Jibblerjoe
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The seedlings look great. What nutes you going use?
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First Grow Cherry Cookies bag seed
- Thread starter Arkados
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Jibblerjoe
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Is that the organic general hydro?
Jibblerjoe
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Definitely curious about that gh organic line.
Arkados
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Quick recap and thoughts so far.
I am still iffy about germinating seeds but I guess that’s the way it is, some seeds will sprout and some will not depending on varying factors.
As a noob, I had a misconception regarding germinating, I was under the impression that after sprouting into a seedling I needed to keep them protected by keeping them in a dome or halved bottles and that my job was to keep the seedlings humid untilthey were rooted and could handle my lights. I’m assuming due to the massive amounts of information I was piecing togetherand “fear†of messing up I completely disregarded logic and messed up anyways.
The process I have adopted for soil is to soak the seeds in water overnight to pop the tap root. Once the tap root pops, in a solo cup or similar fill with moistened soil (not drenched) leaving about ½ inch from the top. Create a hole in the center of soil the diameter of a pencil a ¼ inch deep and place the seed tap root down in the hole and cover up with soil but do not compact. Tightly cover the top of the cup with plastic wrap and hold together with the use of a rubberband then place on a heating mat or someplace warm. Once the seedlings emerge through the soil and are exposed remove the plastic wrap and place under adequate lighting.
I have concluded that I do not like rapid rooters for germinating from seed. In my minute experience, the seedlings end up rooting in a hollow hole allowing space for the seedling to move around and it's not very stable. I can lightly tap the table that my babies are on and the one that is in a rapid rooter moves around a lot and the ones in soil do not move at all. I may be doing something wrong but I will more than likely use the rapid rooters for clones.
I am still iffy about germinating seeds but I guess that’s the way it is, some seeds will sprout and some will not depending on varying factors.
As a noob, I had a misconception regarding germinating, I was under the impression that after sprouting into a seedling I needed to keep them protected by keeping them in a dome or halved bottles and that my job was to keep the seedlings humid untilthey were rooted and could handle my lights. I’m assuming due to the massive amounts of information I was piecing togetherand “fear†of messing up I completely disregarded logic and messed up anyways.
The process I have adopted for soil is to soak the seeds in water overnight to pop the tap root. Once the tap root pops, in a solo cup or similar fill with moistened soil (not drenched) leaving about ½ inch from the top. Create a hole in the center of soil the diameter of a pencil a ¼ inch deep and place the seed tap root down in the hole and cover up with soil but do not compact. Tightly cover the top of the cup with plastic wrap and hold together with the use of a rubberband then place on a heating mat or someplace warm. Once the seedlings emerge through the soil and are exposed remove the plastic wrap and place under adequate lighting.
I have concluded that I do not like rapid rooters for germinating from seed. In my minute experience, the seedlings end up rooting in a hollow hole allowing space for the seedling to move around and it's not very stable. I can lightly tap the table that my babies are on and the one that is in a rapid rooter moves around a lot and the ones in soil do not move at all. I may be doing something wrong but I will more than likely use the rapid rooters for clones.
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D.A.A.S.69
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Hey Ark, everyone has got to find what works for them, never had any problems with rooters myself.
Arkados
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I have limited experience and I probably shouldn’t base my conclusion so early on. Rapid Rooters are tested and tried by many so it must be a user error on my part lol . Ill give em a couple more tries along side my preferred method as I get grows under my belt. Always good to hear from you DAAS
D.A.A.S.69
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Hey Arkados, yeah, I reckon you have to get use to them, but they are real easy, put em in one quarter of an inch an just keep damp. I keep a light on mine like a cfl, about an inch away to keep them warm, an I don't use a cover on my Dixie cup.Good luck with yours Arkados. Try them again if you can.
Jibblerjoe
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Like dass said, got to find what works for you. I like to germinate the seeds before planting also. Once the seed opens I drop into a solo cup and cover with a sandwhich bag. Once seed sheds the shell, I remove bag, give it a spritz of water often. The light does not need to be very strong for first 3to5 day.
Ps I killed a seedling this morning, gave first nutes yesterday, must have got a drop on the leaves, cause this a.m. it's leaves were f ked.
Ps I killed a seedling this morning, gave first nutes yesterday, must have got a drop on the leaves, cause this a.m. it's leaves were f ked.
Jibblerjoe
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This is what I found 2 days after trashing it,
see fried leaves and the root ball laying on top of the coco. Yesterday I put roots back under coco and the plant back under the light
I fed her today and she is going to make a come back. Guess I jump the gun on tossing her out.
Jibblerjoe
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Your seedling looks great.
D.A.A.S.69
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Yeah, that's great news Arkados, something about your name makes me think we might live pretty close to each other, just a guess. Good Luck with your youngster.
Arkados
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Update
I may be running into some complications some veins are turnin yellow and there is some brown discoloration unfortunately I don’t have a ph pen as of yet and no thermometers so I can’t give environment readings but I believe it’s either a ph problem or I may have a nutrient deficiency maybe calcium I don’t know it could have been heat related aswell. The last thing I changed was the water I went from using tap to RO from a aqua filtration store. I also saw a gnat on one of the cups on Friday it was just one I think it was a gnat because it was grayish translucent. I haven’t been over watering and always let the top soil dry out up to an inch but I bugged out and moved my babies under the cfl lights in a different area and I sterilized my tent. When I moved the babies back they all looked canoed I’m thinking the cfls were too close and that’s when I. noticed the brown spots and yellowing of the veins on the leaves . They’re currently under my t5 4 inches away I know I can get closer but am apprehensive at the moment. I made a foliage spray with cal mag+ and bio roots from GO. I used .25 of cal mag and of bio root dilution for the spray. It dosnt seem to have helped son thinking it may be ph or am I just trippin?
I may be running into some complications some veins are turnin yellow and there is some brown discoloration unfortunately I don’t have a ph pen as of yet and no thermometers so I can’t give environment readings but I believe it’s either a ph problem or I may have a nutrient deficiency maybe calcium I don’t know it could have been heat related aswell. The last thing I changed was the water I went from using tap to RO from a aqua filtration store. I also saw a gnat on one of the cups on Friday it was just one I think it was a gnat because it was grayish translucent. I haven’t been over watering and always let the top soil dry out up to an inch but I bugged out and moved my babies under the cfl lights in a different area and I sterilized my tent. When I moved the babies back they all looked canoed I’m thinking the cfls were too close and that’s when I. noticed the brown spots and yellowing of the veins on the leaves . They’re currently under my t5 4 inches away I know I can get closer but am apprehensive at the moment. I made a foliage spray with cal mag+ and bio roots from GO. I used .25 of cal mag and of bio root dilution for the spray. It dosnt seem to have helped son thinking it may be ph or am I just trippin?
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Arkados
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I live in the heart of Los Angeles in a kinda rough area lol people who come visit me always ask me if I’m scared living here , it looks like a bad neighborhood but hell I call it home though I need to get out of this area before my children get further exposed to other kids bad habits learned from their parents it’s sad when there is 5 year old kids beating up other kids Straight neglect and bad parenting anyways got off topic lol
D.A.A.S.69
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That's bad man, I know it's hard to leave your home, but you damn near have to ,just for your Children, they are everything.