First Grow - start to finish

[latewood]

very nice info all around.

I would like to add, that I no longer germinate with paper towel method. I now put seed right in damp rapid rooter and spritz it 2-3 times daily...takes barely 3 sometimes 4-5
days and I have sprouts...I personally feel this is the most effective method available nowadays. (remember. back in the day, when paper towel method was the best, there were no rapid rooters)
You might want to give them a try. Jmho lw

[MaryjaneMenehune]

very nice info all around.

I would like to add, that I no longer germinate with paper towel method. I now put seed right in damp rapid rooter and spritz it 2-3 times daily...takes barely 3 sometimes 4-5
days and I have sprouts...I personally feel this is the most effective method available nowadays. (remember. back in the day, when paper towel method was the best, there were no rapid rooters)
You might want to give them a try. Jmho lw

Those sound pretty interesting... perhaps I'm just not up to par with all of the products on the market today, but that sounds like a good investment if you get strong sprouts quickly. I've been using superthrive in my grows from the first water on and it seems to stimulate growth pretty well. How would these two products stack up in comparison or is that like comparing apples to oranges?
As to fixing your problem, I saw a pretty good thread on growing from seed, let me see if i can find it...
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=25328
It comes courtesy of some experienced folks here on the site.
That may be of some help. Hope it works out.

[gtscruggs]

The two things on the side are:
Left: Ionnizer - essentially creates positivlty charged air particles. Therfore, removing air impurities in the grow room.

Right: Humidifier: boosting the humidity level inside the room for optimum hum. output to the plant.

cheers,

[gtscruggs]

Thanks MJM,

I basically followed their instruction to the tee; BTW: I got my info from a few well known hydro authors, and the info is basically the same, thats why this site/forum is the joint! Anyway, It's day 13 for the rockwool experiment and I have just switched to warm darkness inside the room with a 18 hour wet cycle.

Let See!
cheers,

[MaryjaneMenehune]

You may want to check out Gen's comments on starting in perlite...I started a few in peat pellets and a few in perlite (with some vermiculite on top to prevent algae growth). Im happy with the results. shots are a week or so after germination. I just used a yogurt container with holes in the bottom. The container is placed in a shallow dish filled with water. I transfer the yogurt containers to a dwc system when they can start taking nutes. Good luck.

[latewood]

I don't know everybody...... It has been an un-godly amount of time and the seeds did not germ. I have officially moved onto plan B. I cut a 2" square of rockwool and soaked it in 5.5 for about 5 hours. I then placed 2 seeds about 1/2" below the surface.

The room is at 80 deg. and is fully lit. I assumed the lighting wouldn't matter because the rockwoll eliminates about 90% of light penetration. I will keep everyone up on any changes. The posts may be speratic, but nothing has happened. Once the grow actually starts, I will update about every other day. This is officially Day 7 since I have placed the seeds in the rockwool. We shall C!

Did you shake out R'wool after soaking??? You have to shake it out like a freshly cleaned paintbrush to remove excess wetness...Otherwise seed will Drown.

If you keep having trouble with rockwool try rapid rooters...
Ihave use dboth, but am sold on rapid rooters for my beans...Now. goodluck lw

[krustythfreakinclown]

A few pointers for you:

Firstly, congratulations on your setup! It looks very well thought out.

Secondly, I strongly urge you to get an HPS lamp at some point for flowering. There are dealers on ebay that sell a 400W HPS kit for $99. You'll need to get an air-cooled hood, though if you are growing in a confined space. That also means you need to get a squirrel-cage fan and some flexible ducting. I'm not sure what those are going for on the 'Net.

Also, I advocate buying things locally if you can. This allows for immediate possession of the hardware and allows you to pay cash, making the purchase untraceable. Besides, it helps your local economy.

Your current setup would be AWESOME for a mother from which you can get clones. Provided you grow year-round, you would have a strong, healthy mopther from which you can get clones (I would do this, but I don't grow in the summer-too hot and I don't use A/C).

In any event, you are doing the right thing: doing a run or two with bagseed to see what you get and correcting any mistakes you make. Best of luck and I wish you a happy, heavy harvest!

[gtscruggs]

Ok.....The white rino broke through faster than the swag. I put both inside of rockwool basted in low ph overnight. After about a week I had a seedling. I'm at week two of the seedlings progress. I will post some pictures Monday.

Q: I'm seeing some yellow spots develop on the first set of true leaves. The plant has reached it's second set of leaves. What should I do?

I have already realized that I should replace the reseviour with new H20 ans nutes. I lowered the ppm of my nutes to about half to potentially compensate for nute burn and I'm now using boiled water not tap. I hope this will take care of the yellowing before it affects the second set of leaves.

Any suggestions!?

Pics on Monday (i loaned my digi to a friend)
cheers,

[gtscruggs]

OK...week 2 and I have a semi-good grow going. White rino with some problems! Slight yellowing on original leaves!

Help! Check previous post for overview.

cheers,
gtscruggs

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[Opie Yutts]

Looks like the yellowing is only where they are touching the clay pellets.

This is completely normal, at least that is it happens to me all the time. I am not sure, but I think it is because you are essentially applying nutrients directly to the leaves, which are so new they cant handle it.

I suppose you could prop them up if you are worried about it, but I don't. The leaf will die where the yellow spots are, but the rest of the leaf will continue to thrive.

If this is not the problem, It is most likely a too much light, too much nutrients, or both. I pull my light way back the first few days as well as start with 1/4 strength nutes for the 1st feeding, then 1/2, then full.