Back on Track

[sheist]

Back on Track.. Of course we all heard the sad news that I had to kill my seedling, well I got 5 seeds cracked, 1 beginnin to sprout.. I got 5 styrofoam cups wit soil ready for them.. I'm gettin the supplies together tomorrow, officially, as i had them scattered from one friend's crib to another, i'll be officially constructing my stealth grow bin, just in time for these babies to hatch!

sheist Reviewed by sheist on 03-07-2006. Back on Track Back on Track.. Of course we all heard the sad news that I had to kill my seedling, well I got 5 seeds cracked, 1 beginnin to sprout.. I got 5 styrofoam cups wit soil ready for them.. I'm gettin the supplies together tomorrow, officially, as i had them scattered from one friend's crib to another, i'll be officially constructing my stealth grow bin, just in time for these babies to hatch! Rating: 5

[mmm bud]

good luck man! yea its definetly worth getting prepared now before you have to rush.

[karmaxul]

Glad to here you were not discouraged. I would get a mother so you dont have to worry about seeds of that variety any more. Best of luck to you and yours.
One love
c

[sheist]

I should be getting some female clones on the way anyhow!! This grow is gonna be experimental..

i'ma try the blueberry idea.. i'ma put blue berries in the soil, lil blueberry juice in the water when i water it (just a little bit.. not gonna o'd..) might even grow a blueberry plant next them..

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But back to the grow at hand.. I checked today and all 5 seeds showed root.. So I got 5 styrofoam cups and filled them with soil, and put the seeds on in!

I made my grow bin as well..

18in x 16in x 25in

with 2 15w CFL tubes (full spectrum) aligned on an angle, each to a different side so it looks like a X from a profile's view.. they're aligned on the outer area, not in the middle.. I placed the cups in there in a neat lign..

I took a couple sheets of cardboard to lay across the top of the bin, and put 2 holes in them for 2 25wCFL fullspectrum bulbs..

I figured I would get an electric blanket to layer the floor, and generate heat... however...

I realized that the heat from the bulbs were good enough, causin the cups' water to evaporate from the soil and into the area of the bin... thus creating a tropical climate warming the plant's environment

so at this point, i'm going cover the cups with plastic wrap to retain the water from the soil... this way i wont have to keep watering..

but MY question is the (2)15w + (2) 25w good for 5 sprouts? seedlings??
How far in till I have to be concerned with upping the wattage??

[sheist]

So its day 2 of 18/6, after putting the seeds into soil.. I hadn't seen anything.. so wat i did was this...

1) i worked on the bin, set up a metal hanger-wire frame ballast to support the bulbs, they were folding the cardboard, and resting on the cups, practically... so that issue is of no concern anymore..

Experiment #1
3 cups i ran a copper wire through the soil, leading to one end of a battery.. the other end ran a wire to an aluminum foil which is placed above the soil.. I'm trying to use static electricity to help power the plant.. Someone did something pretty similar to this with solar panels and grew some illness... So i'm trying that idea out..

As well I dug through the soil to check the status on the seeds, turned out that each time i watered or so, the seeds sank further into the soil.. but I found them and the cotyledons are forming, and the stem is forming as well!

so I gave them a little surface and covered the cup with plastic wrap to keep the moisture.. the 3 plants with the static have the plastic wraps.. the other 2 dont.. Those are the control.

[sheist]

Finally got some pics of my grow.. mid-Day 2, 18/6 80w total.. styrfoam cup wit soil, and static therapy.. tell me wat yall think..

[sheist]

whoops.. here they are..

Pic 1 - the primary set up..
Pic 2 - generic ballast (serves its purpose)
Pic 3 - primary set up right before i close
Pic 4 - control plant 1
pic 5 - experimental plant 3

[sheist]

any takers?? yea? no?

[karmaxul]

When you transplant try getting promix or farfred (1800peatmoss) or mix 80% peat in the soil.

One love
c

[sheist]

not going to transplant.. i'm going to go hydro.. cutting the bottom of the cups off and letting the roots dangle onto a net and spray them out..