Today is day 7 since my seeds went into the pots. I started off by placing the seeds in some wet toilet paper, the seeds sprouted within 24hrs. Once the seeds sprouted they were added to the pots and it took them 3 days to break the surface, once they broke the surface they were placed in my grow room and have since been there for 7 days.
The plants are currently under some 300w cob flood lights at 6500k. I'm running them on a 18/6 light cycle currently.
Potting medium used was an organic potting soil mixed with vermiculite and perlite. I then added some bone meal and bio ocean fertilizer and mixed it all together. I have used 20L buckets as pots. I drilled holes all over the bottom of the buckets and about 3-4cm up the sides then added some stones at a depth of about 5cm, stones used were some pretty white smooth stones my wife had lying around .
My grow room is approximately 1.5w x 2.5L x 1.6m high. For reflective medium I covered my walls with space blankets, yip the stuff that medics and undertakers use, it work out pretty affordable at R22 a space blanket . Size of the space blankets is approximately 2m x 1.2 m so pretty good value.
The strain I chose for my first grow is the blimburn BLUE DREAM. I was pretty impressed to see all 3 seeds pop but being new to the growing hobby I killed one of the seeds by packing it to hard when I inserted it into the pots, lesson learned .
Over all I'm pretty chuffed with my progress so far. Any criticism or advice is welcome. Happy farming!