1st attempt growing (Reggie bagseed & more OTW) 250W HPS in a tent 2 X 4 feet X 5 Ht

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Got my new tent! (4 ft by 2 by 6 height)

Still waiting for my new 250W HPS with Cooltube w/wings to arrive. Placed an order for seeds - in the meanwhile I'm going to start germinating 8 Reggie seeds I got (total) out of 2 dubs (20 sacks).





Soaked the seeds for a half-day and planted them in the afternoon (2 days ago).

I already have a plastic "greehouse" going - starting Impatiens, & some garden vegetables. The Reggie seeds are in the plastic seed-starting tray with organic soil, not in the Jiffy pellets.




Hopefully my better seeds will get here safe & sound within a month or so. Until then I'm going to practice on the bagseeds. Once my beans get here I might move the bagseed plants (if any) outdoors - as the timing is good for NE USA grow.

I'm using a double T8 (4 ft) to germinate the seeds. This has always worked great for me on non-hemp seed germination. As soon as the Cannabis seeds pop out of the soil I'm going to transplant them and get them under a good light in the tent.

55 seeds on the way from Marijuana-Seeds.nl! (10 each Afghan, Big Bud, Bubblegum, Northern Lights, White Rhino + 5 free NYC Diesel or Sensi Kush)

That tortoise is awesome dude

When you get those seeds, i wouldn't try growing them in those jiffy pellets. Start em in the paper towels, then transfer them to cups of seed starting mix and cover with cling wrap, and put em under the lights. Will keep em warm, and maintain consistent moisture

55 seeds?? Now that's what I call hitting the ground running. Since I'm doing a similar size grow, but with CFLs instead of an HPS, I'll be curious to see how yours turns out. Subbed!

ourkansaw said:

55 seeds?? Now that's what I call hitting the ground running. Since I'm doing a similar size grow, but with CFLs instead of an HPS, I'll be curious to see how yours turns out. Subbed!

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Cool! I look forward to following your posts.

********First update in 2 weeks********

NONE of the original Reggie bagseed I planted germinated. The seeds were all duds. The Hydrofarm seed-greenhouse (heated) has an extremely high germination rate in my experience, yet not a single seed from that brickweed sprouted. I must admit, that was ASS weed schwagg so I'm not surprised.

I was at my friend's place blazing up the other day and he gave me like 20 Reggie bagseeds from a known source. (we were smoking Sour Diesel -not the Regs LOL).

Alas, 24 hours from when I first soaked the seeds, I have my first Cannabis sprout. Into the tent she went - along with the vegetable plants I'm vegging for my garden. (optimistically hoping its a SHE)

Still don't have the HPS yet, I have a 125W CFL (6500K) in there for now. I'm happy with the growth on my Pepper & Cabbage plants in this tent, so lets see if the 420 plants will thrive equally well.







I received a shipping confirmation from PLANET WAX (m-s.nl) that my order is on the way! Stealth all the way. I asked them to substitute another strain for BIG BUD, and they replaced it with MANGO. (anyone have experience with their MANGO?) Anyone know which original strain the guys at PLANET WAX used to produce their own MANGO seeds? (see below)

http://www.marijuana-seeds.nl/Mango.html

I have only a 125W CFL (6500K) in a 2 by 4 tent for now. I intend to add more lighting (flowering spectrum) once I switch to 12/12.

I'm going to practice on this first batch of seeds, but I already know which plants I want to grow in the future - so I'm going to order the following from the Attitude:

AK47 (Serious Seeds)
Black Widow (Mr Nice Seeds)
Jack The Ripper (TGA Subcool Seeds)
White Russian (Serious Seeds)

That's over $400 worth of prime genetics, so I want to have some experience under my belt before growing these legendary strains out.

I now have a total of 4 Cannabis seedlings. The 1st bagseed sprout from Mexican brickweed & 2 more bagseeds from the same bag. Plus, I found a single bagseed in a Sour Diesel bud of primo smoke, and luckily it germinated!

My order of 55 seeds from PLANET WAX should be here soon.

Then I will start 5 seeds of each 1) Northern Lights (most recommended "first strain" I've found, 2) Mango (comparable to Big Bud but Fruity Juice type smell & taste), 3) White Rhino (should be very potent - I've read great reports about this seed shop's version of WR) & 4) Bubblegum - 45% Sativa, 55% Indica - this one should take a little longer to flower, but it will be a good introduction to Sativa genes in my plants before I start growing out my next strains (Black Widow (Mr Nice), AK47 (Serious), White Russian (Serious), Jack The Ripper) after this grow is all done.

Yesterday I topped/fimmed my three 2-week old plants (seedling#4 didn't make it). I pinched off most of the new growth above the highest node. I took off more than 80%...probably like 95% or so. So this should work as a topping, maybe as a fim.

Sour Diesel bagseed plant (before topping):


Mexican bagseed plant #1 (before topping):


Mexican bagseed plant 2 (before topping):





All together (topped):

that soil doesn't look as though it would drain well

I just finished transplanting all 3 of my Cannabis plants. The Sour & the larger plant of the Mexi went into 3-Gallon pots (actual 2.?? gallons) and the runt Mexi plant went into a half-gallon growbag. I expect to finish in these size pots. I realize that I could get better yields if I use larger pots, but I'm just experimenting for now.


These plants have now vegged about 2 weeks. I got most of my vegetables & garden plants out of the tent to make room for the SATIVA STRETCH! I'm going to let them veg for 1 more week so the roots can adjust to the new containers & the topping kicks in. I'll probably flower them at 3 weeks. They've been vegging for 24/7 since germination.

At the moment I have just around 200 watts of CFL (6500K). I'm going to leave these bulbs in place and add another 200 watts of 2700K CFL lighting. I simply will NOT be able to pay for a HID at this time. (another reason why I've decided to go with a 3 week veg and 3 gallon pots).

10 business days have passed since I received my shipping confirmation email from Planet Wax (marijuana-seeds.nl). No sign of my 55 seeds (Mango, White Rhino, Bubblegum, Afghan, Northern Lights, & 5 free Royal Hash or NYC Diesel) and no letter from Customs either, so I continue to wait for these seeds.

The other day, I won a Mr. Nice auction & sent cash to Shantibaba for 15 Black Widow seeds. Got a good price - 76 USD including shipping.

Hopefully I will receive both seed orders - but having placed 2 orders I've kinda doubled my chances of receiving seeds in time to keep my tent full!

Does anyone know if Mr Nice ships seeds from Switzerland or the Netherlands? I hope its Switzerland, as it would raise less suspicion.

scroglodyte said:

that soil doesn't look as though it would drain well

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Looks can be deceiving! I love this soil. I've gotten huge Pepper & Tomato harvests from this stuff. Its a local, organic blend.

Looking very nice! Are you going to go straight from 24/0 to 12/12? I recently switched mine from 24/0 to 20/4, then I'm planning to go 18/6 for a week after I take cuttings and transplant, then 12/12 after that. Not sure if there's any basis in fact for doing it that way, but it just seemed like it would be less stressful for the plant.

I hope you get at least one or two ladies from that bagseed, especially the mexican. I grew a really nice Mex bagseed plant back in 2003, but I made the stupid mistake of harvesting way too early to make room for other plants. I hope you have better patience than I did! Here's a pic of the one I grew way back when, and this was about a week before my premature harvest: