Have only been growing for about 6 months but this is first time with coco coir so starting out 25% and adding cal-mag right away. Also first time w/ feminized seeds from quality source so pretty excited overall :) if anyone has any suggestions let me know, otherwise I'll post weekly along with any experiments I like to randomly do. I have 3 going so far, so here's the first.
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Seeds: Sink or Swim?!
Summary
ILGM recommends germinating seeds by placing into water until the tail begins to form. New to this method I'm interested in doing an experiment determine best chances for viability (primary observation) and growth rate (secondary observation) with sinking vs floating seeds. I'd think that seeds that sink have more water contact on surface area, therefore will germinate twice as fast, but it's also possible that seeds that sink will not have enough oxygen to develop, or become too waterlogged to germinate.
Experiment
- Place 2 ILGM Durban Poison and 2 ILGM Bergman Gold Leaf into separate cups with purified water, 7.6 pH
- Purposefully sink one of each strain
- Place in room with 22C temperature, no light
Test Started: Saturday, December 7 @ 4:20 am
Test Ended: Sunday, December 8 @ 8:43 pm
Results
All four seeds showed signs of a tail being formed but the two seeds that were floating were visibly longer (~1/4"), so may take more care not to sink them in future but it ultimately doesn't matter. All four eventually become sprouts at the same growth rate so sinking vs floating, though it's worth pointing out that it only took 28-30 hours to grow a tail is pretty darn awesome :) I don't know if that is genetics or this method, but will take extra care not to sink seeds in future so I can turn on my lights a few days sooner!
@dianne,By the way I **really** like your canopy setup for scrog :) I tried using the bungie cord stuff, didn't look good at all. Thought about doing my own this time w/ twine but I really like yours and how you have them on the yoyos!
@dianne, Oh then yea I'll drop it down some :) I did finish the Arduino sensor project - attached screenshot. Isn't want I was working on first (auto-watering) but if it is accurate on the UVa and UVb, that may help me get a better range on effective light distance. https://store.arduino.cc/usa/environmental-monitor-bundle
Nice work!
Lowering the lights will definitely make them shorter and bushier. They are getting significantly more light so they'll also grow quicker. Internodal distances are shorter. Not a bad thing, especially if you're going to scrog.
For the early phases of topping and training, I started with LBH's Scrog Tutorial (google it).
Looking real good!
Hey. If u are interested in a SCROG u can already start with topping and low stress training by now. I haven't done it myself yet but I've been searching trough other diaries and u can find almost all the info u need for a good SCROG. I highly recommend following wonder woman SCROG grow from user CBalderson. He's doing some great stuff now and u can find everything he does well described in his diary. Durban poison is an awesome strain with good yields and very high stress resistance so she will be very forgiving for minor mistakes. Greetings 🙂
Hey! Love how these girls look and loving the choice of LED over HID etc.
The only thing to note is that the Mars II 900W is a 320watt light, not 450w :)
@PharaohdesGrow, I don't know the exact wattage but knew it wasn't truly 900w (or even 450w), but that is how it is set up in Grow Diaries system (assuming because that's how MH markets it).
Shes lovely
I'm following now.
I've never tried Durban poison but I get most of my seeds from ILGM and have had real great genetics from them. Also they have the best guarantee of any company.
Best luck on this grow!!