On 3/8 I took a red solo cup and filled it with fox farm happy frog up to an inch under the top. I poured it out into a Tupperware bowl and mixed in water until the soil reached field capacity. The water is distilled. I loaded the soil into the solo cup with about a teaspoon of dynomyco spread throughout. I planted the seed about a quarter inch deep and lightly covered it. I placed a clear solo cup on top to create a humidity environment. I then moved it to a seedling heat mat and left undisturbed with the light off.
put drain holes in the bottom and no need for dynomyco yet also distilled water is a bad idea to begin with other than that you should see heads popping in about a week if the seeds are viable
Yeah I have four holes in the solo cup. The clear one on top is holding the humidity very well. No light on it yet, don't wanna fry it. I know the distilled water will cause a cal mag deficiency but it's so much better then my tap water and I have cal mag if it needs, which i know it will
The soil looks great moisture wise. There's a ton of humidity in there. The clear solo cup on top is totally fogged up. Overall I am doing well with not drying out. The soil was brought to field capacity before I loaded the cups. I have been growing cubensis for 6 years so I know what proper moisture content of a substrate is all about.
So the pythium is the only one that really worries me. The seed has not shown above the surface yet so I want to keep the humidity high as possible. I'm afraid of drying out to fast if I open it up to straight air. I have electric heat that makes the air inside the house super dry. In you honest opinion, would u take it off or leave it? I tossed around the idea of pasteurizing the soil before I planted but the happy frog has a blend of microbes in it and I didn't want to kill them. Have alot of experience in this area from growing mushrooms for so long
So they looked worse when I woke up. I put the dome back on last night and that's when it finally popped so I left it on over the night and honestly I don't think it liked that so I took it off and moved the cup to the right a little bit and now it's looking better
Soil might be too hot. I use seed starter mix in the top half of my starter pot, and the bottom half with happy frog.
I would try something different next time. A seed starter mix has less nutrients, and therefore won't burn your sprout. You could mix it with some happy frog and rice hulls/perlite. Personally, I use rice hulls as they are cheap and I have a local supplier I try to support. The yellow could also be from being too wet.
I really think it's cuz I domed it, then the light went off, then it got cold. So it was damp with a dome inhibiting airflow and no evaporation cause it was chilly with the light off and it just didn't like it at all. When I woke up I realized what was happening and corrected everything. Looks much better now than it did earlier
