TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
I brought about 20 Honduran "Trash" seeds back home a year ago. These grow on an island that other weed will not grow (I'm told), but these do. Boy... are they ever hard to grow. I popped and grew about 500 "normal" plants last year. I started early this year and the start of my seedling farm is going well. But these guys are killing me. Getting them to germinate is a struggle. But I managed to get some going.
I started the first 4 and the minute I saw the first true leaves, I put them under 12/12. They just stopped growing and died. I started another 4 only this time I put them under 16/8 (even though 12/12 is close to natural for them). Dead after the first true leaves. So I tried to replicate the ecosystem found on the island. Frequent rain, but dryer than you'd expect. Dead. This is my third go at them and it's getting late. I want pollen and seed from them, but I'm running out of time.
I've tried peat and coco pots. The seedlings never get over 1cm tall and leaves *just clear the soil, and root inspection after death shows only 2cm of growth.
I'm on the verge of buying aquarium ocean salt water to mist the top from the local pet store. Maybe I should try putting the sprouts directly in supersoil since they grow in a jungle type environment.
Any takers?
Waiting for this puppy to suffer the same fate.
I started the first 4 and the minute I saw the first true leaves, I put them under 12/12. They just stopped growing and died. I started another 4 only this time I put them under 16/8 (even though 12/12 is close to natural for them). Dead after the first true leaves. So I tried to replicate the ecosystem found on the island. Frequent rain, but dryer than you'd expect. Dead. This is my third go at them and it's getting late. I want pollen and seed from them, but I'm running out of time.
I've tried peat and coco pots. The seedlings never get over 1cm tall and leaves *just clear the soil, and root inspection after death shows only 2cm of growth.
I'm on the verge of buying aquarium ocean salt water to mist the top from the local pet store. Maybe I should try putting the sprouts directly in supersoil since they grow in a jungle type environment.
Any takers?
Waiting for this puppy to suffer the same fate.