Big Bud - first grow

First days abstract:

Three days ago I started the process for my first grow, with germination.

The seeds I'm using come from PlanetWax. I have 10 Big Bud seeds and 5 untagged seeds, they might be Sweet Bud seeds, since there's an offer on their site about the extra 5 seeds.

I germinated 4 seeds, 2 BigBuds and 2 SweetBuds. The Sweet Buds didn't progress, but the Big Buds did make some progress. Here it is:

After 24 hours of germination, one of the seed was already cracked and showed a small white root. I decided to put it on the medium right away because I couldn't wait

The second seed was kept in germination until today, for a total of 4 days. It's already open and the white root was a bit more than 1cm long. It's now growing on soil.

The soil I'm using was prepared by me. I don't have english names for them, since I live in a spanish speaking country.

The growing medium: 25% "humus de lombriz" (worm humus?), mixed with 75% Turba (there's info in wikipedia, in spanish)

Both containers are kept outdoors. They are not receiving direct sunlight, and are shadowed by 3 banana plants. I'm waiting until they get stronger.

Other Info:

I'm growing in tropic weather. It's rain season from June-October, but there's 12 hours of sun and eventually rains, sometimes pretty heavy. I'm concerned about putting my plants under the rain as they are so little. Days are hot, 28c-30c.

I will post pictures in the next days. Any suggestions, or any help you could give me regarding my plants, is well appreciated.

Sweet Bud is a new strain with a sweet taste and a real happy, funky high. The plant can be a slow starter and can take time to sprout but will develop into a vigorous plant. It is therefore important not to vegetate too long as the plant can stretch quite a bit during budding. These sweet buds can develop red hairs and produce a sweet smell. Suitable for indoors or the greenhouse. It can be grown outdoors under ideal conditions but is not suitable for cooler climates or very dry areas

i found this on a site and thought it might help you.

This picture is from BB1. Not very good quality, but I can see the first leaves starting to show in the middle.

BB2 is still undergrownd.

SweetBuds germinating where discarted by mistake. 2 more seeds are now on germination.

BB1 is growing tall, look at the pictures taken yesterday. I moved her to a place with a bit more light, under some smaller plants than the banana she was under.

BB2 is showing up a little, finally.

The other seeds:

1 SweetBud sprouted. Will be called SB1 from now on, hopefully.

1 SweetBud is still in germination.


Some times I think I'm thinking too much about growing these. Maybe I should let nature do it's job.

These is BB1 today. I think she's pretty small, but finally leaves are open, and I can see second pair of leaves coming out.

The others are fine, BB2 is out of the grownd finally.

It rained all weekend, and there wasn't much sun, i think that's why BB1 is still so small. Today its very sunny and she's out there sucking it

BB1 is in day 9, and BB2 on 3.

Sweeties are almost out of ground.

keep going dont stop