So, seeing that you decided to hang around for more of my stories.
Today, particularly isn’t a good day for me. I had managed to germinate some spinach and basil seeds successfully, was waiting for the “true” leaves to show up. That actually happened!! For the first time in my 4 trials, this was the first time I saw true leaves popping out from the seeds. Very happy!!!
Then took the call for swapping it to my DWC system which I have at home. Nothing fancy at all.
And that is when the nightmare began!!
This was the before scenario. A little bit of algae growth is there on the sponge cubes but nothing life threating.
This is what it ended up being barely 5 mins after transporting it to my DWC setup!!!
That’s right. The first leaves died off like they were poisoned or were not getting any kind of nutrients. And then the small white sponge which you see is where my basil used to sit. It’s leaves broke off.
My primary concern, or rather, the issue is germination. The stagnant water exposed to the sun to generate heat is actually increasing the rate of algae attacks, whereas my fault is, I didn’t wait for the roots to grow out properly. So out and out a very bad day for me.
As of now, I am cleansing my growth sponges off the algae and the dead plants 😥😥 and starting all over again. This time, making sure that I don’t let the sunlight in, but make sure that seeds get good amount of heat and humid setup.
Hopefully, this time, it will work.
Fingers crossed and signing out.