First Grow: Jack the Ripper under a Procyon

[DrSpoof]

Hi all,

I've been visiting the boards for close to a year now, quietly soaking up knowledge as best i can. The last 2 or 3 months I've been doing my research and a week ago, I finally jumped in and planted my first 8 seeds.

I'm growing TGA's Jack the Ripper from Hemp Depot (mad props to HD, I was amazed at the ingenuity of how the seeds were packed lol). I ordered 10, and having never ordered seeds before, managed to lose 2 just by trying to find them in the packaging... I sowed 8 in some rapid rooters (the floating styrofoam tray kind) last Sunday. I've been keeping them in my room with a small dome on; temps are around 65-70F and humidity 55-60%.

Two seeds heaved out on Thursday; I carefully dug them up and replanted them. Starting Friday morning (~8 am), I put the tray under the Procyon. I came home from work briefly around 4 PM, and noticed that the two seeds that had heaved had turned around and were sprouting more. One more seed sprouted (without heaving! woot), and a fourth one seemed to be half-heaving, half-sprouting. I turned off the light (it was making my room look like aliens were invading from the outside lol) and cleaned up the soil around the fourth seed a bit to help it break through.

Here's my full setup:
1 Procyon 100
1 Homebox S
1 Vortex 4" 172CFM blower & fan speed controller
1 4" ProFilter Charcoal filter
Rapid Rooter trays
TGA Jack the Ripper seeds
Full set of FF nutes, soil, etc.

My space is a 2.5 foot by 6 foot cellar behind my room. Nice and discreet, its used to store a few cases of wine right now and I got permission to use it as long as I keep it on the DL. Had to cut an inch and a half off 6 of the Homebox pipes to make it fit, it was a little over an inch too wide (I hate hacksaws, PS.)

This grow was inspired by SnSStealth's LED grow log, so again mad props to WT and DB for all their efforts... I will also be trying to go the organic soil route with my grow.

So, again, here's a summary of the current status:
I sowed the seeds 6 days ago. 4 have sprouted, while 4 have not. I poked around in the 4 that have not, and they appear to not have germinated that well (taproots were very small compared to the 2 I saw on the heaved seeds). I also found a seed on my desk that mustve been one of the two missing seeds, so I threw that in the tray as well yesterday.

Are the 4 non-sprouters a lost cause by now? Or is there a chance they'll turn it around?

Also, I have the tray under the Procyon and I'm planning on giving them 18/6. Anything I'm forgetting? Suggestions? Unfortunately, I haven't been as active a poster as I'd like (more of a lurker, lol) so I will have to look to imageshack or rapidshare to put up some pics, once I start snapping them.

Thanks in advance, all.
-DrSpiggity

DrSpoof Reviewed by DrSpoof on 06-07-2008. First Grow: Jack the Ripper under a Procyon Hi all, I've been visiting the boards for close to a year now, quietly soaking up knowledge as best i can. ;) The last 2 or 3 months I've been doing my research and a week ago, I finally jumped in and planted my first 8 seeds. I'm growing TGA's Jack the Ripper from Hemp Depot (mad props to HD, I was amazed at the ingenuity of how the seeds were packed lol). I ordered 10, and having never ordered seeds before, managed to lose 2 just by trying to find them in the packaging... I sowed 8 Rating: 5

[justanotherbozo]

LOL, let me be the first to say welcome and i look forward to following your log

now you can respond to me and get your tally up so you will soon be able to post pics the right way, lol

:joint1:

[GreenDestiny]

Best of luck with your Procyon, and your first grow. As you'll soon find out, growing is exponentially more addictive than using the final product. I'm almost sold on the idea of LED's for growing, I know how great it can be, I just wanna see more of it first.. lol... so, thanks for being one of the people to experiment with it.

I'll be watching...

[DrSpoof]

Thanks guys... I'm really looking forward to a new hobby. I'm a computer programmer by trade so I've really been looking something to invest my time in after work that doesnt involve a PC.

Growing just seemed like a good way to broaden my horizons while providing a veeeeeeeeeery useful end product, lol. :rastasmoke:

DrSpiggity

[justanotherbozo]

Thanks guys... I'm really looking forward to a new hobby. I'm a computer programmer by trade so I've really been looking something to invest my time in after work that doesnt involve a PC.

