Spalding420
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What’s up guys! I’m Spalding and I am about 4-5 days into my first legitimate grow. I hope y’all will follow along with me and please chime in with any thoughts, advice, or criticism, I welcome it all.
A few tidbits about my grow: northeast Florida springtime weather means nighttime temps anywhere from 65-75F and daytime temps anywhere from 75-90F. The water I will be using is Zephyrhills all natural spring water that has a Ph of 6.3-6.5 right out of the jug(I’ve tested 7 different jugs and all Ph was consistent) and, PPM is basically zilch. I will be growing outdoors in white 5 gallon buckets with a 50/50 split of Ocean Forest and Happy Frog soil with a small bag of perlite mixed in. Seeds purchased from Seedsman(great experience btw) and I’m growing Amnesia Haze, Jack Herer, Northern Lights, and Sour Diesel.
Wednesday April 3rd I placed each seed in a small cup of my spring water. Left them in about 20hrs then removed and placed each seed in wet paper towel inside ziploc. Checked after 24hrs and not much happened, checked after 48hrs and 3 of the 4 had 1” taproots and the 4th(Jack Herer) was about 1/2”. I decided they looked good enough to plant so I did
I had to go out of town this weekend so on Friday(5th) I rolled the dice and went ahead and planted them and left them inside with lights off and A/C on 74degrees. To my delightful surprise, I came home 48hrs later to 3 of them already sprouted out of the soil and the Jack Herer just about to bust through the soil.
I do have a couple questions: we are having great spring weather with some hotter than usual days in the mid to upper 80s, how soon should I get the seedlings in direct/filtered sun and how much sun? Also, what am I looking at as far as watering in the early stages? Should I just feel the soil or is it best just to give them some regular water every couple days while they’re so young?
I am super stoked about this grow and will try to update with status and photos as much as I can. Thanks for reading guys, happy growing
A few tidbits about my grow: northeast Florida springtime weather means nighttime temps anywhere from 65-75F and daytime temps anywhere from 75-90F. The water I will be using is Zephyrhills all natural spring water that has a Ph of 6.3-6.5 right out of the jug(I’ve tested 7 different jugs and all Ph was consistent) and, PPM is basically zilch. I will be growing outdoors in white 5 gallon buckets with a 50/50 split of Ocean Forest and Happy Frog soil with a small bag of perlite mixed in. Seeds purchased from Seedsman(great experience btw) and I’m growing Amnesia Haze, Jack Herer, Northern Lights, and Sour Diesel.
Wednesday April 3rd I placed each seed in a small cup of my spring water. Left them in about 20hrs then removed and placed each seed in wet paper towel inside ziploc. Checked after 24hrs and not much happened, checked after 48hrs and 3 of the 4 had 1” taproots and the 4th(Jack Herer) was about 1/2”. I decided they looked good enough to plant so I did
I had to go out of town this weekend so on Friday(5th) I rolled the dice and went ahead and planted them and left them inside with lights off and A/C on 74degrees. To my delightful surprise, I came home 48hrs later to 3 of them already sprouted out of the soil and the Jack Herer just about to bust through the soil.
I do have a couple questions: we are having great spring weather with some hotter than usual days in the mid to upper 80s, how soon should I get the seedlings in direct/filtered sun and how much sun? Also, what am I looking at as far as watering in the early stages? Should I just feel the soil or is it best just to give them some regular water every couple days while they’re so young?
I am super stoked about this grow and will try to update with status and photos as much as I can. Thanks for reading guys, happy growing
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