bobsakamoto
New member
holy crap am i excited to finally have one of these. i feel like all i ever do is ask, ask, ask...so here goes. first, i just want to say again how APPRECIATIVE i am for all of GWE, especially the forum and the tutorials. i would never have had the guts to actually do this (even though it's been a longtime dream of mine) without the information and the people here willing to help and share.
so all i have right now is some germination pics but i thought they might be helpful to newbies like myself since i took 'em as soon as they germinated, because, you know, i was checking like a fiend.
i ordered from Seedsman on 12/5 and they finally got here yesterday. i started germination of those seeds (the 3 labeled ones that are sprouted) yesterday evening around 6 and they had sprouted by 5 p.m. today. that's less than 12 hours!! sadly, the other two that you see that are not labeled have not yet sprouted and they have been germinating since 1/1. they are seeds from Nirvana, which i ordered on 12/15, after Seedsman but they got here about 7 days earlier than Seedsman. go figure.
anyway, the thing in the pics i'm calling my germination station (TM)
it's a crock pot with a little dish on the bottom to serve as a stand for the clear pyrex bowl on top so that the pyrex bowl doesn't sit in the water. i filled the pyrex bowel with FFOF that i triple quadruple rinsed to keep it from being too hot for proper germination. initially my plan was putting the seeds in shot glasses, putting the shot glasses in the dirt in the pyrex, putting the lid on the crock pot, create humidity and a heat source and let 'er be. well, when the two seeds that i tried that with weren't doing anything for a couple of days, i aborted that plan. who knows if it would've worked had i left things the way they were but i decided to go to my plan B.
when my Seedsman seeds arrived i did them differently and converted the Nirvana seeds to the same method. that was to make little raviolis (like little square pockets) of soil within a layered paper towel and then put each seed about a pinky nail or less in the dirt, fold over the paper towel, put a little water in the middle, and squish down. the idea behind doing things this way was to recreate the conditions of nature as best i could (hence the first attempt with the shot glasses). so i was trying to have the soil that the seeds would eventually live in be present from the jump. another thing i changed was placing a slightly smaller pyrex bowl on top of and inside the bigger one to create yet another layer of warm glass barrier to maximize humidity. basically i was trying to make a little tiny sauna.
anyway, everything worked for the Seedsman seeds that sprouted in the paper towel raviolis. the Nirvana seeds are in same now but still have not sprouted. i might lose them but i knew that going in and i wanted to try this design/experiment out regardless. lemme know if you have any questions or suggestions. also, i plan to keep posting here throughout so here's my grow info so far
using FFOF soil in 10 gal smart pots
a mixture of dimmable iPower 1000W MH and HPS plus LED Viparspectra 300W and Roleadro 400 COB (2nd generation!!)
6' by 4' by 8' closet that i'm still tinkering with
Vortex S600 6" inline fan
planning on venting safely to the attic, if smell turns out to be a problem then i'll have to get a carbon filter but i'm trying not to unless absolutely necessary
ok, i think that's it unless i've forgotten something
the strains are
1 Dutch Passion strawberry cough
1 Seedsman somango
1 Humboldt Seeds raspberry diesel
1 Nirvana jock horror
1 Nirvana pure power plant
thank you again all my wonderful GWE peeple peeples, i am so excited to try to give back a teensy bit of what you all have given me.
so all i have right now is some germination pics but i thought they might be helpful to newbies like myself since i took 'em as soon as they germinated, because, you know, i was checking like a fiend.
i ordered from Seedsman on 12/5 and they finally got here yesterday. i started germination of those seeds (the 3 labeled ones that are sprouted) yesterday evening around 6 and they had sprouted by 5 p.m. today. that's less than 12 hours!! sadly, the other two that you see that are not labeled have not yet sprouted and they have been germinating since 1/1. they are seeds from Nirvana, which i ordered on 12/15, after Seedsman but they got here about 7 days earlier than Seedsman. go figure.
anyway, the thing in the pics i'm calling my germination station (TM)
it's a crock pot with a little dish on the bottom to serve as a stand for the clear pyrex bowl on top so that the pyrex bowl doesn't sit in the water. i filled the pyrex bowel with FFOF that i triple quadruple rinsed to keep it from being too hot for proper germination. initially my plan was putting the seeds in shot glasses, putting the shot glasses in the dirt in the pyrex, putting the lid on the crock pot, create humidity and a heat source and let 'er be. well, when the two seeds that i tried that with weren't doing anything for a couple of days, i aborted that plan. who knows if it would've worked had i left things the way they were but i decided to go to my plan B. when my Seedsman seeds arrived i did them differently and converted the Nirvana seeds to the same method. that was to make little raviolis (like little square pockets) of soil within a layered paper towel and then put each seed about a pinky nail or less in the dirt, fold over the paper towel, put a little water in the middle, and squish down. the idea behind doing things this way was to recreate the conditions of nature as best i could (hence the first attempt with the shot glasses). so i was trying to have the soil that the seeds would eventually live in be present from the jump. another thing i changed was placing a slightly smaller pyrex bowl on top of and inside the bigger one to create yet another layer of warm glass barrier to maximize humidity. basically i was trying to make a little tiny sauna.
anyway, everything worked for the Seedsman seeds that sprouted in the paper towel raviolis. the Nirvana seeds are in same now but still have not sprouted. i might lose them but i knew that going in and i wanted to try this design/experiment out regardless. lemme know if you have any questions or suggestions. also, i plan to keep posting here throughout so here's my grow info so far
using FFOF soil in 10 gal smart pots
a mixture of dimmable iPower 1000W MH and HPS plus LED Viparspectra 300W and Roleadro 400 COB (2nd generation!!)
6' by 4' by 8' closet that i'm still tinkering with
Vortex S600 6" inline fan
planning on venting safely to the attic, if smell turns out to be a problem then i'll have to get a carbon filter but i'm trying not to unless absolutely necessary
ok, i think that's it unless i've forgotten something
the strains are
1 Dutch Passion strawberry cough
1 Seedsman somango
1 Humboldt Seeds raspberry diesel
1 Nirvana jock horror
1 Nirvana pure power plant
thank you again all my wonderful GWE peeple peeples, i am so excited to try to give back a teensy bit of what you all have given me.
