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What's good my dude!

I have made quite some changes to my method of popping seeds, only because what I had before was stuff laying around the house! I will look at a few points, first answer your questions and tell you what I did with these seeds, then give my suggestions and recommendations based on what I did to avoid the same mistakes!
I am learning as I go still, also very new to all this so wouldn't go around telling people to do what I do for great success!!

I popped these seeds on a heat mat between 30 and 35°C. Under a 85W 4000K (cool white) CFL bulb hung literally 5cm above the dome. Around 85%RH inside the dome but as soon as they open their cotyledons remove the dome or you'll be risking a lot!! Get them used to heat and direct light and all that as soon as possible. As soon as you remove the dome you have to take the light up atleast 20cm away from the seedling or the heat will cause stress or even worse, burn the plant, while there's really not even enough light coming from those CFLs to make the plant grow.

My suggestion would be to never waste your time and money on CFLs. When popping seeds you wana go for the same kelvin as for veg (between 4000k and 6500k, a nice cool white). You really don't need much Wattage because you're not vegging under this light and if it's only for propagation seeds as low as 10W will do. Also don't need much in terms of Lumens as this only becomes important when you're in full veg and the plant is taking up nutes and all that.

Also a handy tip for people like me who are still learning, keep away from any biological matter when popping seeds. A seed will pop with nothing but moisture and in a high RH environment with a lot of biological matter you'll encourage all kinds of life to sprout and you risk a lot by doing this! This is where Jiffy pellets (any kinda sterile medium) and distilled water comes in!! Also, going over 35°C will cook your seeds and anything under 25°C will slow things down drastically, so grab a heat mat and thermometer, will help a lot with these cold winter nights!!

Happy Growing!!

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13 minutes ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

@afternoon blazer 

What's good my dude!

I have made quite some changes to my method of popping seeds, only because what I had before was stuff laying around the house! I will look at a few points, first answer your questions and tell you what I did with these seeds, then give my suggestions and recommendations based on what I did to avoid the same mistakes!
I am learning as I go still, also very new to all this so wouldn't go around telling people to do what I do for great success!!

I popped these seeds on a heat mat between 30 and 35°C. Under a 85W 4000K (cool white) CFL bulb hung literally 5cm above the dome. Around 85%RH inside the dome but as soon as they open their cotyledons remove the dome or you'll be risking a lot!! Get them used to heat and direct light and all that as soon as possible. As soon as you remove the dome you have to take the light up atleast 20cm away from the seedling or the heat will cause stress or even worse, burn the plant, while there's really not even enough light coming from those CFLs to make the plant grow.

My suggestion would be to never waste your time and money on CFLs. When popping seeds you wana go for the same kelvin as for veg (between 4000k and 6500k, a nice cool white). You really don't need much Wattage because you're not vegging under this light and if it's only for propagation seeds as low as 10W will do. Also don't need much in terms of Lumens as this only becomes important when you're in full veg and the plant is taking up nutes and all that.

Also a handy tip for people like me who are still learning, keep away from any biological matter when popping seeds. A seed will pop with nothing but moisture and in a high RH environment with a lot of biological matter you'll encourage all kinds of life to sprout and you risk a lot by doing this! This is where Jiffy pellets (any kinda sterile medium) and distilled water comes in!! Also, going over 35°C will cook your seeds and anything under 25°C will slow things down drastically, so grab a heat mat and thermometer, will help a lot with these cold winter nights!!

Happy Growing!!

Thanks bud. Really apreciate the detailed help.

 

I do have some good seed starter plugs.

Dont have a dome or heat mat. 

I will try and use my light to increase the temp in the grow box.

Will use a plastic something to create a dome maybe.

Humidity is good in there for now. Wont fiddle with that too much.

 

Thanks bro.

Got a seed soaking at the moment.

And 1 in the starter and in the pot.

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@afternoon blazer 

Nice, like they say you miss 100% of the chances you don't take and 100% success rate is still achievable without all the fancy gear, all you need to do is try! 

What light you using?

I've seen so many different "make-shift" humidity domes, I would say the best ones are just bottoms of plastic bottles cut to fit over only the seed and as soon as life appears, remove the domes, individually, and drop RH to around 40% and increase airflow as there was none in the dome. 

Another rule of thumb is absolutely no light during germination. No roots ever want any kinda light on them whatsoever. Many people feel like they'll be able to see the roots so why not plant in a see through pot or something, but trust me "seeing your roots" is never a good thing unless you're transplanting or doing a DWC inspection.

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9 minutes ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

@afternoon blazer 

Nice, like they say you miss 100% of the chances you don't take and 100% success rate is still achievable without all the fancy gear, all you need to do is try! 

What light you using?

I've seen so many different "make-shift" humidity domes, I would say the best ones are just bottoms of plastic bottles cut to fit over only the seed and as soon as life appears, remove the domes, individually, and drop RH to around 40% and increase airflow as there was none in the dome. 

Another rule of thumb is absolutely no light during germination. No roots ever want any kinda light on them whatsoever. Many people feel like they'll be able to see the roots so why not plant in a see through pot or something, but trust me "seeing your roots" is never a good thing unless you're transplanting or doing a DWC inspection.

Awsome bro. Using a light Crex recomended.

Acdc 150w cool white led 

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Yeah, I was kicking my own ass when I saw that light. I might still return for a refund then pick up the same one you have!

