OMM's Aloha Journal Part III

Happy Skunkday Buddy :thumb:
 
beemerbill said:
Good morning weed OMM. It's good to see babies in your house again. Hope you and Jo are doing good. It's Skunkday :circle-of-love:
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Hey beemerbill........Good evening weed. It sure is my friend, makes me feel good too. We are doing just fine, thanks for asking. Skunkday for sure. :high-five:

Could you send me the link to the Over 50 Group? Thanks.
 
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Hi all.......I'm having all sorts of connection problems tonight. This picture is of the soil I am using
with this grow. Hopefully my connection problems will improve and I can describe it better later on.
Sorry. OMM



Second Try.

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Finally! :high-five:

If the soil is like the regular Osmocote Plus, which I think it is, it will release only what the plants need. I have no idea how it knows what is needed, but it does. :high-five:

Once I found out that DocBud approved it's use......I have used nothing else. :thumb:
 
Here you good my friend. Gmail

Happy Munchday :high-five:
 
happy Munchyday Buddy :thumb:
 
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good day to ya Brotha bee
 
Awwww, man - you are way to kind! Glad if this is helpful to you or anyone else. Sure has worked well for me! :) Thanks for the kinds words my friend. You rock. :)

OldMedMan said:
Here is a tutorial on how to germinate seeds by one of 420's Great Writers and Growers. Xlr8

My seed germination technique

I really like Rapid Rooter plugs. I've been germinating seeds in them since I started growing, and now use them for cloning, too. They're great as they can be used to germinate for soil or hydro, and easy to use. They contain important micronutrients and beneficial organisms to stimulate rapid root development. They have a really nice balance between moisture retention and airiness.

Here's my process:

I soak seeds for a few hours in a glass of RO water. The Rapid Rooter is soaked overnight in a glass of RO water.

Making sure my hands are clean and sterile, I shake the excess moisture out of the rapid rooter, or give it a gentle squeeze. Basically, you want them to be "moist" but not soaked/saturated.

I take a sterile tweezers, squeeze it together, and I stick it into the hole of the rapid rooter while I gently twist it around some. I've had better luck if I deepen the hole slightly, and loosen it up a little inside the rooter plug. You could also use a pen, etc. Basically, just loosen it up and make it about a 1/4" deeper than they come from the factory.

I use a clean pen cap as a tool to scoop the seed from the cup of water, and place it into the rooter. I used to do the "paper towel" method of "pre-germinating" seeds, but it is better to plant them directly in the rapid rooter (or whatever medium you use). You will have better success, and quicker development if you skip the whole paper towel thing, in my experience. When putting it into the rooter plug, I put it in pointy end up (hinged end down). Positioning it this way will allow the taproot to make the turn it needs to, and will put the seed in a better position to succeed and remove it's "helmet".

I place the seed about half way down into the rooter (again pointy end up) and then I tear a small piece of rooter plug to cover the hole on the rooter. It should not be "jammed" in there, but placed in somewhat loosely. The hole should be fully covered to not allow light in.

I place the plug in a humidity dome, under t5's. I don't use a seedling heat mat (only for clones and not directly under). I mist the dome periodically, but high RH isn't needed to germ seeds. The rooters shoudn't be allowed to fully dry, and should be moistened periodically with plain RO water.


Pre-soak seeds in glass for a few hours
Pre-soak rooter plug 12-24 hours (probably doesn't need to be that long)
Use RO water from store - do not PH balance it
Shake/squeeze out excess moisture in the rooter
Use a tweezers or pen to loosen up the hole, and make it slightly deeper.
Position seed in the rooter plug, pointy end up
Cover the hole on the rapid rooter plug by tearing a small piece of the plug, and loosely covering the hole.
Place rapid rooter, with seed in it, inside humidity dome, under flourescent lights (I use T5's).
Rooter plugs should be moistened with plain RO water periodically, but only moistened
Heat mat is not needed - and it can dry the rooter plug too fast. Humidity only needs to be around 50%. I just mist the humidity dome periodically.
No nutrients are needed with seedlings until the 3rd set of true leaves.
I transplant when roots are showing through the bottom and sides of rooter plugs



I've had 100% success over the last year or so this way. There are lots of ways to do it successfully, this is just mine. X
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its X man :thumb:
 
DawnStar7 said:
Ah yeah, we got pretty little sproutlings! Note to sit back and watch them grow into drop dead gorgeous super models! ;)

I'm not familiar with most of these, but if it's the same stuff my sister smoked me out with, that Violator Kush is going to be awesome. :slide: :yummy: :bong:
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Hi DawnStar7 We think alike.......Super Models! I had to

grow another Violator Kush......it's one of those "Ass Kickers of the Great Fantastic". My favorite smoke at the

moment and I am almost out. :ganjamon:
 
good thing you got another one in the mix :thumb:
 

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