrients yet! But, I am using recycled soil, and it could be possible that I may have over watered it since I wet the soil before planting! I'm also looking into A Pot For Pot's 2 Gallon Grow Kit, which would be a perfect addition to my setup, and includes a nice lense attachment for your smartphone to help zoom in on those ripening trichomes! 💚
Not that I neglected these babies, but there wasn't much to do with them for a few more days, until January 20th when I noticed that there was a greyish, mold-like growth forming on one section of the soil! Personally, I think it was due to the coffee ground addition, but I had also been using a plastic container as a tray of sorts to start bottom feeding these girls! Unfortunately, I believe this container was too tall to allow proper airflow to the bottom of the containers.
I did do my best to remove the "infected" soil completely, and I threw it away; then, I took the pots out of the plastic tray and placed them on to 2 gallon buckets, bringing them closer to the light. I also pointed a small 6 inch desk fan directly at the base of the pots! I really hope this works at killing off whatever mold is in there, but I am going to be doing some research on all-natural, homemade fungicides just in case!
As of now, these babies are 2 weeks and 1 week old respectively, and other than the yellow discoloration of on the first tester, they seem to be growing just fine for the time being, but unfortunately, I am almost out of nutrients! I've been looking around at various brands and companies, and I think I'm going to try out the SimPro Formula nutrient line to compare them to my current Fox Farms nutrients!
(If you don't remember, my Lemon Kush Seedling started out looking very similar to this yellowing seedling, so hopefully I can nurse this baby back to health!)
Quick update before posting! It's now January 25th, and since removing the infected soil, and repositioning the planter pots and fan, I have not noticed any further questionable growth on the surface of the substrate! I really hope that this plant does not have any problems moving forward, but I will definitely be keeping a close eye on her!
I also know that it is not recommended to transplant an AutoFlowering plant, but I believe that this circumstance may be a valid reason to attempt it! I don't want to be any means, but I also don't want to lose my last tester to mold!
Unfortunately, that will do it for this one, and I hope you all enjoyed! Don't forget to tune-in next week for another "After Hours" Gardening Update! Stay Trippy My Little Hippies! ✌🏼💚
- As a quick side note, I'm still messing around with the filters and editing capabilities on my phone, so bear with me as I get the hang of making the colors match as best I can to their in-person colors!
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