Hindu Kush, From Seed.

[socialistpete]

You are a god amongst men my friend!! Lets hope they live!!!

[elskeetro]

You are a god amongst men my friend!! Lets hope they live!!!

Sorry. Greeny McBean didn't make it. Still no sign of Yellow poking through.

This may end up being a classic case of RED VS. BLUE.

Skeet.

[SnSstealth]

the Hindu Halo Wars.....heh....
whiskeytango

[jakezking]

Sorry to read about the green not making it - green is my favorite color strangely enough, go figure?

Your co-op sounds like an incredible idea and association of friends. I need to start a similar setup with a family member - just the 2 setups, but with different strains and exchange of same.

I've never heard a bad thing about HK, but then again I haven't really heard a bad thing about any named strain. I'm looking forward to watching the bean race.

Have you ever helped the seedling shed the remainder of its seed, and if so have you noticed any effects, good or bad, from it? I mistakenly pulled a bean off an extremely young seedling, thereby resulting in its death. However, once the seedlings are a bit older, such as yours, pulling the remaining cap off it seems to help it by allowing the cotyledons that extra bit of light. I haven't done any research, or search on the board for that matter, of the shedding of the shell. My guess is the bean shell must have some basic nutrients in it that if pulled off too early takes away vital nutrients?

Sorry for the long-winded post, but I saw red and blue in their battle to shed their shell, and wondered if you had any thoughts on this process.

Good luck with your grow, skeet! Be good out there!

[Puffzter]

I use a needle to get the cap off very gently the day after they are above ground if it wont fall off from itself. I'm sure it makes more harm than good if the leaves can't get light as soon as possible and the seedling can stand up normally.
Blue and red certainly would gain from it if they still look like that, it is very obvious they are still looking for light so help the leaves fold out. As for the others don't give up on them but at least try to help them. I had one HK that didn't come up normally and when i brushed some coco off the top it was trapped in the seed cap as well. I removed it gently with a needle and carefully helped the leaves open up a little bit and it took off fine.
I hope yours make it man

Puffzter

[elskeetro]

Yeah, i used the tip of my tweezers to help the shell off of the RED because it was just barely hanging on, just needed a little push. BLUE is still on there because i'd have to get in there pretty good and i don't want to piss it off. Hopefully it shakes it off a little more and i can free the beast within when i get home tonight.

No worries about long winded posts. Everyone of my posts is long winded.

thanks for all the interest, friends, it encourages me to keep up to date and do it all right because everyone's watching. haha.

Skeet

[Puffzter]

I suggest u get it off the other one too though. Its a bit sticky but it will come off and u do want photosyntesis to start as soon as possible.

To simplify a bit plants are made up from carbon to a VERY big degree and that comes from the air. (CO2)

You might even go as far as saying that the (almost) sole purpouse of nutes in whatever form you give a plant is to make them more efficiently absorb carbon to make building blocks to grow. You wont hurt a plant by making this process starting as long as u don't physically hurt it and you wont on that one if u are careful, believe me.
Another thing is the longer it takes for it to get light ON the leaves the more it will stretch and exhaust its reserves to push up instead of developing.

Puffzter

[SunnyD]

I'm gonna hit this thread up man, this seems tight.

Good luck man!!

[elskeetro]

I suggest u get it off the other one too though...EDIT FOR LENGTH

Puffzter

Yeah, Physical damage was my worry. I'll be ripping that shit off tonight and throwing 'em up under some gentle lights. I've got a 14w T5 that'd be about 10 inches above. think that's too much for a little babe?

thanks.
Skeet.

PS - Welcome Sunny!

[Puffzter]

Thats fine.
I use a 125W CFL with reflector at about 10 inches when mine come up, works fine. Its basically just about the temperature.