Sowed my wild oats - 8 new ones to me

[Opie Yutts]

First and foremost, MUCHAS gracias to the people that helped me get this going. My mother area is down to 2 varieties, and Iâ??m finding it hard to get stoned. Iâ??m hoping that mixing it up a bit will help.

Iâ??ve got 8 new varieties of seeds planted. Some are in seedling soil, mixed with 20% perlite and 3% vermiculite. Some are in a mix of half perlite and half vermiculite. I hope some sprout. So as to not put all my eggs in one basket, Iâ??ve put them in a variety of conditions (I guess 6). All seeds were planted about 1/4 inch deep, and the containers were flooded with water mixed with a few drops of Thrive Alive, and PHâ??d to 6.7. Nothing was done to the seeds, except the Church seed, which was scuffed up a bit with 150 grit sandpaper, mostly along the ridges.

The plants in the flowering closet are in with some clones I just started the day before. To start, theyâ??re on 24 hr lighting consisting of one 26 watt 5800K CFL, about 18 inches above. I have a heat lamp and thermostat in case temperatures drop below 74, but havenâ??t wired it yet since it hasnâ??t been cold here the past few days. Temps in the closet have been around 80, humidity around 40. The laser thermometer says that the surface of the dirt plants are 76, and the surface of the perlite/vermiculite plants are 74.

In the mother closet all plants are on a heat pad, which stays about 92. The air temp is 86, and the surface of the soil not in the dome is 76, while the surface of the mix is 74. The plants in the humidity dome are a different story. The floor of the dome is 102, and the surface of the soil is 92, and the surface of the mix is 90. Does anyone know if thatâ??s too hot? I read on the web that most seeds in general like to germinate in soil between 68 and 90.

I think it will be interesting to see how the results from all the different environments compare. I find it interesting that the surface of the soil is consistently 2 degrees warmer than the surface of the perlite/vermiculite mix. Does anyone know why this is? Is this simply because the soil is darker, and will remain warmer like anything black out in the sun, as opposed to white? Or does it have something to do with the portion of peat that comes with the seedling soil, kinda like a compost heap can get hot, and even catch fire?

Dad gummit, how the heck can you post a simple table, or copy and paste something that was composed with using the tab button? OK, so I guess I have to make the table with a spread sheet, print screen that into photoshop, crop, and save for web. There. If you're seeing it at less than 100% some of the lines dissapear.

Environment Legend
FS = in Flowering closet, in Soil
FM = in Flowering closet, in Mix
MHDS = in Mother closet, on Heat pad, under humidity Dome, in Soil
MHDM = in Mother closet, on Heat pad, under humidity Dome, in Mix
MHS = in Mother closet, on Heat pad, in Soil
MHM = In Mother closet, on Heat pad, in Mix

Strain Legend
F = Feminized
U = Unsexed
WW = White Widow
SNL X NH = Sour Northern Lights X Nevilleâ??s Haze
C = Church
CC = Cotton Candy
BRX = Blue Russian Cross
SWD = Sweet Dreams
MK = Master Kush
WB = White Berry

Opie Yutts Reviewed by Opie Yutts on 05-18-2008. Sowed my wild oats - 8 new ones to me First and foremost, MUCHAS gracias to the people that helped me get this going. My mother area is down to 2 varieties, and Iâ??m finding it hard to get stoned. Iâ??m hoping that mixing it up a bit will help. Iâ??ve got 8 new varieties of seeds planted. Some are in seedling soil, mixed with 20% perlite and 3% vermiculite. Some are in a mix of half perlite and half vermiculite. I hope some sprout. So as to not put all my eggs in one basket, Iâ??ve put them in a variety of conditions (I guess Rating: 5

[Opie Yutts]

Total seeds planted: 24
Total seeds saved: 22 (2 WW, 12 SNL X NH, 1 C, 4 BRX, 1 SWD)

I donâ??t know much about the Sweet Dreams, but the Blue Russian cross is very much in favor with several people in this forum, and is reported to have an up high, and fruity taste and smell. Iâ??m really looking forward to the White Widow. Itâ??s only the most popular strain in the world.

I debated long and hard about this first photo, but I know some of you would give your 6th nipple to see a shot of my toes.

[Weedhound]

HOLY SHIT! Impressive set up there Opie. :thumbsup: Are you going to go on a clone craze once they all pop? You're going to have a FOREST there!

[Technique2]

Nice! Good luck with all those names.

[Opie Yutts]

Are you going to go on a clone craze once they all pop?

Yup, that's the plan, mostly. I'll probably put a couple outdoors and see what happens. I might even end up making a mother or 2 out of an outdoor plant, but the absolute best case scenario would be for me to go from 2 varieties to 10.

[Opie Yutts]

Nice! Good luck with all those names.

Thanks. Gottem labeled. It'll be interesting to see the differences.

[Opie Yutts]

I forgot to mention that after soaking them all, I misted them with Serenade, an antifungal. I also forgot to mention that the plants in the mother area are about 16 inches under a 4 foot, 54 watt, 6500K T5 fluorescent.

32 hours:
The temperatures dropped today, and the flowering closet was down to 70 degrees. Iâ??ve never had to worry before about temperatures getting too low in there, since plants in there were always being kept nice and warm with a 600 watt HPS. I rigged up a heat lamp on a cheap thermostat, which comes on if temperatures drop to 71. It stays on until 81, but just too make sure things donâ??t get too hot too fast it has a duty cycle of 3 minutes on and 12 off. Additionally if temperatures reach 83, an exhaust system with a big-ass, room clearing fan comes on, and stays on unless temps drop to 76. If youâ??re interested in how I wired the thermostat or whatever, I made a thread about it here.

38 hours:
We have a winner folks. 3 have shown, and Cotton Candy was the first. The other 2 are SNLxNH and SNLxNH. All seeds sprouted so far are in dirt, in the flowering closet. Everything is staying nice and moist still, except the 2 in perlite/vermiculite that are on the heat mat, but not under the dome. They seemed a little close to drying out, so I very gently and very slightly watered them.

46 hours:
3 new ones showed up, all in the humidity dome. Iâ??m very happy to see that a White Widow has popped. If I can only have one out of the bunch it would either have to be the WW or Church, just because this particular lot of bean has been reported very hard to pop. Got one more, but a smaller Church seed just in case I want to try some real fancy mad scientist stuff on it. What that would be, Iâ??m not sure yet.

Sprayed everything with Serenade again. The Cotton Candy â??s tap root looked very furry, which Iâ??m almost positive is just normal root fur. If itâ??s mold, sheâ??s probably done for already.

60 hours:
Iâ??m very pleased to announce that all the babies have emerged except 3 of the 24. All 3 were in the flowering section. Itâ??s obvious the ones in the humidity dome are hatching faster, so I moved the stubborn 3 into the dome. They are a white widow, blue russian, and of course the church. And the church is the one bit we wanted bad. The one that was going to make me. Actually I want a white widow most, so Iâ??m pleased 3 have come up so far. I just wanted

[Opie Yutts]

Oops. I was trying to say I wanted the church to thrive because itâ??s reported to be a hard starter.

[Technique2]

Good news to hear on the sprouts popping:thumbsup: With the variety you have you should be VERY pleased come harvest.

[Opie Yutts]

About 5 days now and and they've all sprouted, except of course the church seed. They are stretching like crazy. I need to get more light on them today, and probably give up on the church. Mentally anyway, not physically just yet.