Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 5 Entries. Sunday, February 2 View Page Yup. Per my previous belief in that the 178's root had reached 27.5 inches in 2023, it turns out that it reached 40 inches (!) in reality. I'm not sure butt I believe that the roots had reached this length butt were lost in the medium and not at the outer edges of it - hidden, essentially. There are mysterious, grey blobs of whatever might be growing in the Mycorrhizae as well and those & the SS Mix of Jiffy-Mix + Bio Gro Endo Plus are just hanging out for the NEXT root to come through. That'll be a 166 Gerry and it is currently in the upper container awaiting its sprouting. I 'can't wait'! eg   Tuesday, February 4 View Page I thought I was 'seeing things' when the cots of my 166 were busting from the seed coat and the roots were literally swirling around in a vortex of downward FURY! Lol, Ahem, etc. & probably 4-5 inches in 6 days, anyway! Well, I had forgotten about it sort-of and I HAD re-watered it slightly a day ago butt it's not right in the way, so, much neglect is at hand. Now, it is in a more-conspicuous place and this has been started without any ferts nor Myco added - There is Myco in the SS Mix tube and the SS Mix from many, many seed starts and freezings; (I freeze the SS Mix whenever I've terminated a plastic cup seed experiment, rather than leaving it out to just be gross, like food left on the counter. Ewww!) I feel that this kills stuff that has accumulated and the Myco knows whazzup anyway. A couple days later, I may thaw the atrocity, and let 'er dry out, in the kitchen sink; Myco survives better if it is slowly cooled by Nature rather than by my freezer, butt if it's there, it's there. No worries. THIS experiment has NOT ever been frozen nor thawed - the SS Mix is still moist from about 1 foot to 3 feet down, give or take(!). Laters---eric g   Friday, February 14 View Page Ummm, this got to be 14 inches, then 18 inches (no Diary entry for that) and I added Miracle-Gro Tomato Food 18-18-21 and it seems that all downward growth stopped, (OHlolNO). I'm guessing that the plant has reached its equilibrium as to how much above-ground there is as opposed to how much below-ground there is...and how much nutrition is available. ...and light! This may be significant because if each is dependent upon the other, well, of course, they are, well, it's just that I'm thinking there is significance to this relationship beyond what I'm not even thinking of @ the moment, lol. Thoughts below, I suppose, and see my 'solution/amendment' to it in the next post. eg   Saturday, February 15 View Page Well, for more light input, here's my attempt, lol. I have noticed the cots and 1st true leaf following the light in the living room from day to day butt it has not been anywhere nearly enough to promote even the growth that my basement light setup provides. We'll...see, lol---eric g   Wednesday, February 19 View Page Here is a 42 Gerry FP '23; Not sure when it was started but I'm sure it was at least 2 weeks ago+; I don't wanna move it to find out. Anyway, this ties in with that the Miracle-Grow Tomato Food is working well with the FP---I recently sprouted a 142.6 AG of mine and the FP's tendrils I'm allowing to wrap around the stem just for fun! I'll keep an eye on it. The MG may be having an OPPOSITE effect on my 166 test tube plant; The growth has STOPPED and the first true leaf is the only accomplishment of that plant in the previous post, plus an 18" tap root + numerous 'filler-upper' roots we normally see, up-top. The tap root MAY be starting up again. I am sorta sure that minimal lighting...well, that should not be an issue, with my other, better results... Will theorize soon. eric g