1stGrow; ZkittleZ Og Auto Supersoil

So, this is a seed I've singled out from the 4 plants I have grown. Reason why this was created, that if it turns out well I want to be able to add it into contests, don't we all want a great plant and if I can give a good enough diary, well then I will. I will single this plant out aswel as the cbd by fastbuds and will leave detailed info on their individual growth and techniques used. Conditions: 22c water, ph 6.3 ppm 78 kept in a dark press above fridge to hopefully maintain a steady temperature. Will check back in 12 hours to see if the seed has dropped to bottom of glass, if not I'll continue on as if they had dropped and leave them for 36-48 hours, by that time if a seed is still not sprouted, or dropped to get of glass I'll give few drops of hydro and and extra 24 hours if still no change I'll proceed with what was a success or I'll start the process all over and try different conditions or maybe a different germination method, seeds will be discarded. Seed will be singled out once they both have sprouted or if just one does that will be the focus of this diary. Hopefully both will sprout giving me 2 ways to attack the grow of both plants and try different techniques. UPDATE 12/20/21 12hrs since dropped. Seeds have hit bottom of glass, no sprouts, a little early. PH 6.3 PPM dropped just a little from 79 to 75. Slight temp increase of .5 22.5c Let's not disturb them now for another 12-24 hours will update. UPDATE 18HRS. So, looks like my whole grow plan is out the window. My whole setup was depending on a $400 delivery of hydro nutes, coco+perlite, lst gear and hydro pots. I do not have a way to go this route this time, as I do not have the funds nor can I get a company to ship all the items I'll need by tomorrow night, my 48hr glass water germination method. So, instead, I'm going to try a new product that has never been used as far as I know. It's a supersoil powder that transforms normal potting soil into top soil, it's also geared towards organic plant growth. It's very very very expensive. But it's just one product. You can make up to 100l per 100 grams and it costs $70 per 100grams. So, looks like it's going to be an organic grow, defo expecting a lesser yield, but, hey, who knows this could be the next wonder juice. Will update tomorrow on progress of germination. UPDATE 2.5 DAYS 12/22/2021 So, I just took the seeds down and as you can see after 22hrs after switching to paper towel the CBD AUTO 20:1 that had a little tail is just about ready to plant aswel as it's sister CBD. The zkittlez showed only slight shell change after 36hrs of glass water, but as you can see the 22hrs in paper towel has them nearly there too. I checked them last night after 12 hours just to resoak with a spray bottle of 6.3ph, 78ppm and 23c temp of distilled water from a regular Brita jug. GLASS OF WATER METHOD: Hmm, to be desired. This method seems to work okay with fastbuds, but even after 36 hours only a tiny tail was sprouting. Zkittlez only barely could notice shell change. Not a great method, but Maybe if I'll try this way again I will use a nute or a few drops of hydro. NOT A BEST METHOD FOR FAST RELIABLE RESULTS. PAPER TOWEL METHOD: So, I threw in the towel with the GOW method. And decided to go straight into paper towel. I have no special heat pad, or controlled environment, I just got a big plate, folded up a kitchen cloth put it on plate, and put some cling film over the plate, then got some kitchen towel paper, ripped it in half and made 2 slips, lay it down, soak the paper till soaked right through, ( don't worry about getting to wet, just hold stuff down and turn plate on its side to rid of excess pooling water. Use tweezers or gloves, to take seeds from glass, (if using different strains be sure to label or make sure you rember what side you have left seeds). Lay seeds half way down on paper towel and cover with remaining half of paper towel (be sure you move the paper towel around so the seeds are sitting on the cloth, instead of a cold plate, trust me, it makes so much difference), until they overlap trapping the seeds between wet paper towels, lay cling film over paper towels and to remain heat, again fold up light dish cloth and lay over top of cling film, this is just to retain heat, and I only added the top cloth last night and when I checked it dismorning to my surprise the seeds had dried up the paper towels a lot after laying the extra dish cloth over the top of cling film. With that extra added bit of heat in the dark press I kept the glasses of water they sprouted sooo much. So just going to give them 12 more hours then gonna plant. I WOULD 100% CHOOSE THIS METHOD OVER GOW, BUT, MAYBE SOAK THE THE SEEDS FOR 12 HOURS BEFORE PT GERMINATION. UPDATE 1.5 days So, surprise, surprise, gets what's delivered today, all my hydro gear. And yesterday I spent $100 changing over my setup to grow organic. So, now, I'm doing this diary as a hydro grow. 1 zkittlez og auto/ 1 CBD AUTO 20:1 hydro and another 1 of each I'm doing organic. So, tail sprouted on 1 CBD and you can see 2 other shells starting to open, but way to slowly. So instead of leaving them in their conditions I made the choice to give the last 24 hours in the paper towel method. See in pics above. You will be able to compare this hydro grow to the 2 organic diares I'll be starting with supersoil formula. For hydro I've went down the Advanced Nutrition line. I just need to order a few more products for the flowering stage. But everything for organic is ready to go, from start to finish. UPDATE 2.5 DAYS So, I just took the seeds down and as you can see after 22hrs after switching to paper towel the CBD AUTO 20:1 that had a little tail is just about ready to plant aswel as it's sister CBD. The zkittlez showed only slight shell change after 36hrs of glass water, but as you can see the 22hrs in paper towel has them nearly there too. I checked them last night after 12 hours just to resoak with a spray bottle of 6.3ph, 78ppm and 23c temp of distilled water from a regular Brita jug. GLASS OF WATER METHOD: Hmm, to be desired. This method seems to work okay with fastbuds, but even after 36 hours only a tiny tail was sprouting. Zkittlez only barely could notice shell change. Not a great method, but Maybe if I'll try this way again I will use a nute or a few drops of hydro. NOT A BEST METHOD FOR FAST RELIABLE RESULTS. PAPER TOWEL METHOD: So, I threw in the towel with the GOW method. And decided to go straight into paper towel. I have no special heat pad, or controlled environment, I just got a big plate, folded up a kitchen cloth put it on plate, and put some cling film over the plate, then got some kitchen towel paper, ripped it in half and made 2 slips, lay it down, soak the paper till soaked right through, ( don't worry about getting to wet, just hold stuff down and turn plate on its side to rid of excess pooling water. Use tweezers or gloves, to take seeds from glass, (if using different strains be sure to label or make sure you rember what side you have left seeds). Lay seeds half way down on paper towel and cover with remaining half of paper towel (be sure you move the paper towel around so the seeds are sitting on the cloth, instead of a cold plate, trust me, it makes so much difference), UPDATE Day 3 Zkittlez a little slower out the gate then CBD but massive improvement cause they didn't even really change during 36 GOW method there about 3/4 of an inch or close. So, really happy with the progress. Ready to plant more or less would have liked them to be as long as the CBD so I'll give them another 3 hours. I hope my first ever, beginners germination shares on success and failures a like. How else do we learn unless we make mistakes, but read this, I've made them for you and hopefully translated them results in every step. Thanks for reading. Following my grow. Will update tomorrow after they get there first 18hrs of light and feedings.