First time growing

[Toker1]

I never ph adjust my seed or clone water (or at least not until they get older). I find I get the best results using plain tap water. But my tap comes out basically clean and neutral from the source.

 

[Jsimo]

Another timer arriving tomorrow with 15 minute increments for the pump, and bit the bullet and ordered another viparspectra 450. Next order will be the carbon filter and exhaust fan but for the time being I'm just gonna pipe it out the top (house had an old dryer vent to the outside that i foamed shut. I'll be cutting the foam out and it'll be functional) and I'll put a fan up to the intake of the tent.

This waiting game for the seeds to put is a killer though.

 

[Farmall]

I like the vent ideas. Doing a similiar .change next year. So much easier. Venting is more important than you may think. Nice to have some air leaks that can replace the vented air. My old house has no problem there. Air leaks in everywhere. Some of the newer houses are pretty darned air tight

 

[Jsimo]

So the two black Russians poked out, the blue dream hasn't yet, when should i introduce them to light and put them into the net pots? I'm heading to Lowe's here soon and was thinking about grabbing a couple 6500k fluorescent bulbs for a 4' fixture i have to start them in so I'm not putting too much on them with the LEDs right away. Is that a good plan or unnecessary?

 

[Jsimo]

And for future reference, was in necessary to cover them up to keep it dark if i already had s piece of the rapid router covering the hole? Hopefully i didn't mess it up before i even started lol. The two that sprouted look pretty sad, but this morning they were just barely lifting the little plugs from the holes so they're just barely ito

 

[Toker1]

The sprouts will be kept in the dark as long as they are covered by the medium and no light enters the space where the sprout is.

 

[Toker1]

When they are small like this... they don’t need much light. When they get bigger, more light will be neseesary then.

 

[Jsimo]

Ok, so a cfl would be good until i start getting some leaves going?

 

[Toker1]

Yes, a small cfl will work fine for the first few weeks.

 

[Jsimo]

Sweet, thanks!

 

[Jsimo]

Is this normal or is it mold growing around the stem?

 

[Shock]

That's normal. That's your tap root sending out other tiny roots getting ready to anchor itself.

 

[Mr.furley]

Push a little soil gently around it, to cover it up from light.

 

[Shock]

You may want another container for multiple plants. This is what mine looked like at 21 days and were already crowding each other. I had only planned on growing 2 plants ultimately though.

 

[Shock]

These are my remaining two. I'll advise you to be careful when manifolding so you don't break off one half of your plant like I did to the one on the left.

 

[Jsimo]

Well we will see on this grow, hoping i can train them enough to keep them separated. They have about 11 inches between them. Looking like only 3 are going to take, one blue dream hasn't thought of coming up yet. I convered the bases to block the light to the roots.

Edited: something about this site seems to autocorrect things when typing from my phone, so many mistakes lol

 

[Jsimo]

Moved the light quite a bit closer now as two of them seem to have stretched quite a bit overnight. I did have it at about 2 ft above just to have some light, but moved it to about 6 inches above. It's a 2 bulb 48 inch fluorescent fixture with two 40w 6500k bulbs. Waiting a week or two to start up the LEDs. The blue dream is growing funny but looks like it's trying to straighten itself out. One of the black Russians hasnt lost it's shell yet, and i can't get it off without bending the stem so I'm just hoping it'll do it on it's own. I added a VERY light level of nutrients today, about 1.5 tsp of each gh bottle. Ppm went from 175 to 250 so it's probably a negligable amount lol.

 

[D.A.A.S.69]

Morning you need to get that hull off, if you can,
Lightly mist it ,an get something like a toothpick, an gently try to remove it.
I can't see the one very well in your pictures, but if it doesn't come of soon, there is gonna be a problem.
It's easy to remove, you just have to be gentle,
Good Luck. And HappyGrowing

 

[Jsimo]

Ok, got it, let a drop of water run off my tiny screwdriver onto it and after a minute or so i was able to just knock it off!

 

[Jsimo]

Well i popped the plug off the one i thought was a goner and not germinating and i saw that it has a stem and the casing almost off. I poked the casing and it just fell off. I'm hoping it'll try to stretch for the light now but I'm not sure if it'll give it a shot or not. Hoping for the best but i had already ruled it out so i won't be too heartbroken if it doesn't.