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MonkeysGrandson MonkeysGrandson
6 years ago
Sadly, this has been a complete bust. The Baked Alaska managed to germinate, then decapitated itself when its cotyledons got stuck under some peat and it grew enough in a day to bend then snap its own stem. Seems to be living on and I am humouring it to see what it does. The three GSC seeds completely failed to germinate, didn't even pop. I am trying to germinate some more now using the wet paper towel/plate method to see if I was just shit out of luck with the first three. A very disappointing start... ORIGINAL POST Decided to grow some plants for the pleasure of it (both in growing and consuming). Did some research and settled on a system of 1.2x1.2x2.0m grow tent, 600W HPS with digital ballast, filtered intake (mould, dust & pests) and filtered exhaust (smell), coir/perlite medium (80/20) in cloth 30l bags, hand watering with locally produced nutrients. Will add two "reptile lights" for UVA/UVB light on an intermittent timing. This week I got the seeds in the mail and sowed them into Jiffy pellets soaked in the nutrient mix above with a drop of Clonex rooting hormone. These are in a "mini greenhouse" lit using a 4200K (colour) LED and warmed by a heat pad from a home brew system. Lighting will be 24 hours until seedlings emerge, then 18/6. Seeds are: 3 x Autoseeds Girl Scout Cookies Auto Feminised, 1 x High Altitude Seed House Baked Alaska (the one with the toothpick in the Jiffy picture).
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FavoriteCookie
FavoriteCookieweek 1
Hey! sry to hear about the seedling.. I've had old seeds take up to 10 days before gem. Try put the seeds in the fridge for 24 h next time around then try paper method again i have 9/10 seeds pop like that. Sometimes the seeds needs that cold to "trick them" then going in to room temp. Cheers
MonkeysGrandson
MonkeysGrandson
@FavoriteCookie, thanks for the advice.
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowweek 1
too bad about your seeds failing to germinate, sometimes it can take upwards of ten days, then still work
MonkeysGrandson
MonkeysGrandson
@CRiSPrGrow, thanks for the advice.
MonkeysGrandson
MonkeysGrandsonweek 1
Thanks for the advice guys. I bought the seeds from Haze.io (https://cannabisseedsforsale.com) and recieved 2 free Baked Alaska. Both of the Baked Alaska germinated (one decapitated itself sadly) but every single one of the ten GSC seeds I bought failed. I had them on a temperature controlled heating mat to keep them at precisely 25 degrees C for over two weeks each. Two popped and one of those looked like it would have a viable taproot, but it just got out of the ground and stopped. My guess is they had been on the shelf too long and were just not viable anymore. I'll take this as a lesson, one to buy from a more reputable seed bank and, two so I can have a better run at this next time and I will post my result then. Luckily I have one plant going at the moment that I intend to top, FIM and ScrOG, so hopefully I get enough yield to cover the money I lost buying those seeds.