Colorado High - Soilless - LED/CFL - Skunk Red Hair - 2014

[David Bowman]

Thanks so much Sara! Glad to have you on board!!

 

[David Bowman]

It's been 2 days and all 6 of the seeds have popped with a visible tap root. I've placed all 6 seeds inbetween two wet paper towels between two small plates, to minimize the light and maximize the humidity, for another 3-4 days to let the tap roots develop some more.

 

[PeytonManning]

Congrats! Always good to hear 100 percent germ rate

 

[David Bowman]

Thanks Peyton! I have had 100% germination rate for all three grows, where I run into trouble is getting them from sprout to seedling and onward into vegging without crippling or killing them!

 

[stealthgrow]

 

[armoire grow]

Looking forward to see your results.

 

[David Bowman]

So am I AG! Welcome aboard!!

 

[MegeBudz]

Definitely watching this one!

 

[David Bowman]

Thanks MegeBudz!! Glad to have you along for the ride!

 

[Grouchy Ocho]

Subbed! This should be interesting. I believe a led grow with supplemental cfl is a fantastic option. Great spectrum with low heat and power consumption. Good luck! Looking forward to this

 

[David Bowman]

Thanks Grouchy Ocho! Glad to have ya!

 

[bigjack]

sounds cool. The red hair name brings back memories of highschool. God knows what we were smoking but we called it red hair if it had red hair.

 

[David Bowman]

LOL! I shudder to think what I was smoking when I first started back in '76. Names like Columbia Gold, Panama Red and Maui Waui were thrown around but hell if I know what I was consuming, including anything that was used during it's production like herbicides, pesticides, etc.

 

[LuCKY527]

How do I sub this, or just post and keep an eye out for responses?

 

[David Bowman]

Depends on whether you are setup to automatically subscribe to a thread when you post in that thread. If I automatically subscribed to every thread I posted in I would have an unmanageable subscription list so I subscribe manually. For any thread you want to subscribe to, simply click on "Thread Tools" at the top of the thread and select "Subscribe to this Thread".

 

[David Bowman]

Well, it appears that that the babies are anxious to get growing. At 4 days since the start of germination, they all have ~1" long tap roots which was very unexpected. In fact, it was a bit of an effort to get the entire sprout into the Rapid Rooter Plugs without causing any damage.

SRH seeds at 4 days since the start of germination (under flash and natural light) -

Rapid Rooter Natural Plant Starter Plugs -

SRH seeds nestled into their new homes for the time being -

Once all of the sprouts have become seedlings and the grow box becomes available, I will transplant them into 2 gallon pots and start vegetation under the LEDs.

 

[Grouchy Ocho]

And so it begins!

 

[Light Addict]

Really nice long tapp roots buddy! Never tried the Rapid Rooter plugs, interesting

 

[David Bowman]

Thanks GO and LA! First time for me as well. I was not pleased with the peat pots I used last time. Even though some of the roots penetrated the pots, the peat pots were still completely intact and I believe they had some negative impact on the root development of my last grow. Tuesday night, I decided to get some RR Plugs and thankfully they arrived today or else I would've had to use peat pots again.

 

[KingJohnC]

I dislike the peat pots because of how fast they dry out the soil compared to plastic pots and because of how poorly roots manage to penetrate the pots.