sumloud
New Member
Hello everybody, first time posting a grow journal here and first time growing a plant of any kind. After reading through this forum and others until my eyes bled, I finally decided to go out and get started growing. I will be going from seed and documenting my trials and tribulations along the way. With so many different opinions on how to germinate, plant and grow I am going to try a variety of different methods along the way simultaneously to hopefully see what works and what doesn't. Feel free to ask any questions and of course provide any advice necessary.
First off, let's talk about setup. I'm in an apartment with no budget for expansion other than my closet.
Space: Growlab GL60 Tent (2x2x6)
Ventilation 1 4" duct fan (temps 78-81 lights on)
Lighting: 1x Marshydro 300W LED (seedlings), 2x Marshydro 300W LED (veg & flower)
Nutrient Plans: KISS
Medium: FFOF, Perlite
Watering: Distilled
Seeds: 2x Nirvana AK48, 1x RQS Northern Lights, 1x HSO Bubba's Gift (all feminized)
Gadgets: pH meter, temp/humidity monitor
Progress:
Today, 2/1, I'm about a week and half from seed on the Northern Lights and Bubba's Gift. I had been hearing so many different responses as to how to germinate, and decided to go with the water cup method. First thing I did was attempt to germ the free seeds that came along in some tap water. Left them in a clear glass in a kitchen cabinet to do their thing. All sank and started to pop, so I figured I was on the right track with this method. Thinking about how potentially foul our tap water is here, I decided to switch to distilled and to not get fancy too quickly, not adjust pH. Now that my lights had arrived and the tent was warm, I did my first batch of seeds (NL & BG) in a coffee cup, plate on top under the lights to stay warm. These popped quicker and showed good tap roots. Both were planted tap root UP to see how this method worked in soaked & squeezed Rapid Rooters and put under the light (~30") with no dome.
Having no intentions of ever seeing my seeds from Nirvana, I figured the NL and BG were going to be the only plants in my garden. However, a couple days went by and finally they arrived. I was quick to germ them in distilled using the same method but planted them tap root DOWN to observe any differences.
Here are the results. In terms of observed differences, I do notice that the tap root up took another day or so to make the U-turn rather than the tap root down seeds that popped right up after a day or two. The Ak48's (tap root down), also seem to be stretching a bit farther than the NL (tap root up) has. Not sure if this is a strain difference or due to tap root direction.
RQS Northern Lights, 7 days from planting germ'd seed in Rapid Rooter
1 of 2 Nirvana AK48's, 3 days from planting germ'd seed in Rapid Rooter
Now here is my first potential amateur mistake. After a few days with no sprout out of the NL and BG seeds, I grew impatient and weary that maybe I plugged the rapid rooter too hard. I gently pulled some of the plug off the BG seed, just to find out it was doing its thing. I did at this point have the taproot exposed to LED for a few seconds. Not sure if this made a difference, but after a few days the NL was sprouted and BG had no movement to show. With the AK48's planted and an ideal number of plants for this grow being 2-3, I decided to give up on the BG and take another peak down there to see what happened. Turns out the plant had shed its husk and started growing beneath the surface of the rapid rooter. I decided to tear the rapid rooter and get her above ground to see some light. So far, she is looking alive after 2 days above ground and her first leaves are sprouting and trying to turn towards the light. Any advice here would be helpful.
HSO Bubba's Gift, 2 days after brought above ground
Well, sorry for the blocks of text. Wanted to get everyone up to speed on how the germination went and also provide some content for future growers who had the same questions as me. I will be updating this log frequently and will gladly welcome any input, advice or questions. Thanks!
First off, let's talk about setup. I'm in an apartment with no budget for expansion other than my closet.
Space: Growlab GL60 Tent (2x2x6)
Ventilation 1 4" duct fan (temps 78-81 lights on)
Lighting: 1x Marshydro 300W LED (seedlings), 2x Marshydro 300W LED (veg & flower)
Nutrient Plans: KISS
Medium: FFOF, Perlite
Watering: Distilled
Seeds: 2x Nirvana AK48, 1x RQS Northern Lights, 1x HSO Bubba's Gift (all feminized)
Gadgets: pH meter, temp/humidity monitor
Progress:
Today, 2/1, I'm about a week and half from seed on the Northern Lights and Bubba's Gift. I had been hearing so many different responses as to how to germinate, and decided to go with the water cup method. First thing I did was attempt to germ the free seeds that came along in some tap water. Left them in a clear glass in a kitchen cabinet to do their thing. All sank and started to pop, so I figured I was on the right track with this method. Thinking about how potentially foul our tap water is here, I decided to switch to distilled and to not get fancy too quickly, not adjust pH. Now that my lights had arrived and the tent was warm, I did my first batch of seeds (NL & BG) in a coffee cup, plate on top under the lights to stay warm. These popped quicker and showed good tap roots. Both were planted tap root UP to see how this method worked in soaked & squeezed Rapid Rooters and put under the light (~30") with no dome.
Having no intentions of ever seeing my seeds from Nirvana, I figured the NL and BG were going to be the only plants in my garden. However, a couple days went by and finally they arrived. I was quick to germ them in distilled using the same method but planted them tap root DOWN to observe any differences.
Here are the results. In terms of observed differences, I do notice that the tap root up took another day or so to make the U-turn rather than the tap root down seeds that popped right up after a day or two. The Ak48's (tap root down), also seem to be stretching a bit farther than the NL (tap root up) has. Not sure if this is a strain difference or due to tap root direction.
RQS Northern Lights, 7 days from planting germ'd seed in Rapid Rooter
1 of 2 Nirvana AK48's, 3 days from planting germ'd seed in Rapid Rooter
Now here is my first potential amateur mistake. After a few days with no sprout out of the NL and BG seeds, I grew impatient and weary that maybe I plugged the rapid rooter too hard. I gently pulled some of the plug off the BG seed, just to find out it was doing its thing. I did at this point have the taproot exposed to LED for a few seconds. Not sure if this made a difference, but after a few days the NL was sprouted and BG had no movement to show. With the AK48's planted and an ideal number of plants for this grow being 2-3, I decided to give up on the BG and take another peak down there to see what happened. Turns out the plant had shed its husk and started growing beneath the surface of the rapid rooter. I decided to tear the rapid rooter and get her above ground to see some light. So far, she is looking alive after 2 days above ground and her first leaves are sprouting and trying to turn towards the light. Any advice here would be helpful.
HSO Bubba's Gift, 2 days after brought above ground
Well, sorry for the blocks of text. Wanted to get everyone up to speed on how the germination went and also provide some content for future growers who had the same questions as me. I will be updating this log frequently and will gladly welcome any input, advice or questions. Thanks!
