New Grow. First Grow. Will be ebb and flow

I'm about to begin my first grow. Like any n00b I have questions and hopefully I can get these sorted out before I move out of germination stage.

This grow is dedicated to my Father-In-Law. The seeds were from him about 9 months ago in a plastic baggy. He passed in July from Lung Cancer but I know he really wanted me to give this a try. According to him this was some really good herb, something about being purple. If I can get anything to grow and it makes it to bud then I'll post the pics for identification.

Here we grow:

1) Germination began last night. I started with 24 seeds and placed them in grow plugs that were saturated with Liquid Karma solution. 1 tsp to gallon, removed all the air from the plugs and placed one seed per plug into a seed tray. I covered the tray with a humidity dome. Lighting is being produce by two 2 foot T5 high performance grow light relector kits. The lights are about 6 to 8 inches from the top of the dome.

Question: How long should I wait until I see something?

Question: At what point should I remove them from the tray (I assume they stay in the plug for the remainder of their lives) and place them in my ebb and flow? Is there a height or a certain number of leaves that would be best?

Question: I looked at the lighting section and I am still confused. I can purchase a 400HPS light setup with the built in ballast. I think that's all I need but I'm sure someone will tel me differently. The question is, and I believe it was answered as "yes", can I veg and bloom with 400HPS only?


I will update this log daily, whether there is news or not, for the same reasons everyone else updates their logs. I will post images as soon as possible so we can all "oooo and awwwwww" at the progress. I like to conerse with people so any input is appreciated. I will answer all questions to the best of my ability.

Thanks folks!

Whats with the liquid karma solution? I'd probably stick with plain water.....at least until they crack their shells and then id use something along the line of superthrive instead of LK. My seedlings wouldn't see any LK until they were a couple weeks old.

The clerk, who seemed pretty knowledgable at the hydro store said to use it in a soaked pulg, and then to use regular water (spay) a couple of times a day.

Well nothing has cracked out of those seeds as of yet. Hopefully they weren't too old or dried out.

As I said earlier I'm germinating 24 seeds. The reason for so many seeds is to guarantee (by odds) that I'll have at least 4 females to grow. The problem is that I don't have the capacity to keep all 24 in one system while waiting to sex them.

The system I am planning to use (i've already built it) is a DIY Ebb and Flow. I'm using an 18 gallon res and 14 gallon grow container. The grow container lid will be cut to accomodate 4 5" net pots to be suspended from the top so it can dangle in the solution when the container has been filled.

So there is the problem. Let's say I'm lucky enough to get 12 of those 24 seeds to pop. Lets say even more or a few less. What can I do to keep them alive while I am waiting for the first four to sex?

I really don't want to invest too much more. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Hate to bring up old posts, for this I am sorry, but I see you have 70+ posts and nothing else on this thread. What happened with the 24? Did Jack Bauer come get em? :sorry: lol