AZbestoutdoors
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Hi To All
I broke down and decided to share - this is a new adventure for me as well...
My seeds came and I read and read and asked questions from family and friends, the thought to myself, "Let's try this for once to see what happens".
I planted 2 Raspberry Cough and 1 BlackJack - didn't want to germinate like everyone else suggests (I have grown outdoors since 1973) so I do have experience, this is an EXPERIMENT!
I just plopped the seeds into the Soiltabs that came with my seed order, placed them into my 5 gal buckets, made sure water was high enough to cover 1/2 way up, and left light on 18 hours. Ths water would make my Soiltabs "lean" somewhat, so I filled a nylon sack with washed gravel and used that to prop my babies straight up. I only need 3 plants at any one time, so with my 400 watt, spare bathtub, understanding wife, this is my start...
OK, 1 week is how long it took for the starters to appear to what you see...
![baby_inside.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750039-83b753ac005bc6a0e666ffb951216fdf.jpg)
![plant3.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750038-bcb17a63b8d85dfa45ad2695e00a9510.jpg)
![P1010001 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750037-837a2eb0fe6b3b12fec767cfa5b66421.jpg)
![P1010002 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750036-c583d255b314084258a2666ccea7695f.jpg)
![P1010003 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750035-9f5c267606e71357901b6e791637219b.jpg)
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I have 15 years behind me growing outdoors in Arizona and the problems associated with this heat - but threw 1 outside just because I can and also to compare with... my experiment!
![baby_outside.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750069-621dfc8d9893a400313302d7eb5ef6c1.jpg)
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Root growth - 2nd week...
![P1010005.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750071-dd86a66749e35a6fc49dfad1bbcb638a.jpg)
2nd week growth...
![P1010003.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750077-92b9d464868f33f9306ce1950d86ef77.jpg)
![P1010003.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750077-92b9d464868f33f9306ce1950d86ef77.jpg)
![P1010002.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750078-ffe7cd47abdb12ba098d6106279d0acf.jpg)
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Just shy of 1 month - they have virtually turned into shrubs with very little vertical growth.
![P1010005 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750080-187daca35ece973383f056f27ae5a60e.jpg)
![P1010008.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750082-5b0b98ea3ca6c4ef5117d0c779542b4a.jpg)
![P1010004 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750081-7caf8d58534c8e330110708f3dba3edc.jpg)
and of coarse, how is my outside experiment doing (since we just had 114 degree day)?
![P1010001 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750083-dbae372c29750c9046d5a84b82d61487.jpg)
I broke down and decided to share - this is a new adventure for me as well...
My seeds came and I read and read and asked questions from family and friends, the thought to myself, "Let's try this for once to see what happens".
I planted 2 Raspberry Cough and 1 BlackJack - didn't want to germinate like everyone else suggests (I have grown outdoors since 1973) so I do have experience, this is an EXPERIMENT!
I just plopped the seeds into the Soiltabs that came with my seed order, placed them into my 5 gal buckets, made sure water was high enough to cover 1/2 way up, and left light on 18 hours. Ths water would make my Soiltabs "lean" somewhat, so I filled a nylon sack with washed gravel and used that to prop my babies straight up. I only need 3 plants at any one time, so with my 400 watt, spare bathtub, understanding wife, this is my start...
OK, 1 week is how long it took for the starters to appear to what you see...
![baby_inside.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750039-83b753ac005bc6a0e666ffb951216fdf.jpg)
![plant3.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750038-bcb17a63b8d85dfa45ad2695e00a9510.jpg)
![P1010001 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750037-837a2eb0fe6b3b12fec767cfa5b66421.jpg)
![P1010002 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750036-c583d255b314084258a2666ccea7695f.jpg)
![P1010003 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750035-9f5c267606e71357901b6e791637219b.jpg)
*************
I have 15 years behind me growing outdoors in Arizona and the problems associated with this heat - but threw 1 outside just because I can and also to compare with... my experiment!
![baby_outside.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750069-621dfc8d9893a400313302d7eb5ef6c1.jpg)
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Root growth - 2nd week...
![P1010005.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750071-dd86a66749e35a6fc49dfad1bbcb638a.jpg)
2nd week growth...
![P1010003.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750077-92b9d464868f33f9306ce1950d86ef77.jpg)
![P1010003.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750077-92b9d464868f33f9306ce1950d86ef77.jpg)
![P1010002.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750078-ffe7cd47abdb12ba098d6106279d0acf.jpg)
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Just shy of 1 month - they have virtually turned into shrubs with very little vertical growth.
![P1010005 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750080-187daca35ece973383f056f27ae5a60e.jpg)
![P1010008.jpg](/data/attachments/750/750082-5b0b98ea3ca6c4ef5117d0c779542b4a.jpg)
![P1010004 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750081-7caf8d58534c8e330110708f3dba3edc.jpg)
and of coarse, how is my outside experiment doing (since we just had 114 degree day)?
![P1010001 (3).jpg](/data/attachments/750/750083-dbae372c29750c9046d5a84b82d61487.jpg)
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