I am growing these under CFLs. I have four pots I seeded directly in soil. Four pots with seeds germinated in paper towels. The direct-to-soil pots were planted on different days. I planted two pots Sunday, Apr 26 2009 with seed from a really old bag. The seeds may have been a year old and it was from shwag if I remember correctly. Those two have no growth except some mushrooms. BTW, my Miracle Grow soil with time-release fertilizer grew mushrooms 24 hours after I watered it the first time. Watch out for this soil evidently it's not sterilized.

Two others seeded directly into soil Monday night (4-27-09) from my really excellent bag of pot had all the seeds up Tuesday afternoon, and now I have little hempseeds sticking up on little stalks. When the shells come off and I have leaves I'll post a pic. That's quick germination, no?

For sowing directly into soil it has been my habit to put three in each pot then thin them once I figure out the strongest ones.

Also Monday night I put four of those seeds into a wet paper towel, and four of the old shwaggy seeds into a towel. The good seeds were about to split yesterday, and today (4-29-09) three out of four had their taproots out, so I planted them today. The ones which were already germinated went one pot for one seed. One had no taproot but it looked like it was about to crack.

I am hoping I don't have the same bad luck I had last time with both plants being males. I want to see how my cabinet I have posted about works for flowering these (hopeful) girls. I think I will spray the inside with flat white paint and cover the outside with black contractor bags, and make a flap to cover my intake and exhaust holes.

I am also testing the effect of chlorine in tapwater on the growth of cannabis. The two I sowed directly were watered with bottled spring water, and the four I germinated in towels were germinated in springwater but I used tapwater to water the pots I planted them in. My water is very hard and alkaline, and recently the chlorine was upped to the point where it makes the water taste funny. I will be posting pictures as soon as the hulls are off and the leaves appear. Right now all you can see is stalks with beans on top. They're cute but nothing you haven't seen a billion times.

BTW I got my popcorn for $60/half and it was excellent, as good as most dro I've had around here, but with some seeds (about 24 seeds per ounce). What I call two-hit shit (I have a high tolerance, being a daily smoker)
JD1stTimer Reviewed by JD1stTimer on . CFL, third grow, bagseed from EXCELLENT bag (popcorn) I am growing these under CFLs. I have four pots I seeded directly in soil. Four pots with seeds germinated in paper towels. The direct-to-soil pots were planted on different days. I planted two pots Sunday, Apr 26 2009 with seed from a really old bag. The seeds may have been a year old and it was from shwag if I remember correctly. Those two have no growth except some mushrooms. BTW, my Miracle Grow soil with time-release fertilizer grew mushrooms 24 hours after I watered it the first Rating: 5