FIRST LIVE UPDATE!!!!!
(seeds went into water 8pm 23-nov-2011)
Day 4 (about 3.25 days actually)
Well hello folks!
finally after much smoking of grow 3, we are about to start grow 4...its not been in vain however...this delay has been on the KC45 seeds, but testing hydroganics has been running for over a week now
ok on with the show...
quick interlude
my previous 'fast bud #2' grow by sweet seeds via herbies came with a free NL auto. The fast bud's are now just a memory, where as the NL looks like this currently.
A few pics from my starter hydroganics...this is not considered part of this journal, but it gives a sneek peek into the likely success of the grow method.
in this tub is an NL auto, a big bud #2 seedling, 1 dela haze clone and 2 mystery clones that are probably the delahaze but may be afghan kush.
all are meaningless except the big bud 2 and the delahaze, both of which are here as potential breeding partners to my KC45's
BB2 and root structure. (being a seed rather than a clone, im not expecting much latteral roots yet...its digging down)
For comparison, here is the root structure for the indestructable dela haze. this was potted only a few days ago (i think...i have to double check grow 3 for hints)
my box +4 ready to go
And now, the main attraction =D
seeds:
put in water 8pm on friday, pulled out of water this monday afternoon.
(germination testing observation)= water started as tepid or just above, put in the grow room at 70-75f and little happened for friday, sat and sunday morning....sunday i put the bowl next to(1 edge physically touching the radiator, like a few microns of contact) the radiator (uk central heating) and turned the heating on...came back 2 hours later to hot water and 18 cracked seeds!
2 seeds still have not cracked, but potted them anyway.
And now for something completely different!...
this seed is my first ever plant ive given a propper name. you can actually see him(or her) in the pic above, but here he is (dont know why my mind is automatically making him male....we shall see if my vibe is off).
Never seen this before, but saw one reference to its existence so far out in google-land.
I dub thee....Blackfoot!
^with the flash it looks a nice shade of combat green but in normal light its black.
this one is going to be kept a close eye on as bonus breeding material, it failed its first test just like 15 of its siblings, so this is not a breeder by default...speaking of which.
I have started the breeding selection proccess already. 16 2l's fit into my tubs leaving 4 spare out of the 20....so those 4 are going to be done hempie style, and as such are easier to move around and put in another area....so it makes sence i choose my 'best' 4 plants for these and the tub is all bud production.
having 4 plants gives a pretty favorable chance of at least 1male and 1female plants...so my first breeding criteria is "ease of birth" ie pick the 4 fastest growing tap roots.
well 2 plants came out as clear winners in the length department, but then i had 4 more plants that fit 2nd place...so i chose the 2 that had the most girth to their longness as my 2nd pair. so i now have what appears to be my 4 'best' growing seeds in obvious pots awaiting repot to hempie.
repotting for me should cause zero shock, the soil they are in now is identical to what they are going in next. i intend to repot as soon as they open their coyt leaves by just extracting the soil as a whole and just adding more around it in its new position....the roots should not see or feel a thing as the move is done before the root hits the bottom or sides, like just a few days from now maybe even tommorow if they grow well.
fyi unless otherwise stated, im just using tap water...no PHing, no nutes, no nothing except the time its stood in the cold tank to dechlorinate (random success depending on how fast we use cold water on that day).
the 4 white pots are my breeders as far as i know...we shall see what the actual grow brings as far as traits. something nice may over ride my current descision. the pot to the right of the white pots is Blackfoot.
sorry for the perspective shots...its a bit 'the secret'esque, im getting my mind used to seeing row after row of plants...and them being mine =D
