Hey WoH,
Just got excited because I've started 9 girls in the mini-hempy cups I described a few posts earlier...
I soaked:
5 Sour Diesel crosses, 3 purple kush, and 1 northernberry
for 36 hrs in RO H2O, then they went straight into moist, room temp mini hempys--solo cups with 100% perlite the first 1/4-1/3 passed the hole, 50:50 perlite:FFOF the rest of the way above the perlite, and then straight FFOF for the top 1" of the cup. The seed goes 1/4 to 1/2" in the FFOF to keep it dark and moist. all 9 are under a dome with a 90w LED and 105w 65K CFL about 5" above so when they break the surface they'll be greeted with bright light and humid warmth. No pics right now because, really, who wants to look at a solo cup with top soil?
super pumped to have this started, i'll pop a thread up in the hempy links thread (thanks moebius/w.o.h!) once I start my journal for this one...you're all welcome to come comment in there as well! I'd love for this to be a great communal learning experience
For those curious as to where this is headed--I'm going to be doing 2 or 3 gallon hempys, 100% perlite and OC+ with ph'd tap water and molasses @1tbsp/gal. I will also be trying to use some compost teas (esp. at transplant) and will be considering cal/mag--or other ways to get calcium and magnesium into my hempys b/c my water analysis shows i'm low on calcium, my TA is 38, and my avg. pH is a little on the high side--so if anyone adds like epsom salts or dolomite to your 100% perlite hempys let me know what you do. otherwise, i'm open to other ideas--i also have EarthJuice products for supplementation (grow, bloom, catalyst, & microblast). let me know what yall think!
Be easy,
Dr.J