shuffledemon
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“Seed To Weed” Grow!
[ I know 420mag recommends I have a bunch of details posted here that summarize the characteristics of my grow. I like that idea, and I will do that by coming back and updating my post, but many of these details aren’t worked out yet … ]
I purchased individual feminized seeds from ‘Single Marijuana Seeds’ ( Marijuana Seeds - Single Marijuana Seeds ). I haven’t worked with this company prior to this purchase so I have no additional feedback on them yet.
For this grow we are using one each of:
- Green House Super Lemon Haze ( 19.23% thc, 0.21% cbd, 1.15% cbg )
- Barney's Farm LSD ( 24% thc, 1.3% cbd )
- Reserva Privada Purple OG #18 ( 70% indica, 30% sativa )
- Medical No Name ( 15-20% thc, high cbd )
I picked a mixture of things that sound interesting to build some new family lines. The data in the parenthesis is the best I have on the strain characteristics. I grow for medical purposes.
I enjoy the process of growing plants. I’m newer to the process of growing marijuana but not plants in general. I’ve got lots of flowers and vegetables growing everywhere.
Seeds can last quite a while if you store them in a dry and room temperature-to-slightly warmer than room temperature environment. Not hot, and not humid.
When you are ready to germinate the seeds place them in a glass of water. I have four separate strains that I will want to identify through the growing process, so I put each seed it in a separate jar after filling it with boiled (and subsequently cooled) water.
Most seeds will float when you first drop them into the jars or glasses. This is natural. The seed has an airtight natural shell for protection. After about an hour if you have several seeds you may see a small percentage of them sink to the bottom. Sinking is important eventually, but they all will take different amounts of time. One of the main reasons seeds sink is that their first main root sprouts from the seed and allows the water to permeate the inside of the seed – thereby becoming much more dense and sinking. This is a great sign! The last of these four seeds took just less than one full day to sink.
I’ll leave these seeds submerged in the water for two full days.
Meanwhile, I am “burning in” my new light from topledgrowlight.com . As most of you who have growing intentions know, topledgrowlight.com is a relatively new sponsor here at 420mag and we love our sponsors! So I bought a 144x3 watt reflector series light ( Reflector LED grow light 144x3w ). It has separate veg and bloom settings and has been reviewed now quite well. Sara from TLGL was very helpful and responsive when answering my pre and post purchase questions. Many companies are good at the presales bit, but many fewer are interested in supporting you after the sale. Thank you Sara! You deserve a raise.
Here are a few pics of the light being setup and run to ensure correct operation and to learn of the amount of heat created and how it is dissipated.
There is effectively no heat generated by these things. Of course that isn’t entirely accurate, but the air intake above the unit and the fans that push out the air on the sides do a good enough job that the net effect feels like a cooler space, but I don’t have this thing in a confined setup yet, so time will tell. A regular CFL grow will product more “light heat” than this setup.
We’ll get back to the seeds shortly – they need another day submerged in water and then we’ll make a judgment call whether they get another day of wet paper towel treatment or not. They probably will.
In coming days we’ll also mix our organic soil mix in prep for planting. I’m reconfiguring the tent so we will go over some basic environment setup stuff as well. I am definitely no expert here but happy to share what I have found works for me, and happy to hear what others do that seems to work for you guys as well.
[ I know 420mag recommends I have a bunch of details posted here that summarize the characteristics of my grow. I like that idea, and I will do that by coming back and updating my post, but many of these details aren’t worked out yet … ]
I purchased individual feminized seeds from ‘Single Marijuana Seeds’ ( Marijuana Seeds - Single Marijuana Seeds ). I haven’t worked with this company prior to this purchase so I have no additional feedback on them yet.
For this grow we are using one each of:
- Green House Super Lemon Haze ( 19.23% thc, 0.21% cbd, 1.15% cbg )
- Barney's Farm LSD ( 24% thc, 1.3% cbd )
- Reserva Privada Purple OG #18 ( 70% indica, 30% sativa )
- Medical No Name ( 15-20% thc, high cbd )
I picked a mixture of things that sound interesting to build some new family lines. The data in the parenthesis is the best I have on the strain characteristics. I grow for medical purposes.
I enjoy the process of growing plants. I’m newer to the process of growing marijuana but not plants in general. I’ve got lots of flowers and vegetables growing everywhere.
Seeds can last quite a while if you store them in a dry and room temperature-to-slightly warmer than room temperature environment. Not hot, and not humid.
When you are ready to germinate the seeds place them in a glass of water. I have four separate strains that I will want to identify through the growing process, so I put each seed it in a separate jar after filling it with boiled (and subsequently cooled) water.
Most seeds will float when you first drop them into the jars or glasses. This is natural. The seed has an airtight natural shell for protection. After about an hour if you have several seeds you may see a small percentage of them sink to the bottom. Sinking is important eventually, but they all will take different amounts of time. One of the main reasons seeds sink is that their first main root sprouts from the seed and allows the water to permeate the inside of the seed – thereby becoming much more dense and sinking. This is a great sign! The last of these four seeds took just less than one full day to sink.
I’ll leave these seeds submerged in the water for two full days.
Meanwhile, I am “burning in” my new light from topledgrowlight.com . As most of you who have growing intentions know, topledgrowlight.com is a relatively new sponsor here at 420mag and we love our sponsors! So I bought a 144x3 watt reflector series light ( Reflector LED grow light 144x3w ). It has separate veg and bloom settings and has been reviewed now quite well. Sara from TLGL was very helpful and responsive when answering my pre and post purchase questions. Many companies are good at the presales bit, but many fewer are interested in supporting you after the sale. Thank you Sara! You deserve a raise.
Here are a few pics of the light being setup and run to ensure correct operation and to learn of the amount of heat created and how it is dissipated.
There is effectively no heat generated by these things. Of course that isn’t entirely accurate, but the air intake above the unit and the fans that push out the air on the sides do a good enough job that the net effect feels like a cooler space, but I don’t have this thing in a confined setup yet, so time will tell. A regular CFL grow will product more “light heat” than this setup.
We’ll get back to the seeds shortly – they need another day submerged in water and then we’ll make a judgment call whether they get another day of wet paper towel treatment or not. They probably will.
In coming days we’ll also mix our organic soil mix in prep for planting. I’m reconfiguring the tent so we will go over some basic environment setup stuff as well. I am definitely no expert here but happy to share what I have found works for me, and happy to hear what others do that seems to work for you guys as well.
