By Nov 3, 2007 a few of the seeds from the bud I was smoking started showing growth. 2 of them were about 1 inch, 2 more had just completed germination and were breaking soil, while another was about 1/2 inch. The 16 seeds I found were showing no signs of life so for shits and giggles, I started 5 more seeds to germinating just the night before from another bag I was smoking (from a different dealer). By the 4th I had a 5 for 5 germination success rate. So I slam those 5 into peat pellets and I'm rockin'. With all the success, I started flingin seeds everywhere. The excitement built up and I was hooked. My shyt is poppin now and I'm stoked. I hop online and snatch up the schematics on a 11 pot ebb & flow system. I'll post links to the schematics if anyone wants it. (If it's cool with the mods.) I complete construction and it's all under $20 I had white spray paint and black prime from some Xbox mods so I saved on that, and the soda bottles were collected quickly due to the mass Pepsi consumption in my household. I over-payed for my pump because I went to Petland instead of being patient and buyng online. Now the obsession starts. By Nov. 5th I notice the taproot coming thru on 5 of the 7 1st born which I named The Magnificent 7. The Strays never made it so they were removed. I moved The Magnificent 7 to a 70/30 Vermiculite/Perlite mix in 16oz Solo cups. Meanwhile I'm slowly coming to the realization that these babies will need a crib. So I commendere a nice size acbinet and get things together. I painted inside a flat ceiling white and slammed 3 shoplights with 3 6000 lumen office lights and 3 6500 natural sunshine bulbs in an alternating pattern. I switched from the Plant/Aquarium because 1 bulb crapped out on me.:wtf: I slipped whatever was in my office in there and found out the next morning that they liked that one better. They all started looking towards that bulb instead of the P/A bulbs so, out you go. Besides, they look like they're better for flowering with that reddish hue to it. At this point I still haven't been using any nutes as I read it wasn't good for them until they've got their 2nd set of "true leaves". (Something I learned from cruzing this site:thumbsup The 5 pre-germinated seeds are all looking good and by the 9th, they were put into Solo cups and named The Echo 5 (that name comes from an old rap group we formed back in da day). BTW, the Solo cups have been drilled with numerous holes prior to use in order to allow water to run through quickly.
Here's a link to my Pics for reference. Rastaman Vibrations Gallery - Cannabis Photo Gallery
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