4th attempt after 3 unsuccessful

[Mattkathquarnahmj]

Well this is my 4th attemp of growing after 3 unsuccessful.
Previously I germinated in cup of water for 2-3 days and think I had drowned the seeds as people on here told me and then put them in soil but didn't grow after germination although they had a taproot.

Now I have 50 more seeds I germinated 10 yesterday in warm water in the paper towel method and a few had grown taproots so I planted them straight away in seedling trays in soil the top of the seed is planted almost level with the top of the soil and the rest still in the paper towel til I see taproots I saved the other 40 incase this went wrong.I'm growing under a 36w long flouro tube in a warm room in the middle of summer here in Australia with good ventilation

Will this work

 

[bigbull52]

Need more light. Much more... 100 watts per plant.

 

[Mattkathquarnahmj]

Really I actually never thought about the light being a problem but yeah that could be a factor

 

[bigbull52]

Light is a MAJOR factor..... How do plants live man.... Read up on growing before you continue.

 

[Vindicated]

Gardening isn't easy huh. Took me a lot of reading and several seasons to get where I'm at. Don't give up.

 

[justanotherbozo]

Need more light. Much more... 100 watts per plant.

Light is a MAJOR factor..... How do plants live man.... Read up on growing before you continue.

...yeah, you should probably wait before giving advice until you understand the context better, ...after you gain some actual experience maybe.

anyway, to the op, your 36watt flouro will be fine for your seedlings for at least the first couple of weeks, after they are fully established and begin vegetative growth it's then that you'll want to up the light.

...and do a search for coco hempy-buckets and another for KISS style feeding or MaxiBloom which is a very simple feeding regimen using a single powdered fertilizer (MaxiBloom) from seedling to harvest and when you are new and still learning your chops a simple way of doing things is best.

here's a couple pics of my clone/seedling box and in it i run either a single 55watt PLL or 2 once they start to need the light.



peace, bozo

 

[ak47caretaker]

grow outside its summer time

 

[bigbull52]

...yeah, you should probably wait before giving advice until you understand the context better, ...after you gain some actual experience maybe.

anyway, to the op, your 36watt flouro will Uybe fine for your seedlings for at least the first couple of weeks, after they are fully established and begin vegetative growth it's then that you'll want to up the light.

...and do a search for coco hempy-buckets and another for KISS style feeding or MaxiBloom which is a very simple feeding regimen using a single powdered fertilizer (MaxiBloom) from seedling to harvest and when you are new and still learning your chops a simple way of doing things is best.

here's a couple pics of my clone/seedling box and in it i run either a single 55watt PLL or 2 once they start to need the light.

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peace, bozo

Regardless of.my experience, I can inform him his 36 watts of lights well nott be sufficient. If you notice I didn't mention anything I didn't understand so, fuck off.

 

[cosmoridez]

did that just happen ^^ no need to be snapy bull.

 

[giggles26]

Regardless of.my experience, I can inform him his 36 watts of lights well nott be sufficient. If you notice I didn't mention anything I didn't understand so, fuck off.

Watch what you say.

He is simply saying that 36 watts will be fine for a couple weeks but after that you will need to get more light. Yes a 100 watts per plant is good but you can do it with less just wont be as vigorous. Try to help him out not straight up tell him no it's not going to work. Seedlings don't need much light at first.

You just joined the site this month and you already have over 200 posts and your trolling the newbie section? Don't give people advice when you don't know yourself.

To the OP, you got the foot in the door and that's more then half of these people will accomplish. You will be fine for a couple weeks but you will want more light.

Oh and make things even simpler for beginners don't place them in paper towels simply place them into the soil and water good once and then never let the top dry out, just keep it lightly misted.

 

[Ninjabowler]

You will need more light than you have later in the life of your plant, what you have now will work for the time being but later will be benificial. The more important question is why did you fail four times? Have you gotten the seedlings to break ground, grow, and then they died or did your germination technique fail you?

 

[Ninjabowler]

I would suggest just planting those seeds directly into small containers of damp soil twice as deep as the seed is wide and cover them in a humidity dome keeping the humidity constant above 80% and make damn sure that the temp is around 75-80. They should sprout in about two days and you wont have to worry about paper towels or anything complicated.

 

[Vindicated]

The problem with high humidity is mold and seed rot. The safe range to prevent mold and rot is 70°F @ 70 RH. However most of know that increasing the temperature to 80°F improves germination. In order to do this safely you should be compensating by lowering the RH to 60-50. Alternatively you can raise RH and lower the temperature.

Many people never have to think about this because their climate is already in the ideal range, but if visit these forums frequently you'll notice some people aren't so lucky and grow in less then ideal environments and seem to be constantly battling one thing after another

 

[xthrx]

If you're growing inside in australia youre going to need PLENTY of fans, good ventilation [where the air will be escaping] and much more light! Youre also going to need to be able to control dark and light cycles as any light leaks are going to ruin your crop.

 

[Mattkathquarnahmj]

Would a room with air conditioning ruin the seeds? And is a little squirt of the squirt bottle every 2 or 3 hours too much as the light is drying the plants out a bit ?

 

[Andyroo]

...yeah, you should probably wait before giving advice until you understand the context better, ...after you gain some actual experience maybe.

That is pretty arrogant. Just because someone doesn't spend the majority of time on a forum doesn't mean they having nothing useful to contribute. May want to relax the ego a bit.

 

[justanotherbozo]

...yeah, you should probably wait before giving advice until you understand the context better, ...after you gain some actual experience maybe.

That is pretty arrogant. Just because someone doesn't spend the majority of time on a forum doesn't mean they having nothing useful to contribute. May want to relax the ego a bit.

...are you serious dude? ...who exactly died and left you the posting police?

...you're another one who would be better served learning to keep his mouth shut until he gains some actual experience and has something substantive to say.

"It's better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you're a fool rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt".

bozo

 

[justanotherbozo]

Regardless of.my experience, I can inform him his 36 watts of lights well nott be sufficient. If you notice I didn't mention anything I didn't understand so, fuck off.

...anyone who has read more than 3 or 4 of your posts already knows you are inexperienced, ...now they know you're an asshole too.

bozo

 

[Ninjabowler]

Would a room with air conditioning ruin the seeds? And is a little squirt of the squirt bottle every 2 or 3 hours too much as the light is drying the plants out a bit ?

Air conditioners can suck humidity out very quickly. This shouldnt be that bad for germination because your germinating under a humidity dome right? Once theyre sprouted and a couple days old you can take them out just make sure the humiditys not too low, if you cant help it being low i might try weening them out of the dome slowly by opening vents gradually. The next spot where new growers fail is over watering the plants early on causeing them to damp off or slowing the growth to the point of stunting the plant and even killing it from drowned roots. They wont need much light or food at all for a few days but its always nice to have what theyll be needing in advance so your not scrambleing to deal with poor planning.

 

[Andyroo]

I'll take your advice on board mate.. I am here to learn. I was going to look at your grow journal so I could follow your experience but I was unable to find any??