Growing just seemed like a good way to broaden my horizons while providing a veeeeeeeeeery useful end product, lol. :rastasmoke:

DrSpiggity

LOL, i hate to say it man but, since i started growing, i've spent MORE time on the PC.
first, looking for help, then to show off my fumblings, now for both of those reasons as well as to spend time with other like minded people, some of whom i have developed great respect for.
and also, maybe most importantly, to reach out a hand of welcome to the noob's just as hands reached out to me.

LOL, i think you will find that growing it is maybe more addictive than smoking it, LOL

anyway :joint1: i look forward to following your log

[DrSpoof]

Hah thanks again bozo.

Updates... The 4 sprouts are doing great, one of them is actually almost an inch high... I am going to go buy another little chain from the hw store today so I can move my light up and down with a little more flexibility. Right now its at about 23" from the plants... I'm assuming it should be more in the 12-15" range, right?

Also, 1 more sprout came up yesterday and another one looks like he'll be ready to go by the end of today. Another question: I watered these guys once last Sunday and added about another 12oz of water on Tuesday. The RapidRooter plugs are plenty moist though, so I'm going to go ahead and assume they dont need to be watered again? Being a noob I'm super afraid of over watering lol.

Temps 67F, 63% btw. And wow, that light certainly gets to you after awhile... :stoned:

DrSpiggity

[justanotherbozo]

Hah thanks again bozo.

Updates... The 4 sprouts are doing great, one of them is actually almost an inch high... I am going to go buy another little chain from the hw store today so I can move my light up and down with a little more flexibility. Right now its at about 23" from the plants... I'm assuming it should be more in the 12-15" range, right?

Also, 1 more sprout came up yesterday and another one looks like he'll be ready to go by the end of today. Another question: I watered these guys once last Sunday and added about another 12oz of water on Tuesday. The RapidRooter plugs are plenty moist though, so I'm going to go ahead and assume they dont need to be watered again? Being a noob I'm super afraid of over watering lol.

Temps 67F, 63% btw. And wow, that light certainly gets to you after awhile... :stoned:

DrSpiggity

oddly enough, i think you should move the light closer rather than farther away, at this stage they don't need much light but if the light is far away your seedlings will stretch more than you'd like.
still a good idea to get the chain.

as for the rapidrooter plugs, i've never used them so can't say for sure, i assume you have a humidity dome. you don't want them to dry out but you don't want them soggy either
also, i left the dome on longer than i should have (2 - 3 weeks) and ended up with a terrible mold problem, if you have a dome with vents, open the top to let some of the moisture out

also, if you haven't already, you should go to this thread and read it all, lots of useful info for you from another LED grower (2 actually, Whiskey Tango and Doughboy)
http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...-grow-log.html

try to get StinkyAttic's attention, she uses those rapidrooter plugs herself and will know what to advise you better than i

lol, just another 30 post's or so and you can throw up some pics


:joint1:

[DrSpoof]

yeah i can see that my "champ" seedling (if hes a she, i can see some mama potential in her ) is stretching too much after only a few days under the light, so i def. want to move to 12ish inches instead of 23.

i have read WT and DB's LED thread, thats actually what inspired me to buy the procyon... ive read the thing top to bottom a few times now lol.

ive been workin on the post count... by the time theres pics worth taking (a few more days...), I should be good to go.

Btw, another lil guy broke soil today... so far 7 of my original 8 seeds have broken soil, and my one seed thats a few days behind will hopefully be good.

DrSpiggity

[DrSpoof]

Update time and first pics!

8 of the 9 seeds have sprouted, and the one guy that I planted late seems to have split! You'll have to check the pics for yourself, but its wacky. These seeds were dropped in the ground 6/1 and most of these seedlings are 7 or 8 days old. This being a first grow I have no idea if I'm on course, behind, or ahead of schedule.

Been adding a Solo cup worth of water every 2 or 3 days (if the soil starts to feel a little less moist. Just finally got a real PH wand in the mail yesterday but havent gotten a chance to open it yet. I will do so and test my water / soil and check back in afterwards.

[DrSpoof]

Here's some pics w a flashlight and camera flash... have to head to home depot this week and buy a cfl & fixture for the chamber for pic taking / plant examination.

How am I lookin? :jointsmile:

DrSpiggity