Since my other two seeds have no hope of doing anything since they were squashed flat by the postal system, I'm now popping two more from a different source... This will also be, of course, a DWC grow!
As far as the germination method I'm using here, I've put the seeds in a glass of water and will leave them there for about 24 hours and then transfer them to a Root Riot to let them finish germinating... Got these seeds from my favorite group on FB... Basic to Advanced Cannabis Growers (or B2ACG for "short") .... a great, private group - don't tolerate assholes, everyone there is there to teach and learn in a helpful, respectful way - AND the Admin has GREAT genetics ... all you have to do is ask for a menu... and you can't beat the price. Check them out if you're on FB!
12/15 - Both seeds sank to the bottom of the glass of water this morning with a little nudge so they're now both in Root Riots (pre-soaked in 5.5pH water), in their buckets (covered!), in the tent where it's nice and warm and in a day or two we should have "lift off"
12/17 - LIFT OFF! Little OG has taken the lead but I know that GG is determined to keep up....
12/18 - Top watering both with water from their buckets which contain the RapidStart for root development.... I've encircled both of them with a wet towel to make sure the humidity around them is as high as I can get since the humidity in the tent is only 36%! This is a practice I've always done with little ones but it crucial here! The towel also serves to block out light from the bucket since the netpot still has a lot of room for more clay pebbles - those will be added as the seedlings get bigger.
12/19 - GG finally made it out of the Root Riot completely... that's happiness! And OG is really starting to strut her stuff with the first leaves showing, not just the cotyledons... I may have to give her bucket a change up when her roots hit the water as I forgot to close up the hole in the top of the bucket last night so there was light getting into it all night long.... we'll see... I'm going to add some H202 to her bucket first thing now to see if I can't mitigate any damage.
12/20 - OG continues to outpace GG but GG probably doesn't even know there's a competition going on as she can't yet see over the bucket! LOL! Very happy with the progress of both these ladies!
12/21 - I checked on OG's roots and they've hit the water! I will start to give her some nutes next week... unless she tells me she needs them earlier! GG is doing well but obviously behind OG. Her roots still have not exited the netpot so she's definitely going to be behind OG for a while. Battling low humidity in the tent - may have to keep the wet towels around them for a while. I also put another layer of clay pebbles in both of them.
12/22 - OG is coming along really nicely... GG, well, GG is just a bit slower. Finally today I saw one root peeking out from the netpot ....
@Kruidenvrouwtje, oh yeah... it's not even me! LOL! It's apparently of a lady in Havana who hangs out on the corner with her girlfriends and they all smoke stogies ... I chose her 'cause I loved the flowers in her hat! AND she looks a bit younger than me... LOL!
@GrowingGrannie, Well, you know what they say.... growing weed is more addictive than smoking it... so the big blunt on your profile picture is just for show π
@Kruidenvrouwtje, no, I really don't! I tried it back in college in the 60s but wasn't all that impressed ... I could get higher WITHOUT it so why pay $5 for an ounce of it when I didn't have much money ... and I've tried it here recently but all it did was send me to the couch - and it was VERY mild shit... so no, it's just not something I'm into! I just love the challenge of growing it...
What the crap is pony-tailing? Lol , sounds like an eventfulish bucket swap . But you corralled that pretty quick. Lookin forward to seeing how your ponytailing works out... lov seeing the little mark near ur name showing u updated .. hope they settle into the new buckets n like their hair do!!!
@GrowingGrannie, awesome news. Was curious how it was working out for you. Now thinking I'm gonna start my youngins tomorrow morning . 6 hrs for a few days will be doable now I'm outta work for a bit.. see how it works for my photosp's , think it should pan out similarly. Shall find out. But that's great , gotta see how the next few updates go for you!!!!
@Grow4Releaf, hey! hey! Just wanted to update this thread and let you know that ponytailing is really kind of cool! It's actually a bit like topping although you don't get two colas out of the one... but it REALLY allows the side branches to catch up with the main cola which has been a terrible problem for me in past grows... one gigantically tall cola and everything else sweeping up down in the basement! LOL! I like it VERY much for autos.. give it a try sometime - but again, don't leave the ponytail on for longer than 6 hours (I think I had said 8 but that's not right)... I only had to do it for 3 days ... :-D Cheers!
That OG is definately a leafy girl. She could just have a longer flowering time in comparison to the GG, just a thought (in regards to the development). Looking great regardless π.
Looks amazing. I've been MIA learning from mistakes π, but I'm back and made a transfer to coco in an attempt to remedy my over zealousness. Great grow as usual, looking forward to these girls hitting the scales!