GrowItGreen
Well-Known Member
Well I want to start off by saying that I read a few books and watched a few videos before I ever started to germinate a seed but I still have managed to fuck shit up in 14 days, which I didn't think I was going to.
Alright to start I ordered 10 Northern Lights seeds from Marijuana Seeds (cannabis Seeds) High Quality Low Prices, which I have no complaints about they came in about 7 days if I remember right (5 business). After that I placed two seeds in between wet paper towel that were in between plates and put them in my closet. I also put two seeds in a cup of water for 24hrs give or take a hour and then put those in the paper towels as well. The reason I did this is because I had read the best to methods of germination were the paper towel method and the glass of water method, however with the glass of water method you had to check on them every 2 to 3 hours because you didn't want to leave them in the water to long after they cracked. So I tried both to see which worked better for me.
So 29 1/2 hrs later two seeds cracked, one from the glass of water and one that was only in the paper towels. The only difference was the the tap root was a little longer on the seed that was in the glass of water. So at that point I put each of them in a jiffy pellet which was in a glass with saran wrap over the top of the glass for a green house effect. At 62 1/2 hrs both seedlings had pushed up through the surface and I removed the saran wrap and put them under 4 CFL's (GE 29 watt energy savers claim the same light power as 150 watt light bulbs, 2100 lumes each) 10" from the plants.
***This was my first mistake, I was going to go with reg flor tubes at first but after reading on here how much people liked CFL's I decided to try them myself, the mistake was that the color spectrum wasn't on the outside of the package at all but rather on the inside and they were soft white which I have read are garbage***
Also I have read that lights aren't required until they start to grow the first set of fan leaves but I wanted to be safe.
Day 4, the main root was protruding from the bottom of the jiffy pellet so I moved them to my pots, now before you tell me I was stupid I already am aware so you can hold it in, which were 12" with Hyponex soil. Also I switched out the soft white lights for 5 cool white CFL's 1600 lumes each.
***This is second and third mistake in one. First I have used this soil before with other plants and it was really nice and came with a good amount of perlite in it but that was when I lived in a different place and this shit is "regionly made" or some such bullshit which I guess means it can be really good soil in one place and then you go somewhere else and its mud with clay in it but being on a budget I said let me try it out and see what happens (I know that was the stupid part). The second part is the 12" pots, out of everything that I have read nothing really addressed proper pot size, only that each time you transplanted to a bigger pot you ran the risk of socking the plant and delaying its growth. So having a reasonable amount of common scene and no experience I thought well if I never transplant that would be a good thing, yes I am aware that I was wrong.
Day 6, the first two seedlings are growing a second set of leaves and the third seed has broken through the soil in its jiffy pellet.
Day 7 the third seedling is moved to a pot(same as others)
Day 8 I took some pictures, its a cheap camera sorry you'll get over it. At this point I have been misting my plants with plain water and misting the soil as well. Also I am getting kind of pissed at this forth seed, so put a new one in a glass of water for 24hrs.
Alright to start I ordered 10 Northern Lights seeds from Marijuana Seeds (cannabis Seeds) High Quality Low Prices, which I have no complaints about they came in about 7 days if I remember right (5 business). After that I placed two seeds in between wet paper towel that were in between plates and put them in my closet. I also put two seeds in a cup of water for 24hrs give or take a hour and then put those in the paper towels as well. The reason I did this is because I had read the best to methods of germination were the paper towel method and the glass of water method, however with the glass of water method you had to check on them every 2 to 3 hours because you didn't want to leave them in the water to long after they cracked. So I tried both to see which worked better for me.
So 29 1/2 hrs later two seeds cracked, one from the glass of water and one that was only in the paper towels. The only difference was the the tap root was a little longer on the seed that was in the glass of water. So at that point I put each of them in a jiffy pellet which was in a glass with saran wrap over the top of the glass for a green house effect. At 62 1/2 hrs both seedlings had pushed up through the surface and I removed the saran wrap and put them under 4 CFL's (GE 29 watt energy savers claim the same light power as 150 watt light bulbs, 2100 lumes each) 10" from the plants.
***This was my first mistake, I was going to go with reg flor tubes at first but after reading on here how much people liked CFL's I decided to try them myself, the mistake was that the color spectrum wasn't on the outside of the package at all but rather on the inside and they were soft white which I have read are garbage***
Also I have read that lights aren't required until they start to grow the first set of fan leaves but I wanted to be safe.
Day 4, the main root was protruding from the bottom of the jiffy pellet so I moved them to my pots, now before you tell me I was stupid I already am aware so you can hold it in, which were 12" with Hyponex soil. Also I switched out the soft white lights for 5 cool white CFL's 1600 lumes each.
***This is second and third mistake in one. First I have used this soil before with other plants and it was really nice and came with a good amount of perlite in it but that was when I lived in a different place and this shit is "regionly made" or some such bullshit which I guess means it can be really good soil in one place and then you go somewhere else and its mud with clay in it but being on a budget I said let me try it out and see what happens (I know that was the stupid part). The second part is the 12" pots, out of everything that I have read nothing really addressed proper pot size, only that each time you transplanted to a bigger pot you ran the risk of socking the plant and delaying its growth. So having a reasonable amount of common scene and no experience I thought well if I never transplant that would be a good thing, yes I am aware that I was wrong.
Day 6, the first two seedlings are growing a second set of leaves and the third seed has broken through the soil in its jiffy pellet.
Day 7 the third seedling is moved to a pot(same as others)
Day 8 I took some pictures, its a cheap camera sorry you'll get over it. At this point I have been misting my plants with plain water and misting the soil as well. Also I am getting kind of pissed at this forth seed, so put a new one in a glass of water for 24hrs.
