1st grow log

[stickygreenlightsabr]

You can see the cabinet and setup I am using in this thread: http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=27031

I threw in 4 Nirvana NLxBB seeds in cup of RO water on Wednesday. I checked them Thursday morning and three started showing taproot so I put them in rockwool cubes about 1/4' down. The cubes were presoaked in 6.0 water 10 min prior... oh well. I then put the cubes in a small box and covered it with a plastic bag. The box went under the bed and stayed around 75 degrees.

Today one of them started peeking through the cube. I'll be updating this thread frequently as the growing continues.

stickygreenlightsabr Reviewed by stickygreenlightsabr on 08-12-2005. 1st grow log You can see the cabinet and setup I am using in this thread: http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=27031 I threw in 4 Nirvana NLxBB seeds in cup of RO water on Wednesday. I checked them Thursday morning and three started showing taproot so I put them in rockwool cubes about 1/4' down. The cubes were presoaked in 6.0 water 10 min prior... oh well. I then put the cubes in a small box and covered it with a plastic bag. The box went under the bed and stayed around 75 degrees. Today one Rating: 5

[Zandor]

I see you are using Rockwool, I'll be nice...lol

Good luck I'm sure you will be fine, great job on the cabinet.

Peace

[stickygreenlightsabr]

What's the deal with rockwool... how do YOU germinate seeds?

[Zandor]

Peat moss pellets, they wash off very clean and easy once I'm ready to transplant them. Nothing is held close to the root ball to cause nutrient miss-balance or Ph problems I control everything, no guessing, no other issues. I just learned my lesson many years ago.

<Hint> You may want to cover the top of your Rockwool or Alga will start to grow. </Hint>

That's just me I'm sure you will be fine.

[stickygreenlightsabr]

I have this laying around the house that was ironicly meant for legal herbs

http://www.ferry-morse.com/product_view.asp?id=301

Thoughts? I've come across info that says don't use #7 pellets for MJ but don't know what that means. I will try these out next time if you think they are worthwhile.

[stickygreenlightsabr]

Oh, one more thing... when should I throw them under the light, when the stem has uncurled and the seed leaves are showing?

I think I busted a bozo move and put them under the light to early or too close. It never got over 77 degrees but the stems turned dark purple and I think they are toast. God damn it, those were my 4 best looking seeds too!

I'm starting over and filing this one under "over-enthusiastic", "impatient", and most importantly "lesson learned". 4 more seeds are being dunked in water tonight.

So now it's rockwool vs. those peat pellets I have for round #2.

[stickygreenlightsabr]

Was out most of the day and left 3 of the 4 toasty seedlings alone in a drawer. Two of them are still growing so I will keep those and hope the other one shows signs of life. Just to be safe I threw in 3 more seeds in a cup of water.

I've casually germinated bagseeds with 100% success in the past. Funny that I mess things up the first time I try to do it "right", lol.

[stickygreenlightsabr]

Here they are not looking so dark purple anymore. There is still slight discoloration at the bend but they seem to be a-ok.

[stickygreenlightsabr]

The seed leaves never really formed. Once the seed leaves began to open up there was already a set of normal leaves formed. It has been 5 days since I planted the seed and this is what it looks like, is this normal or maybe due to the light burn? The stem looks orange/brown towards the base and green towards the leaves. The seedling is 1" tall from the medium. It has been under a 20W light for 3 days.

[sheist]

yeah, looks like light burn, poor little thing..