Update - Starting over

So for those of you that have been following this blog I thank you. Since my last pup died due to nutrient burn (I was unaware the soil had nutrients) I'll be starting over again.

I have 2 seeds now germinating and will start posting about their progress very soon. I'm considering deleting my previous posts as not to make it too confusing.

Day 9 - Byebye Baby

So since my last post things have only gotten worse and it was obviously dying off. I finally got some proper advice and it turns out it was all due to nutrient burn. I double checked my soil packet and in the fine print it does mention nutrients - SHIT!

So I quickly dug up some plain ol' soil from my yard, it's rather dry and fine. I dug up my sick lil guy and carefully replanted him in the soil, I don't have high hopes but fingers crossed he somehow makes a recovery.

I watered the new soil and placed him in the dark for a few hours, when I checked on it again it was pretty close to being completely dead :(

I've started to germinate another seed just incase this one doesn't make it, which is going to put my blog behind for a little while.

Day 8 - Oh noes!

A second post for the day with a quick update.
Just took a peak at the little guy after about 5 hours and I've noticed a little yellowing of the two tiny leaves.

It's my understanding this can be caused by either a PH imbalance, nutrient burn or over-watering. My guess is over-watering however I've posted on a few websites seeking advice.

Be sure to click & enlarge the picture for a close up.
Check out the two tiniest leaves, they have yellow tips.

Day 8 - Yay, pictures!

So after a few days of no updates and no access to a camera, I've finally found the time to post updates for the past few days that I missed and also snapped a few new pictures.

Not too much has happened over the last few days really, once it sprouted it doesn't seem to be growing any higher and I'm not sure how I feel about that.
It has been on 24hour light at the moment however I'm considering switching it to 18/6, any advice on that would be great!

Decided to put my finger in the shot so you can see how big it is.

Day 7 - Com'on you bastard, grow!

This is a pre-dated post because I've had so much going on I haven't had the chance to post in a few days, sorry about that fellow bloggers.

I checked on my lil green baby sprout again today, not much change in growth but the leaves have definitely perked up and are looking great, they're really loving the light they're getting.

I'm trying to only water them once a day till there's the tiniest amount of run-off. Sometimes I end up watering it twice a day though because it seems the light drys them out a fair bit, even though they don't emit much heat.

Again, no picture today, sorry folks~

Day 6 - It's ALIVE!

This is a pre-dated post because I've had so much going on I haven't had the chance to post in a few days, sorry about that fellow bloggers.

Well today I woke up, sprung to my feet and ran to check up on my little guy.
Amazing! He has already grown so much overnight, it's about 1-2cm tall from the soil.

Sorry, no picture for this day

Day 5 - Touch Down!

So today was an average day.. woke up.. cooked omelette for the girlfriend.. we went for a cruise on the motorbike.. came home to relax, cooked up a feast and then decided to check my brown baby.

This crazy girl sure did grow quite a bit! It hit the fold of the paper-towel and also started to grow under a layer of paper-towel, so I don't think it'll be growing any more in length, also the seed has opened up quite a lot.
Now is the time to plant this lil sucker!

I grabbed a pair of scissors and cut around it as it had grown under the paper-towel, I pulled away as much paper-towel as possible, though I left a tiny bit on there - didn't want to risk hurting the root while removing that tiny bit of paper-towel.

I got my container filled with Gardener's Choice Potting Mix, dug a whole deep enough to swallow up this root and placed my baby in there, leaving only the seed above the dirt.
I've now placed my container back in a dark box and will check them tomorrow.