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HYDRO First legal Grow - Humboldt's feminized Blue Dream

HappyDaze

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I've never done an online journal before, but I've got time on my hands, so we'll see how this goes.

Note the crispy edges on the bottom leaves. I think starving seedlings a bit promotes good root setting, but I let her get a little too hungry and the pH jumped up.

The seed sat in a drawer for more than a year, but Humboldt has great packaging and it popped in two days. This is in comparison to some TGA gear, bought at the same time that went bad in the little baggie and didn't germinate.

All feedback is welcome.
 

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Next time try the low humidity drawer in the refrigerator. I keep all of my seeds there, vacuumed sealed with a few grains of dry rice at the bottom of each bag.
I have seeds in there from 5 years ago that pop just as fast as the ones I bought last week.
 
Thanks, proper seed storage is within my existing knowledge base.

I was taking a little poke at the Sub Cool band of merry breeders and their packaging.

Of the four strains pictured (see post 4), the TGA pack is the most expensive at $112 / pack of regular seeds. The cheapest is the Malberry at $40 (the pack I got were freebies from Hemp Depot), also regular seeds. The Dinafem and Humboldt seeds are both feminized and cost $68 and $79 respectively.( Prices are Canuck bucks BTW)

Both Dinafem and Humboldt pack their seeds in a vial with anhydrous pellets, which is obviously beneficial. The point being, their seeds aren`t going to get cracked due to rough handling or soak up any moisture and go bad, even if they aren`t in your fridge with the hotdogs.

Sub Cool is a weed rock star in the States, but he chooses to pack his beans in the same way an economy breeder, like Malberry does. And, Malberry puts out some very potent, very reliable, affordable products .... they just do it without the fanfare, so they aren`t on everyone`s radar. I bought the TGA stuff based on Sub Cool`s notoriety and because my girlfriend`s nickname is Jazzy.

When you`re investing your money and time in a grow, you want as much out as you`re putting in, I don`t think I did with the seeds provided by TGA.
 
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Understandable. Temperature flux is another issue that causes seeds to go bad. I have experienced this phenomenon first hand with black tap roots popping out. None of the packaging material I have ever seen is equipped to handle that.
 
I’ve held seeds in cheap zip lock bags for over a year and they popped while the better packed seeds that I paid a premium for never popped. Packaging is a gimmick and genetics are king. I would think TGA has better genetics but even the best of them have bad runs. No need to spread bad vibes on a breeder based on 1 pack of seeds.
 
Kindly disagree about the gimmick. Any packaging that is hard enough to keep my $eed$ from getting crushed in my collection (I call it my personal seed piggy bank), is worth it too me. Graphics on the packaging...now I’ll totally agree with you there.
 
Hi Obi, I've read a lot of your posts and have much respect for you. I hope that GWE is a place where I can communicate my experience with honesty, and not worry about hurting some breeder's rep and ego....if it was one pack, I'd agree with you, but I had a 70% germination rate with the Jazz Queen; that was only a couple of weeks after receiving the seeds, and the Jazz pack was zero for ten, albeit, those seeds were old and poorly cared for.

Having said that, you "think" TGA would have better genetics? Or you know from experience?

I'll stand with what I've said, and Karma can sort me out if I'm wrong. If others like Sub Cool's stuff, it's their money, TGA is off my personal list.
 
I've been running the light on 100% blue / 50% red to keep it short, but this is too short. Showing some nasty spots...Ca or phos deficient, but not the end of the world. Weekly nute change today should rectify the condition,. There's a little more Bloom and Micro in this mix....we'll see next week.
 
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Do you have your light at the distance the manufacturer suggests at this stage? If it is maybe pull it up a bit and make your plants stretch up some. Just a suggestion. Great start!
 
I'm at the minimum distance recommended by California Lightworks (16 inches), but the plant isn't showing any light stress. Would you expect to see stunting with the intensity too high, and not see any associated bleaching? I'm still getting to know how the spectrum variation and light location impacts the plants.

I've adjusted the controller to 100% blue / 100% red and I'll run it like that for a few days to see if that gives me some longer internodes
I think the Ca deficiency might be stunting her too. Last grow I ran the pH closer to 6.2, this time I let it drift down below 5.8.

Right now it's so tight it's impossible to train and difficult to trim.
 
I didn't say or see light stress - move your light up one inch - by doing that you might encourage her to stretch up so you can see what's happening underneath.
 
I've only grown two of Humboldt's strains, Green Crack and Blue Dream, but both have made me pretty happy. I want to try one of their Headband or Headband crosses soon.
 
I got headband from reserve prima (a dna genetics brand) rocking in veg right now.
I ordered Hazman hippie head band (headband x purple Urkle). Looking forward to that next grow.
 
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