cosmiccowboy
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mine are in between paper towels(3 skunk and 3 mandala mix) and i just seen a little white tail on 2 of em. should i put them in dirt right now or let them go for a bit?...this is my first time tryin to plant a seed.
Good advice, IMHOIt seems to me that if you get them in the dirt as soon as they start to crack, then they are healthier with less stretch. This is just my personal observations and I could be wrong. I would like to put the hypothesis to the test soon and document it.
i wound up puttin the cups with a thermometer inside a 2 gallon bucket and put the top on bucket, in my veg box(fluoros) i'll take them out of the bucket..I wouldn't.........I would put them in a warm well lit area. Not to hot,not to cold with plenty of light. 70 to 80 degrees should be fine.
how close should they be to the fluoros?I'm for then getting started in soil, in large soil, in large organic soil...
The seedling has a lot of work to do and I found with some strains that great light early on helps keep the internode distance shorter.
Also watch how long your seedlings seem to linger before growing upwards as a plant does.. I have a theory that the ones that shoot up relatively faster are males. Noticing from seedling on is the first step in data collection for me.
That's a loose and general theory so I welcome any feed back.
Ernst
how close should they be to the fluoros?
in the winter time i use the top of my hot water heater.
I soak a paper towel with plain tap water fold it into a square and stuff that inside a ziploc baggy and then i place the seed between the plastic baggy and wet paper towel.
I roll it up loosely and put it on top of the hot water heater. i come back in 24 hours and 90% of the time they are split and showing a tap root. Then i place the seed into a peat puck and that is inside a small container with a clear plastic dome.
The same thing the jiffy pucks come in. (you could go straight to the jiffy puck.. but i like watching them split open)
i come back in 24 to 48 hours and they are sprouted and at the top of the plastic dome.
I then tear of the paper material that is a around the peat puck and transplant that into a 4 inch pot filled with my moonshine mix... it's a hot soil mix but if everything survives they are good to go.
in the summer time i stick them in a drawer instead on top of the hot water heater.
Practice with some bag seed first.. your hot water heaters top may be to hot.
the Jiffy pucks come in a small dome for like 12 seedlings and its perfect for small projects.
i use colored tooth picks to mark what seed are what.
Also watch how long your seedlings seem to linger before growing upwards as a plant does.. I have a theory that the ones that shoot up relatively faster are males. Noticing from seedling on is the first step in data collection for me.
That's a loose and general theory so I welcome any feed back.
thanks,i'll do that..i've now got all six under fluoros,yipppppppeeeee mickeycongrats on the successful germination; u can check my sig to see how i start mine.... almost that time of the month again
Warm is right.. With that Rubber-maid the small flo's made the heat..
Yeah it's a bit tricky but we all find a way we are comfortable. The paper towel is good! Warm water heater is good too..