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 . 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