Brown-dawg Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 The last time I grew some plants I used the " pop it in a cup of water overnight method " and then let the viable seeds sit in a sprouter until they developed taproots. It worked ok. I had a couple of weak plants that started off with strangely shaped cotyledons and stunted first leaves. This time I'm going straight into soil ( grow green organics potting soil.) Damp but not saturated. Planted exactly 1.5 cm in the soil. They are currently in a dark, warm spot ( for 6hrs) then under 24 hr 105w T5 CFL lights until I see green ;-) 2x Dinafem California Hash Plants and 3x mixed seeds from a buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Woohooo. California Hash Plants have popped After 3 days. Constant 105 w light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zairek Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Congrats BD! You must be proud hope she brings u heavy nugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 Congrats BD! You must be proud hope she brings u heavy nugs Very Happy!! Now all I need is for the other 3 to germinate and I will be ecstatico:-))))) I finally got their veg room sorted so as soon as they get transplanted I'm gonna pop them in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surv0 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 One thing is certain these dinafem seeds germ in a day or two. Very quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slummies Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Awesome man, well done! I also germ in soil as I dont like to mess with the seed and have to move it. Do you soak your seeds over night? I have had great success without soaking but have tried it as I feel the sprout quicker. I have had 100% success rate with and without soaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zairek Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Congrats BD! You must be proud hope she brings u heavy nugs Very Happy!! Now all I need is for the other 3 to germinate and I will be ecstatico:-))))) I finally got their veg room sorted so as soon as they get transplanted I'm gonna pop them in there. That's the spirit a game of patience determination and nurturing that defines a grower. Peace Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zairek Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Awesome man, well done! I also germ in soil as I dont like to mess with the seed and have to move it. Do you soak your seeds over night? I have had great success without soaking but have tried it as I feel the sprout quicker. I have had 100% success rate with and without soaking. Golden rule of germination right there. Don't mess with things, that's why the high success rate . Kudos Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 One thing is certain these dinafem seeds germ in a day or two. Very quick. First time I'm using seeds I've bought. So far it's looking good. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Awesome man, well done! I also germ in soil as I dont like to mess with the seed and have to move it. Do you soak your seeds over night? I have had great success without soaking but have tried it as I feel the sprout quicker. I have had 100% success rate with and without soaking. I didn't soak them @slummies. I want to do each aspect of this grow with as little messin around as possible. Simple. Glad you too have been successful with the straight -to- soil method. After all, no one sifts the soil and lays the seeds in a moist towel in nature ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Congrats BD! You must be proud hope she brings u heavy nugs Very Happy!! Now all I need is for the other 3 to germinate and I will be ecstatico:-))))) I finally got their veg room sorted so as soon as they get transplanted I'm gonna pop them in there. That's the spirit a game of patience determination and nurturing that defines a grower. Peace Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk for sure. Been working on the soil that they're going to be going into for the past few weeks. Can't wait to see how they take to it! The last grow, a few plants got damaged by over enthusiastically added amendments. This time I'm preparing the soil way ahead of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 So happy!! 5 out of 5 seedlings have popped their heads out of the soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zairek Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Yay, how long will they stay in these pots? What type of lighting will you veg with? Have you tried brewing compost teas? Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zairek Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Please tell us more about the soil mix you got cooking . I've been thinking about compost teas vs months/weeks of soil cooking. Both practices promote microbial activity, but compost teas are brewed in 48 hours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 Yay, how long will they stay in these pots? What type of lighting will you veg with? Have you tried brewing compost teas? Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk The 2 early sprouters are in 14 cm pots now. Potting soil /pearlite/cocopeat. That's the two California Hash Plants. The other 3 will stay where they are until their serrated leaves are a bit bigger and they have a bit more root. Then into the same mix of soil as above, probably on Thursday. The soil I have cooking is all my soil from 4 fabric grow bags - around 80l soil. I've added a bit of lava rock dust, dolomite lime, bone meal(organic), a bit of basmati rice , a lot of pearlite a small bit of organic compost activator. Got some worm castings from my worm farm coming in soon. Had a bucket of oyster shells lying outside in the sun for the last few months. Going to crush half and pulverize half and add that to the mix. Not the whole lot. Just a handful or so. Getting alfalfa meal and kelp meal on Friday. And hopefully a good clean composted manure. When I transplant in a few weeks time. I'll have the lower half of the grow bag full of the real potent stuff and a milder mix on top. Still deciding whether to dry mulch or grow a cover crop like clover and alfalfa. I'm leaning to the cover crop, I love seeing the happy critters in my grow. It's a medicinal grow so I'm wanting it as clean and potent as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 I don't see it as a tea versus soil cooking thing. I think both are necessary processes at different times. :- twocents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zairek Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Respect brother. That's one tasty scrumptious soil mix you got simmering there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Respect brother. That's one tasty scrumptious soil mix you got simmering there. Let's hope. I'm no pro so it's all hopefully ok. It may all be totally irrelevant by tomorrow morning though. We were evacuated because of the huge fires on the garden route... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zairek Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Sorry to hear bro. Stay strong. Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Sorry to hear bro. Stay strong. Peace Relief. All is well. Got home today after sleeping in my car last night and found the babies under lights ... happy as can be. Safely transplanted 3 last 3 in their pots. Phew. Happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420SA Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Heavy man glad to hear all is ok. So the fires didn't touch your house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zairek Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Big relief man. Think I'll smoke a fatty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Fires are on the farm we live on. But well contained by awesome fire department. Next door wiped out. Plantation across the hill is wiped out. We will see what the morning brings. Babies still going like a rocket when I checked this morning. Pretty stoked though. In all the chaos I took delivery of my CMH lights courtesy of @growguru. Cheers guys Sleep well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Leaf Organics Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Nice bud I bet you a happy man atm , those lights are awesome. I hope you also got a pair of specs as these lights put out a lot of uv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown-dawg Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 Nice bud I bet you a happy man atm , those lights are awesome. I hope you also got a pair of specs as these lights put out a lot of uv I did. Thanks for the heads up though. Ignorance is painful sometimes. And I love my eyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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