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GGS GERMINATION GOW+PT COMBO 101
#GOW (tap will do) for 12-24hrs 20c min 25c max, (depending how old your seeds are or how they were stored, some might take longer than others to split, but if it hasn't split after 24hrs move onto the next step as you can drown your seed), so just drop the seed in and let it float on the top. Don't push it down under the water, but if it sinks to the bottom no worries, it'll be fine, but it'll need to be moved onto the next step, papertowel. Read below for that step). Store in a dark cupboard or press in a warm place. My Lemon Tree has split just after 9hrs, very fast fresh well stored seeds as soon as it splits move to the next step, in reality you can wait till it grows some, but you risk it sinking to bottom and drowning. These seeds took 15hrs to split. Will move to PT after they grow a small bit, as they just split, I'm keeping a close eye on them.
#PaperTowel. After your seed has soaked and split in the GOW, (if it hasn't split after 24hrs don't worry about it, keep going and move to next step, Paper Towel) So, you want to keep the temps in the range I said for GOW, the higher range is best for the PT part (23-25c but 20-25 is fine). So, you want to get a plate, place a cloth on top, (as the plate will keep the seed too cold) lay some cling film/clear wrap and spray it, lay 2-4sheets folded on top of each other onto the film and then spray, place your seeds in the middle and then fold the Paper Towel over the seeds and repeat spray and you can put another cloth over the Paper Towel to keep a steady temp on all sides of your seed(s), (making sure NOT to wrap the clear film over the Paper Towel as this will restrict o2 from reaching your seed, and in turn lower your chances of successful germination, or at best it'll slow down your germination process and could make for a weaker pheno, (not proven nor could it be, but it kinda makes sense, as old seeds can come up against issue during growth). Check every 6hrs or so, (don't pull back the PT just feel if it's still damp and if not spray again, after 24 hrs check your progress and if its hit 1/3-1/2 of an inch of tap root then she's ready to go. I'll be putting her in rockwool for the 1st 4-7 days to min the chances of damping off/browning of the stem which can be common in organic soil grows. As I move into planting I'll go into methods and how I did it and much more, this diary will be a complete 101 tutorial so there will be a lot of reading. I'll add a quick summary at the top for other viewers, not only mainline, but nutrients control, water feeds, LST, lower topping, Lollippoing, understanding DLI (this will be something I'll be going into along the way) late stage Co2 for the flowering stage, controlling temps in times of when there's risk of unwanted stretching and just general tips and tid bits on stuff I've picked up from studying and from mentors who helped me out here. Some ppl will just say use 2 plates and PT and place the plate over on to to keep the RH high. But i can't see that holding a steady temperature, but hey.
ROCKWOOL PREPRATION NEEDED
Rock Wools PH is around 9. So you need to adjust a pot of water down to 5 and let sit for 20 mins, rinse with the water you'll want to set it at. 5.5 perf for rock wool to start off.
@MrHightimes, me neither, sadly this 1 got tangled up and had to be cut from its base and transplanted into soil, so she's had a rough go of it. Her sister that got put into the ground in RW is so much further ahead then any grow I've done at day 10.
Hey I noticed in some of your grows you have traps for the gnats I have found that using your exhaust ducting as a vacuum over the soil was the best way for myself to control their population you can suck up whole branches as well and the air doesn't hurt the plant but it will suck up those flying gnats
Devastating with the hermie. I had one last time turn the 2 closest to her into a seedbank. By the time I'd noticed, the damage was done. Hopefully you've caught it in time.
@gottagrowsometime, exact same as when I had the hermie, I'd been busy not been able to keep a close eye on them and bang. Luckily for me it was only the 2 plants right next too the one that had hermied. Bit of a seedbank with the 2, the rest of the tent was rather unscathed.
@Aldo90, yeah. There's a lot of nans. And burst pollen sacs. I stripped everything that was around and below it. As I have my fans all pointing down. I lightly misted my whole tent with h202+water and wiped everything down. Too early to tell how many seeds I'll get. But, I know there'll be a few. I wasn't watching enough. Last 2 weeks I been super busy.. and that's the time. Ah well. I'll know in a few weeks. Let's see.
I've saved as much as I could of her. Hoping she'll stay true. All nodes are all female. But, the stress of the clean and node(s) removal. And then I went mad lollipoppoing.. only a few colas left. But what's there is high calyx-leaf ratio.. if it was the other. Id of just cut my losses.
@Tropicannibis_Todd, yeah. Nans and full pollen sacs. Lots of balls.
Weird though.. was all on the last set of nodes. My 2 biggest. Had em 2/3rds all the way up.. few female parts. Wasn't watching close enough..hopefully I'll only catch a few seeds. Let's see.
Really thorough diary, gave me a lot of information. these kind of diaries can really help growers on deciding whether to pick this strain. You should be really proud. I think the seed companies could do with you to test thier strains out.