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September 9

the temperature is + 25 °C. i have reduced the amount of light the containers receive and it is now 13 hours. i try to simulate the darkening evenings although not in any scientific fashion. according to wikipedia seedlings generally require 16 hours of light and 8 hours of night. according to it seedling growth stops under less than 14 hours of light. i am going to risk it because i want to simulate more my own growing conditions. besides i am unsure if this universal law is absolute with living stones. i use plant lights and the article is naming that low intensity light of 16 hours or more brings continuous free growth. i don't know if my light intensity is considered low. it doesn't vary except being on or off. you can read more about my grow lights here.

the moisture has dropped in the other containers except in the monilaria one which has been watered yesterday. i water the argyroderma, the conophytum and the lithops by soaking their containers from the bottom for 2 seconds for the first time after sowing them. soaking from the bottom was recommended by many youtube videos and the seed seller. the argument is that the small seeds will not move around if soaked from the bottom.

21 of the monilaria seeds have sprouted, 8 of the argyroderma and 6 of the lithops.

and the first week is over.
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