My first grow. California Dream

[mesrone.]

Well, transferred 5 of the 7 seeds from the paper towel technique to rockwool and put them in the closet with the other 8. From what i can see, 5 of the 8 that were germinated using rockwool only have sprouted and are stickin up just over the surface of the rockwool. so good news!

temp staying at 80 and humidity at 40-50%

[mesrone.]

5 days and most have sprouted. kind of a slow start though, alot of them got tangled in the rockwool holes, and i can see them struggling to free themselves from the seed shells, if that makes sense, but they are on their way, so im stoked!

[The Weed]

Happy for YOU mesrone you are on your way, down Cannabis road! It a awesome journey! Tons of excitement,You can always ask for directions if you make a wrong turn cause everyone is super helpful and theres great rewards at the end of your travels! enjoy the TRIP! Can you tell I'm high?

[mesrone.]

HAHA. yes sir i sure can tell! im jealous. i had to clean myself out for a drug test, but now thinking about not smoking until the goods come!

[greengo840]

Absolutely stellar set-up! You’re gunna want to lower the cfls in order to prevent stretching. Also, the space seems a little inadequate 6 plants let alone the beautiful little forest you've got going there. I'm curious to see what you have in store for us.

[mesrone.]

yeah, i lowered them today to only a couple inches aove. that was as close as i could get them with the dome. but now that all of them are sprouted, i got rid of the dome for the time being.
thanks!
oh and to answer the second half of your question.
I'm not going to be growing very high vertically, though the closet is 69" tall. I was planning on keeping them in about 10 in pots, which would be room for 6. but likely, i would have to cut down to 4. So 4 decent sized plants with supercropping and lst is more than likely what i will try.
Also, on this site, i believe it was in pan4golds garden, he had some cool little plants, "bud in a cup" he called them. Where he never removed them from the red pixie cups. I ill not be using as tiny as the pixie cups, but i will keep them in the smallest pot that i can, and put as many into the extra space that i can fit as they take up very little room.

I germinated so many seeds because i wanted to make sure that i would have enough female plants to suffice in the space that i have. Im only going to be in this house for until the end of december, so i wanted to maximize that time as best i can. and i have quite the stockpile of seeds, so why not play it safe. this way also gives me play to try different techniques with ferts, ph levels, lst practice etc. becaus i agree with you, the space is not big enough for all of them in flowering, but for the first short period of veg, from what i understand it would be just fine.?
i hope i can produce and give you something fun to look at!

[greengo840]

It should be fine for your babies. I haven’t got around to lst yet but I am very curious. My space is about 3' x 3' x 6' and I can fit about 4 plants that reach around 3.5' high when harvested. I think with a little effort I could possibly get another one in there but I had humidity/heat problems back in July so I decided to wait until fall (now yey!) before I begin another cycle. I wish you the best of luck. Indoor growing has been one of the most therapeutic experiences of my life. It's like raising children that pay you back many times over for all the love you give them.

[mesrone.]

HELP. i dont know what happened.
i checked on the little ones today. and they were all laying on their side, looked like had been knocked over. i dont get it.
i checked water. ph was 6.0
humidity was 40%. temp was 78-80
rockwool was still very moist.
i dont understand what happened?!

[mesrone.]

Well, i still havnt figured out what was wrong with them, so i started a couple more with the paper towel method.

Im going to try transplanting a couple into the rockwool method again. and try a couple directly into my FFOF.

Now from what i understand, and if someone could verify that would be awesome. I dont need any light on these new seedling until the seed shell has popped above the surface of my medium, THEN i place under my light correct?

[Tead]

no... no light will be of any use until the plant has leaves and can process the light it absorbs.

Cheers!

[mesrone.]

well still didnt know what was going on with those last plants.
i started some more seeds, but they are taking very long to germinate, but finally are cracking through their shells and such. im skipping the rockwool, that was new to me, and going to just soil.

[The Weed]

Yeah I was going to use rockwool in my next germ, But maybe I will also stick with what I know. Plugging for you mesrone!

[mesrone.]

Well. Update.
So like i said, im only going to use soil this time around. pass the rockwool part.
I have my seeds by amsterdam seeds. California dream feminized seeds, and 20 randoms. I set up 5 CD seeds in the paper towel not even 24 hours ago and all 5 have already cracked and the root is beginning to show, and i set up 5 of the random ones in red cups, hoping to get some type of goody treat in there.
I am being much more careful this time around, and i think that by passing the rockwool step, i will be able to not fuck up. :)
Here we go again. Wish me luck.

[mesrone.]

Well, i skipped the rockwool part and put them right into soil after germination, already doing better than my first attempt, plus i have my actual seeds.
Alright another update. Put the seeds in the cups with the soil on the 29th so, two days ago. And here we are. i removed the humidity dome earlier today, and they are still doing ok. Temp is 75-82 and humidity right around 35%-40%
Im using FFOF soil, stickin with flouros for another week or so, then flippin on the MH lamp.
I had 5 california dream feminized seeds, that are all doing great, one of which a little slower just breaking through the shell case.

I bought the seeds form amsterdamseeds, and they threw in 20 randoms, so i started 6 of those. One hasnt broke the surface yet, but the other 5 are all doing as well as the california dream.

and heres the the group

[The Weed]

Much Improved germination results! Feminized seeds to boot!! Way to go mesrone! Did you mention how big your MH light is?.... Great job Buddy!!