On the other hand, I'm im the process of building a proper 300W LED for the tent then will upgrade all my propagation stuff and move my 300W blurple to the propagation space and will no longer need the floods. So might even be worthless, might just return for refund and done. 

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Flower day 47

Daily check ups,

Seems the Blueberry is finishing up with some rather small buds, but they're plenty. Wondering about what could have gone wrong, but she just didn't respond at all to the last two feedings I gave, so I started flushing her. Not gona risk is and rather have a smaller harvest. This is the same plant I had ph problems with in the beginning of its life, that's all I can think of that might have caused this somehow.

Got another seed sitting in the fridge, so excited to see what happens with that one!

Blueberry20200803_185717.thumb.jpg.84a9b5cc92d98d5c1c99370c611f1869.jpg

Super Lemon Haze20200803_185617.thumb.jpg.b3be9c166c41171a134ec9b31dedf1f7.jpg

Cheeze20200803_185512.thumb.jpg.feae168e55eb597a7ed5bf59df6a1172.jpg

Banana Hammock20200803_185447.thumb.jpg.f3123bf4e564ac95cee11246b187d692.jpg

:-puffpass

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On 8/5/2020 at 8:49 AM, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

Flower day 47

Daily check ups,

Seems the Blueberry is finishing up with some rather small buds, but they're plenty. Wondering about what could have gone wrong, but she just didn't respond at all to the last two feedings I gave, so I started flushing her. Not gona risk is and rather have a smaller harvest. This is the same plant I had ph problems with in the beginning of its life, that's all I can think of that might have caused this somehow.

Got another seed sitting in the fridge, so excited to see what happens with that one!

Blueberry20200803_185717.thumb.jpg.84a9b5cc92d98d5c1c99370c611f1869.jpg

Super Lemon Haze20200803_185617.thumb.jpg.b3be9c166c41171a134ec9b31dedf1f7.jpg

Cheeze20200803_185512.thumb.jpg.feae168e55eb597a7ed5bf59df6a1172.jpg

Banana Hammock20200803_185447.thumb.jpg.f3123bf4e564ac95cee11246b187d692.jpg

:-puffpass

😏😍😏😍

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G'day mates!

Got some eye candy for ya'll, switched off the blurp so I can share their true beauty.

Approching the finishline slow and steady. 

Flushing all except the SLH gona get one last feeding.

Super Lemon Haze1622724885_Screenshot_20200821-131628_VideoPlayer.thumb.jpg.7c74c9a1337081865c49015a93fd0b99.jpg

Cheeze20200820_195444.thumb.jpg.ba8e59f107d644dc083051718dbe42af.jpg

Blueberry20200820_195452.thumb.jpg.d25fe5b3647e681c577b819f5e304f5e.jpg

Banana Hammock20200820_195439.thumb.jpg.f965020472f215f358c7106a79495096.jpg

Here's a canopy shot20200820_195517.thumb.jpg.56d559c809c7d58a020e3ff3eb0a558f.jpg

Did a defo and found this golden leaf. Thinking of framing it. 20200817_175740.thumb.jpg.6d7b5d8ee8615ab8584c79ee33adc2d3.jpg

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Thanks man! 

These ladies are doing a whole lot better than my previous grow. Got tons to improve on, but this is only my second grow. 

Also got myself a loupety loupe Screenshot_20200822-074403_WhatsApp.thumb.jpg.339d804df05485c5cbfa28bb82ecbf35.jpg

Soooooo, you all know what that means!!! 

-still getting the hang of it, but this is just my phone cam and the loupe

This is the pic I get20200821_200134.thumb.jpg.699d4ff5622c17686d3a2264e90210f5.jpg

Then I zoom with the phone and get to this

Screenshot_20200821-200432_Gallery.thumb.jpg.cf00e3fdcd9b91a3ef33aa60bf83bfca.jpgScreenshot_20200821-200520_Gallery.thumb.jpg.f0457856980ad97da96c278de1ff532b.jpgScreenshot_20200821-200500_Gallery.thumb.jpg.9a63080bc40295ac71168b7c23ad2149.jpgScreenshot_20200821-200541_Gallery.thumb.jpg.216d0f84cbf9788dba6fe4da76780c2b.jpg

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53 minutes ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

Thanks man! 

These ladies are doing a whole lot better than my previous grow. Got tons to improve on, but this is only my second grow. 

Also got myself a loupety loupe Screenshot_20200822-074403_WhatsApp.thumb.jpg.339d804df05485c5cbfa28bb82ecbf35.jpg

Soooooo, you all know what that means!!! 

-still getting the hang of it, but this is just my phone cam and the loupe

This is the pic I get20200821_200134.thumb.jpg.699d4ff5622c17686d3a2264e90210f5.jpg

Then I zoom with the phone and get to this

Screenshot_20200821-200432_Gallery.thumb.jpg.cf00e3fdcd9b91a3ef33aa60bf83bfca.jpgScreenshot_20200821-200520_Gallery.thumb.jpg.f0457856980ad97da96c278de1ff532b.jpgScreenshot_20200821-200500_Gallery.thumb.jpg.9a63080bc40295ac71168b7c23ad2149.jpgScreenshot_20200821-200541_Gallery.thumb.jpg.216d0f84cbf9788dba6fe4da76780c2b.jpg

Now thats what im talking about.

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