Hi all, I will be growing from seed in soil. I have read many of the posts on this site which is FULL of useful information. I am most familiar with soil so I will be growing in a soil medium.
Strains:
5 non-feminized seeds of "Light of Jah" from the Amsterdam seed bank.
4 feminized seeds of "Early Wonder Skunk" autoflowering from the Vancouver seed bank.
I will veg in a closet under CFL's. I have around 300W total in CFL's (some 45W's, some 23 W's).
For flowering I will move my plants into a grow tent, 4x4x8 under a 600W HPS lamp.
I used the paper towel method to start the seeds. After 24 hours, some of the seeds started cracking. 48 hours after placing them on the paper towel, all seeds have cracked and were put into 3x3 starter pots.
Once they sprout they will be placed under 18/6 light schedule.
Medium: I am using roughly 35% perlite, 35% peat moss, 15% coco, and 15% mushroom compost.
Nutes: OC+. I have decided to go with inexpensive time releasing nutes because I am still learning.
Radicle Emerging
Planted in 3x3x3 starter pots
Jan 3, 2011, 2 Sprouts
Jan 5, 2011, all Sprouted
Jan 10, 2011, growing nicely
Jan 14, 2011, First day of Veg
Strains:
5 non-feminized seeds of "Light of Jah" from the Amsterdam seed bank.
4 feminized seeds of "Early Wonder Skunk" autoflowering from the Vancouver seed bank.
I will veg in a closet under CFL's. I have around 300W total in CFL's (some 45W's, some 23 W's).
For flowering I will move my plants into a grow tent, 4x4x8 under a 600W HPS lamp.
I used the paper towel method to start the seeds. After 24 hours, some of the seeds started cracking. 48 hours after placing them on the paper towel, all seeds have cracked and were put into 3x3 starter pots.
Once they sprout they will be placed under 18/6 light schedule.
Medium: I am using roughly 35% perlite, 35% peat moss, 15% coco, and 15% mushroom compost.
Nutes: OC+. I have decided to go with inexpensive time releasing nutes because I am still learning.
Radicle Emerging
Planted in 3x3x3 starter pots
Jan 3, 2011, 2 Sprouts
Jan 5, 2011, all Sprouted
Jan 10, 2011, growing nicely
Jan 14, 2011, First day of Veg
to everyone who has stopped by. Girls are still growing. The nodes are packed very very tightly together and the stems are getting thicker and thicker. I wonder if I'll be able to LST them (like I wanted to do) if they don't start stretching a bit in the next few days. I think I will make compost tea for them over the weekend and maybe the vertical growth will pick up. We'll see. Until then, keep 
I will be waiting a few more days to see what they do. I'll just deal with it when they get to about 6". They are about 5 inches away from the lights and I think I'm going to move them down a couple inches. I have about 300W in CFL's over the girls so I think that's why the nodes are so closely stacked. I'm very happy though that the stems are so rigid because it will help in supporting the massive colas these girls are going to produce. 
