CannabisMeds
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Hello all,
Well, I really enjoy this forum. I've been admiring some of the journals and I must say that this is one of the friendliest forums I've seen.
I used to enjoy cannabis quite a bit when I was younger. I grew on occasion, twice outside and once inside, and these grows were 10+ years ago. Since then, I took quite a long break from Cannabis. Recently, however, my mom became ill and she got a med card so that she could use cannabis for pain, etc. I'm helping her out and I am planning on growing some High CBD strains for her, at first inside and next summer, outside.
Currently I've got a closet I'm working on that includes a clone called Blue Cheese along with some TGA Pennywise seeds that I'm trying to get going.
I have this older HPS 150W fixture that I used last time, but I didn't feel like it would be quite enough, so I purchased a 180Watt LED UFO 9 Band light off of Ebay. I also purchased a small heating pad for germination, because it's pretty cold right now.
Unfortunately, I haven't been successful yet in getting seedlings.
I started with two seeds on a very wet paper towel between two plates that I had on my heating pad. Within 24 hours, things looked pretty good, both seeds had appeared to open, but only one seemed to be growing a root. I waited 24 hours and then moved them both to soil. I'm concerned that there was either too much water, or too much heat from the pad. Anyway, I got anxious and put them in soil ( which was pretty cheap potting soil mixed with perlite ) and then stuck them on the heating pad, watered them well and put the humidity dome over it and stuck it in the closet. The temperature in the closet was around 80 degrees. I waited a few days and absolutely nothing happened. ( also note that I put the seeds about 3/4" down ) Yesterday I got impatient and started poking around slowly in the first container and I found the seed, and it had done nothing. It was still open and I could see a bit of white in there, but it just didn't grow at all.
The second one looked like it was or had attempted to grow a bit more, but it was still deep in there. I never pulled it out, instead just put a tiny bit of soil over it again and put it back in the light. I don't hold much hope for it. It's a shame because these puppies are $10 a piece! And now I'm a week behind at least.
So, I started germinating again yesterday. Two more seeds. This time I put them in with less water and created some extra space under the plate in order to help keep them less hot. Today I checked and one of the two has already grown a 1/4" root. The other looks like it's open, but no root growth. I'll check on them again tomorrow.
I'm going to use some better quality soil and perhaps add some vermiculite along with the perlite. I'm really hoping that I can get this round right and have some seedlings in the next 3 or 4 days. I just wish I knew what exactly went wrong the first time around. I suppose multiple things.
The grow closet is another work in progress. I was using the 150W HPS and that seemed to help bring up the temp in there a bit, but now with the LED, the temp is too low for optimal growing, so I've had to put a small heater in there. The problem with the heater though is that I can't put it on a timer and although it has a thermostat, it still runs when the light is off, so the temp at night isn't dropping. I was thinking of just hooking up the 150W HPS and run that as a sort of heater instead, although I'm sure that right now both of those lights at once is overkill. Plus, with nothing on at night, I imagine the temps in there are dipping fairly low ( if there is no heater going ).
If anyone has any input on my situation, I welcome it! I'm definitely on a budget here, esp for the short run, so I need to try and make things work with what I currently have, if possible.
As for lights, I imagine that the HPS is lower power than the LED is, so that means that the LED would be better for flowering, right? However, I'm also worried that the HPS might make the node length too long. Would it make sense to combine both of these lights at once, or should I strictly use them for separate purposes?
Thanks again to 420M for the great forum and hello to everyone. I look forward to some great grows, discussions and journals ahead!
Well, I really enjoy this forum. I've been admiring some of the journals and I must say that this is one of the friendliest forums I've seen.
I used to enjoy cannabis quite a bit when I was younger. I grew on occasion, twice outside and once inside, and these grows were 10+ years ago. Since then, I took quite a long break from Cannabis. Recently, however, my mom became ill and she got a med card so that she could use cannabis for pain, etc. I'm helping her out and I am planning on growing some High CBD strains for her, at first inside and next summer, outside.
Currently I've got a closet I'm working on that includes a clone called Blue Cheese along with some TGA Pennywise seeds that I'm trying to get going.
I have this older HPS 150W fixture that I used last time, but I didn't feel like it would be quite enough, so I purchased a 180Watt LED UFO 9 Band light off of Ebay. I also purchased a small heating pad for germination, because it's pretty cold right now.
Unfortunately, I haven't been successful yet in getting seedlings.
I started with two seeds on a very wet paper towel between two plates that I had on my heating pad. Within 24 hours, things looked pretty good, both seeds had appeared to open, but only one seemed to be growing a root. I waited 24 hours and then moved them both to soil. I'm concerned that there was either too much water, or too much heat from the pad. Anyway, I got anxious and put them in soil ( which was pretty cheap potting soil mixed with perlite ) and then stuck them on the heating pad, watered them well and put the humidity dome over it and stuck it in the closet. The temperature in the closet was around 80 degrees. I waited a few days and absolutely nothing happened. ( also note that I put the seeds about 3/4" down ) Yesterday I got impatient and started poking around slowly in the first container and I found the seed, and it had done nothing. It was still open and I could see a bit of white in there, but it just didn't grow at all.
The second one looked like it was or had attempted to grow a bit more, but it was still deep in there. I never pulled it out, instead just put a tiny bit of soil over it again and put it back in the light. I don't hold much hope for it. It's a shame because these puppies are $10 a piece! And now I'm a week behind at least.
So, I started germinating again yesterday. Two more seeds. This time I put them in with less water and created some extra space under the plate in order to help keep them less hot. Today I checked and one of the two has already grown a 1/4" root. The other looks like it's open, but no root growth. I'll check on them again tomorrow.
I'm going to use some better quality soil and perhaps add some vermiculite along with the perlite. I'm really hoping that I can get this round right and have some seedlings in the next 3 or 4 days. I just wish I knew what exactly went wrong the first time around. I suppose multiple things.
The grow closet is another work in progress. I was using the 150W HPS and that seemed to help bring up the temp in there a bit, but now with the LED, the temp is too low for optimal growing, so I've had to put a small heater in there. The problem with the heater though is that I can't put it on a timer and although it has a thermostat, it still runs when the light is off, so the temp at night isn't dropping. I was thinking of just hooking up the 150W HPS and run that as a sort of heater instead, although I'm sure that right now both of those lights at once is overkill. Plus, with nothing on at night, I imagine the temps in there are dipping fairly low ( if there is no heater going ).
If anyone has any input on my situation, I welcome it! I'm definitely on a budget here, esp for the short run, so I need to try and make things work with what I currently have, if possible.
As for lights, I imagine that the HPS is lower power than the LED is, so that means that the LED would be better for flowering, right? However, I'm also worried that the HPS might make the node length too long. Would it make sense to combine both of these lights at once, or should I strictly use them for separate purposes?
Thanks again to 420M for the great forum and hello to everyone. I look forward to some great grows, discussions and journals ahead!
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I soak mine in room temperature distilled water for 24 hours and then put them in dirt whether roots are showing or not. It took 2-3 days for mine to pop up out of the dirt, but I don't think it's uncommon for them to take longer (if put in the dirt with no roots showing). I've seen different opinions on temperature while germing, but 80F is probably okay. I think you were probably on to something with reducing the water. I've seen videos of people doing the paper towel method and it's pretty damp, but not soaking wet.
We all want your grow to succeed! I also highly recommend starting your own grow journal and adding a link to it in your signature. Here are a couple links.
