HUZZAH!!!Hoooray!! Another one popped out! I had given up but the knowledge that some seeds take up to a month to germinate kept me moistening and checking once in a while... 22 days after planting another one has emerged! Buoyed by this discovery I promptly investigated EVERY seed and found two more that were swollen but had not popped open. Those two are soaking in some water to see if a radical will emerge.
I am elated to have two specimens to work with! Now at the very least I can do a fem repro and explore the seed.
Hey, great news! Congrats!
Sadly, my BHE girl (who showed sex today) is struggling, along with all the other plants I'm growing, with root aphids.
She's still hanging in there, so I haven't culled her yet, but she's already looking chlorotic, so I suspect the end is near.
Happily, I have that little clone. It will be much easier to kill the aphids on the little clone, with her roots limited to a 2 inch rockwool cube, so I may get to grow my BHE girl yet.
She's about to get a root rinse with H2O2.