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Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it.
Chinese proverb:
“If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day—if you teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”
And Here We Go!
The purpose of this journal is to share knowledge, ideas, and techniques that will give anyone who wants it the ability to grow their own cannabis seeds. I will be sharing how I do it and encourage other experienced seed breeders to chime in with anything I've missed. This "tutorial" is not for advanced DNA studies, pheno hunting, stabilizing strains etc. This is to teach a man, or woman, down to a single seed or two how to take those seeds and produce more seeds for them self thus making him independent of the overpriced seed banks out there. So let's get started.
Strain Grown: Colombian Gold Regular seeds (2)
Medium: Hempy = 100% Perlite
Nutrients: Mine is Not a sponsor.....Use what works for you
I started this project back on 8/30/2018 by placing the seeds into hempy solo cups. For those of you who have never germinated seeds in, or grown plants in hempy you owe it to yourself to give it a try. To get started I took two red solo cups and melted a hole 2 inches up from the bottoms. I always use a 1/2" hole but in this case I have one 1/2" and one slightly larger hole. Once the holes are in you prepare your perlite by washing it well to get rid of as much of the dust as you can. Once it's cleaned fill your solo cups with the perlite almost to the top. Now, put a piece of duct tape over the holes. Mix up some of your nutrients at 1/4 strength and PH balance it to 5.5 Slowly pour it into the hempy cup until the perlite starts to float and rise up. I let it sit like this for a couple hours. Sometimes I do it the day before I drop the seeds. So now you're at this point. Please disregard the @SeedsMan Blueberry fem clone doing the photo bombing.
I've dropped 1 seed into each solo cup approximately 1/4" below the surface and lightly packed the perlite on top. I do not soak the seeds prior to planting them in the perlite. I do recommend scarifying your seeds before planting them. Seeds often have a buildup of resin which prevents water from getting in and/or prevents the shell from opening fully. I use a plastic cigar tube with white playground sand as my scarifying tool. Put the seeds in and shake it like crazy for a few minutes. There are tons of different methods to do this same task. Most of them work just fine and doing this will increase your germination success. It generally takes 3-4 days for the plant to sprout. The clear plastic cup domes are to keep in moisture. The perlite wicks up the water from the reservoir (area below the holes) and pulls it all the way to the top. I've never had to add any water/nutrients during germination.
So now it's 4 days later. Both plants sprouted on day 3 in the morning and spent the next 24 hours under their domes. Today at day 4 the domes come off and the plants are placed about 8 inches below the lights. I use four 20w CFL bulbs for my seedlings and clones. It's all they need. Please note in this photo that the plant on the left is bowing/sagging a bit.
It did not like being so close to the light. Seedlings are sensitive and have to be watched like a child or mischievous puppy. So I lowered the sensitive plant and kept the other where it was. By the next day everyone was happy again.
I grow the seedlings in these hempy solo cups for a total of 4 days. Day one under the dome, and then three days up close to the CFL bulbs. At that point I transplant them into (in this case) their final homes. These are office trash cans purchased at the Dollar Tree store. They are 1.3 gallons in size. Here they are transplanted into their new homes.
At this point I bring in a tiny muffin fan to create a breeze just strong enough to make these guys dance a bit. This strengthens the stalk a great deal. Each day I will pour about (doesn't have to be perfect) 10 ML of 1/4 strength nutrients right along the stalk where it comes out of the perlite. I keep the duct tape on the pots at this stage. Just keep them warm, fed, with a little breeze and watch them grow.
Fortunately for you guys I am one of those people who skips ahead in journals going past the baby pictures and get to the good stuff. So with a wave of the magic wand of @SweetSue we're off to the next phase.
Now keep in mind at this point, because I am growing Regular seeds I do not know the sex of the two plants, thus am not sure which method of seed making will be utilized in this grow. Here they are at three days after transplant.
Skipping forward to approximately 7 days after transplant.
I am immediately noticing the difference in the shade of green of the two plants. The one plant is noticeably darker green then the other one.
This is where I'm stopping for today. I hope at least a few of you fine folks join me in this project.
Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it.
Chinese proverb:
“If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day—if you teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”
And Here We Go!
The purpose of this journal is to share knowledge, ideas, and techniques that will give anyone who wants it the ability to grow their own cannabis seeds. I will be sharing how I do it and encourage other experienced seed breeders to chime in with anything I've missed. This "tutorial" is not for advanced DNA studies, pheno hunting, stabilizing strains etc. This is to teach a man, or woman, down to a single seed or two how to take those seeds and produce more seeds for them self thus making him independent of the overpriced seed banks out there. So let's get started.
Strain Grown: Colombian Gold Regular seeds (2)
Medium: Hempy = 100% Perlite
Nutrients: Mine is Not a sponsor.....Use what works for you
I started this project back on 8/30/2018 by placing the seeds into hempy solo cups. For those of you who have never germinated seeds in, or grown plants in hempy you owe it to yourself to give it a try. To get started I took two red solo cups and melted a hole 2 inches up from the bottoms. I always use a 1/2" hole but in this case I have one 1/2" and one slightly larger hole. Once the holes are in you prepare your perlite by washing it well to get rid of as much of the dust as you can. Once it's cleaned fill your solo cups with the perlite almost to the top. Now, put a piece of duct tape over the holes. Mix up some of your nutrients at 1/4 strength and PH balance it to 5.5 Slowly pour it into the hempy cup until the perlite starts to float and rise up. I let it sit like this for a couple hours. Sometimes I do it the day before I drop the seeds. So now you're at this point. Please disregard the @SeedsMan Blueberry fem clone doing the photo bombing.
I've dropped 1 seed into each solo cup approximately 1/4" below the surface and lightly packed the perlite on top. I do not soak the seeds prior to planting them in the perlite. I do recommend scarifying your seeds before planting them. Seeds often have a buildup of resin which prevents water from getting in and/or prevents the shell from opening fully. I use a plastic cigar tube with white playground sand as my scarifying tool. Put the seeds in and shake it like crazy for a few minutes. There are tons of different methods to do this same task. Most of them work just fine and doing this will increase your germination success. It generally takes 3-4 days for the plant to sprout. The clear plastic cup domes are to keep in moisture. The perlite wicks up the water from the reservoir (area below the holes) and pulls it all the way to the top. I've never had to add any water/nutrients during germination.
So now it's 4 days later. Both plants sprouted on day 3 in the morning and spent the next 24 hours under their domes. Today at day 4 the domes come off and the plants are placed about 8 inches below the lights. I use four 20w CFL bulbs for my seedlings and clones. It's all they need. Please note in this photo that the plant on the left is bowing/sagging a bit.
It did not like being so close to the light. Seedlings are sensitive and have to be watched like a child or mischievous puppy. So I lowered the sensitive plant and kept the other where it was. By the next day everyone was happy again.
I grow the seedlings in these hempy solo cups for a total of 4 days. Day one under the dome, and then three days up close to the CFL bulbs. At that point I transplant them into (in this case) their final homes. These are office trash cans purchased at the Dollar Tree store. They are 1.3 gallons in size. Here they are transplanted into their new homes.
At this point I bring in a tiny muffin fan to create a breeze just strong enough to make these guys dance a bit. This strengthens the stalk a great deal. Each day I will pour about (doesn't have to be perfect) 10 ML of 1/4 strength nutrients right along the stalk where it comes out of the perlite. I keep the duct tape on the pots at this stage. Just keep them warm, fed, with a little breeze and watch them grow.
Fortunately for you guys I am one of those people who skips ahead in journals going past the baby pictures and get to the good stuff. So with a wave of the magic wand of @SweetSue we're off to the next phase.
Now keep in mind at this point, because I am growing Regular seeds I do not know the sex of the two plants, thus am not sure which method of seed making will be utilized in this grow. Here they are at three days after transplant.
Skipping forward to approximately 7 days after transplant.
I am immediately noticing the difference in the shade of green of the two plants. The one plant is noticeably darker green then the other one.
This is where I'm stopping for today. I hope at least a few of you fine folks join me in this project.
