I soaked the seeds for an afternoon in water and then put them directly in the soil. I planted 4 seeds in the pot, just because I felt like it at the moment. We'll see if it's a great or a terrible idea soon enough. This strain seems to grow pretty small sometimes; I see lots of harvests on Growdiaries with less than an oz dry yeild. I thought it might be fun to have 4 small plants and hopefully get a decent yield. The pot is only 20 liters. I'm growing in a 60x60 (2x2) tent with a 150w led cob. The soil is Biobizz light mix with clay pebbles at the bottom of the pot.
3.5 days later 3 of the seeds sprouted. So far, so good. I still have hope for the last seed. The light is about 50cm from the plants and on about 35% power.
Update: The 4th seed popped 2 days after the other 3. They are all off to a good start. I'm still debating in my head if I should keep them all or not...
Looking good, I need to get to the point where i can say "2 more weeks" confidently. Its more of a guessing game with the plants I've grown so far as there has never been enough really clear trichome changes, even harder to see on these purple varieties.
@eurorack, Thanks a lot! Just because I can say it confidently doesn't mean I'm right ;) There are other factors that also let me know that the plants are almost ready. They start to drink less water than before. Some of the fan leaves fade yellow/purple and some fall off. The pistils curl and darken. And the trichomes change as you mentioned.