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Tricho Seedlings, Progress?

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Do these seedlings look alright and growing at the right pace for about 6-8 weeks of age?

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Yep you can start giving them a mild water soluble fertilizer now too. I do mine every other week with ferts.

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excellent! ill start spritzing with seaweed fert then. what about airing them out? right now i keep them under a humidity dome and spray them 1 or 2 times a day once in the morning, once in the evening. I leave the top off for a few mins before i spray them.

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Very nice! keep them moist for several more months (especially in this valley heat) and give lots of fresh air.

I agree - start using a dilute fertilizer solution just don't push them too hard to fast.

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Looking good. Outdoor grown?

Here's mine at 8 weeks grown under T8 flouros.

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I use 2 26watt 6500k cfl's per propagation box on a 16/8 photoperiod.

Hostilis what's your photoperiod run. Seems like we get about the same growth rates there. I'll try an get some pics of the young'ens later.

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Looking good. Outdoor grown?

Here's mine at 8 weeks grown under T8 flouros.

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JEEZ see im not getting this type of growth :( Maybe i need to move them into more light. Right now they are in shade under the patio. no direct sun.

If i were to make a grow cabinet indoors for seedlings, how much lighting is IDEAL? Ill spare no expense. What about a 4 bulb T5 setup? I have a metal office cabinet that is 2' depth x 3' wide and adjustable shelves so like.. 1.5' headspace.

Hostilis are you like super charging your seedlings to achieve such big growth? Or is it that you have more light?

If i were to sow seedlings outdoor in this AZ heat... could i get away with them being under a 50% shade cloth? higher? lower? I feel like im not getting the most out of my seedlings!

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1:1:1:1

Perlite:Organic Cactus Compost:sand:decomposed granite.

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Thanks, seedlings look great, gonna give that mix a try on my next batch.

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I use HO T5 (not T8's) bulbs. I have 2 2' bulbs over two of those generic propagating boxes. I have the lights on a 16/8 cycle. I keep the temps around 25c daytime and 15-18c nights.

Here's a picture of my set up.

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And magic, I think they just grow way faster under lights than under the sun at first.

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Hmm could high temps stunt/slow growth for seedlings? its been around 110F lately but obviously not in the shade.

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I am not really sure if it can stunt them. I imagine if it's way too hot then they will slow down a bit if they aren't getting enough water. I keep mine very wet and I actually started giving them very diluted 2-7-7 ferts lately. They're in a mixture of 1/1/1 Happy frog fox farm soil (with bark chunks taken out with 1/8th inch wire mesh filter)/pumice/washed sand. I get fast growth, but some of the downsides are algae growth. Which I actually recently found out I can completely stop by putting cinnamon in my mixture when I mix it up.

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