My First Ever Grow (Advice more than Welcome)

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Originally Posted by soccergal

Thanks Omega!

Six, I had a problem with a few of mine like that. Because the soil did that when watered, they ended up much deeper than I would have liked them to be. Maybe this is why some people only put small amounts of perlite in the actual soil, but put a layer at the bottom. Hmmm...something to think about. Also, vermiculite retains moisture. Right? I know one is for drainage and one retains moisture but it's like...6 something a.m. I don't function at this hour. LOL. That said, I'd look into that. If you added some vermiculite then maybe you wouldn't have to worry so much about your seed not getting water. Just some thoughts.

As for hijacking my thread. We all need a hijacking once in awhile. Keeps us on our toes. Plus, try to answer your questions is beneficial to this whole learning process. Which is exactly what it is. I'd assume that whether you're new or old to this there are always new things to learn.

So yes...hijacker you are, but I don't mind! I kind of like that someone is keeping regular tabs on this thread, so hijack away, and hopefully I'll continue to see you on here.

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yeah im not sure what the hell is goin on. i just trashed my 2nd attepmt :(. woke up this morning (about an hour ago) looked at the pots in hopes of seeeing something...nothing. so i try to lightly push away the dirt to find the seeds and i look and NO SEEd??? what the heck happend to my seed??? no steem system no nothing. just dirt and perlite. so i dump one pot and spent 10 min looking for the seed andnothing. huh. is that what you meant by, ''Because the soil did that when watered, they ended up much deeper than I would have liked."

so far i have had 0 success. 0% germination rate. and is really bring me down :( who was it you talked to for help? i need there # :P cuz somthing is wrong and i can't determin or fix it

place your seeds bewteen two moist paper towels and leave them be for 3 days just make sure you keep them damp and not wet cover them in some clear wrap they will sprout in the towels then you place them 1-2" in the dirt

is the towl method better then the cup mythod? i would think there is a possablitly that your rott could get cought in the pors of the tissue and could damage the root.

so what is causing my seed to dissapear?

probly just bad seeds if it was bag seed its known to suck at times every seed i ever germed i just put right into the soil and added about 4oz of water every 4-5 days they popped the soil in 4 days and continued the water the same until they were on the 2nd set of leaves.

It's really not possible that it just dissapeared. You most likely just mistook it for dirt. By going deeper I mean that when I put my seeds in the soil the soil was BARELY covering it. I mean, I could almost see the seed, and then sprinkled some soil over top. But when I watered, it pushed the seed down deeper. You don't need to pack your soil, watering it will do that.

The cup method does work. Bag seed is kind of a gamble. You never know what your success rate is going to be. That said, one of my plants is from bag seed. And it's growing stronger than my other plant. So...you never know.

If you want, you can do the cup method, and then go to the paper towel method. This seems to work for most. I simply skipped it as it was suggested to me that by doing so I'd be less likely to mess up the root and as I'm a newb. the less fool proof, the better!!!

And also, are you using the same seeds as your previous attempts? Because if so, this may be an indication that your seeds are not mature. That doesn't mean that none of them will pop, it just means that not all will. I think that was the case with mine.

Everyone I've talked to is pretty much in this forum. Another good place to go is the chatroom. There are usually some very helpful people in there. That said, anything you could want to know about germination can be found here on the boards using the search function. Trust me!

Remember green seeds, or even plain tan are usually not mature enough. You want to give the seeds a little squish to make sure they don't crack. If they crack, they're no good. There is plenty more info like this out there. Hopefully you figure it out. Good Luck!

I always give my seeds wheather pot or tomato,cukes, whatever.. a 24 hour presoak with water from my fish tank...Then to the paper towels...with great success....

I've posted questions here and there, done massive amount of reading, and seen this thread a few times. My grow is similiar to yours soccer. I'm growing my 4 babies in a small cab, mylared, computer fan (but desk fan going also), with 6-26w cool whites, 8" pots, and a timer. I've also got 4-42w soft whites but did a bunch of research finally finding out GE soft whites are 2700-3000k. So I'll flower with them. I used the paper towel method germinating and all four I tried sprouted. Hence, I've got three pots going now and will transplant out of the one that has two plants in it after I can sex 'em, I plan to LST after the 4 or 5th node, cause the cab's only 32" tall. I'm gonna try to take some clones from the girls and evetually ScrOG 'em. I think mine sprouted about the same time as yours. Mine were about 1Sep. I almost did my 30-10-10 nute thing today, but I think I better wait another week or two. The babies are right up (1/2"-1") under the bulbs. I've read they can even touch and not to worry about it. I think I'll do the mollases for flowering fert thing. Sure sounds good. And proper curing is also important, apparently. So anyway, good luck. Happy growing. Just remember we are gonna make mistakes on a first grow, but the good people here will help, for sure

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Originally Posted by qdavid

So anyway, good luck. Happy growing. Just remember we are gonna make mistakes on a first grow, but the good people here will help, for sure

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Thanks! Yes, I'm sure there are going to be mistakes. Hopefully none too deadly. Your grow does sound a lot like mine. Except I've only got two plants going. I'm really hoping at least one is female. I know it's too early to tell sex,
but one of mine does already have what looks like pistils. So...hopefully that will end up being what they are. Only time will tell.

I'm also going to be LSTing. I know I need to transplant mine, but I'm trying to wait till around week 3. By that time I think they'll be much stronger and I can start with the nutes. It is my understanding that you should wait until around week 3 to introduce the nutes.

I have also thought about cloning, but I really haven't looked into it too much. I will though at some point look at that information. Curing seems to be very important, and takes patience. That is something I definitly have.

Good luck to you!!!

i took 5 seeds from dr chronic. Put them in water till they cracked and a little root started. Then put them into RW cubes. Viola, 4 out of the 5 have sprouted in 3 days.

hey soccer, i started my grow pretty much the same time as you did, and i got to tell you, ur plants look very much upto shapes. Ur probably around day 10 or 11 and u had 5x the number leaves. looks good trust me, and thanks for the info on streching; so yeah i am definatly gonna be checking out this thread from time to time to see what my plants should be looking like.