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Updating this post from 4 days ago, showing my first seedling ๐ŸŒฑ and asking for help

While transferring the other 3 seeds to individual little pots, I noticed one of them was cracking open ๐Ÿ‘, with a root poking on the other side. I left that one undisturbed, took away another one, and couldn't find the other.

After about a day, that little cracking seed turned into another seedling (left in the pic) and the missing seed is also cracking open ๐Ÿ˜บ (green dot to the right of the taller seedling). The older one has two very tiny white leaves, starting to turn green.

I'm being much more careful with watering (I tend to overwater my plants) and also made this makeshift grow tent due to not enough light exposure time in my apartment. It's this shitty lamp I bought online that is very weak (using two lux-measuring apps, it gives about 10k when less than half an inch away from it), so I wrapped my pot close to the lamp using foil paper.

I have no idea how I'll keep them alive once they grow more, but at least I think I've got this initial phase down. Next I guess is to look for a better/bigger lamp and to make a larger grow box, maybe with some cardboard for structure. That and nutrients.

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[โ€“] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago