tstick
Well-Known Member
Hi.
I have been saving seeds for a loooooonnnnng ass time .never really had any definite plans for them .but I thought, "If weed is ever legalized, then I'll start growing my own." Well ..at this point in time, I'm growing them.
I'm not sure if this hasn't been covered already in another thread, but I wanted to pass on a method of germination that really worked for me.
I filled three small cups of filtered water to stand for a day and then I added the tiniest drop of SuperThrive to the water and threw 3 Colombian Sativa seeds into one cup and 1 Vortex seed into its own separate cup and waited about 36 hours. All beans cracked! The Vortex was particularly vigorous (probably the youngest seed of the bunch).
Once I saw the root tip starting to grow out of the seed husk, I transferred them to a small plate where I had a soaked brown paper bag (like to take your lunch to work in) and folded it over the seeds. I then covered that with some Saran wrap and set it on top of my tv cable box (it gets a little bit warm when 'on')
The very next day, the Vortex seed had grown about an inch-long root! The Colombians were noticeably slower in their growth rate, but they looked good.
The Vortex seed went into a plastic Dixie cup with a bunch of drainage holes in the bottom that was loosely filled with TGA Subcool "Base Mix" soil. I mixed a very dilute solution of Humbolt Honey (basically, molasses and some micronutrients) and watered the seeds into the soil with it.
The Vortex has been up for 2 days now.
The Colombians are jussssst starting to break into the light.
So I have 4 plants in total -all from old bag seed.
I don't really have high expectations for them .mostly just a "first-timers" experiment with getting my growing tent dialed in. However, something really nice might turn out from them ya never know!
But, just to make sure I have some success at the end, I am also going to be getting a couple clones from a medical grower friend of mine. Hopefully, by then, these seed-plants will be about the same size as the clones so that they all finish at the she time. And, hopefully, there won't be any males. If there are, I will pull them -only because I am learning to grow, Later on, once I have a few grows under my belt, I plan on growing some seed-weed -just to see if I can replicate some of that old school smoke that made me laugh so much back in the old days!
But it's sure exciting to finally see something green growing from my efforts (and expenses!) to get set up!
I really hope the seeds don't turn out a bunch of hermies. I was told that the Colombians were from a guy who ALWAYS grows from his own, stabilized seed .so we'll see. The Vortex was a single seed from a KILLER cut of the strain. I remember that it had a terpene profile that smelled like rotten fruit .and a little like puke! (good puke?) I so hope this one turns out!
I will update later on when there's actually something significant to look at!
peace
I have been saving seeds for a loooooonnnnng ass time .never really had any definite plans for them .but I thought, "If weed is ever legalized, then I'll start growing my own." Well ..at this point in time, I'm growing them.
I'm not sure if this hasn't been covered already in another thread, but I wanted to pass on a method of germination that really worked for me.
I filled three small cups of filtered water to stand for a day and then I added the tiniest drop of SuperThrive to the water and threw 3 Colombian Sativa seeds into one cup and 1 Vortex seed into its own separate cup and waited about 36 hours. All beans cracked! The Vortex was particularly vigorous (probably the youngest seed of the bunch).
Once I saw the root tip starting to grow out of the seed husk, I transferred them to a small plate where I had a soaked brown paper bag (like to take your lunch to work in) and folded it over the seeds. I then covered that with some Saran wrap and set it on top of my tv cable box (it gets a little bit warm when 'on')
The very next day, the Vortex seed had grown about an inch-long root! The Colombians were noticeably slower in their growth rate, but they looked good.
The Vortex seed went into a plastic Dixie cup with a bunch of drainage holes in the bottom that was loosely filled with TGA Subcool "Base Mix" soil. I mixed a very dilute solution of Humbolt Honey (basically, molasses and some micronutrients) and watered the seeds into the soil with it.
The Vortex has been up for 2 days now.
The Colombians are jussssst starting to break into the light.
So I have 4 plants in total -all from old bag seed.
I don't really have high expectations for them .mostly just a "first-timers" experiment with getting my growing tent dialed in. However, something really nice might turn out from them ya never know!
But, just to make sure I have some success at the end, I am also going to be getting a couple clones from a medical grower friend of mine. Hopefully, by then, these seed-plants will be about the same size as the clones so that they all finish at the she time. And, hopefully, there won't be any males. If there are, I will pull them -only because I am learning to grow, Later on, once I have a few grows under my belt, I plan on growing some seed-weed -just to see if I can replicate some of that old school smoke that made me laugh so much back in the old days!
But it's sure exciting to finally see something green growing from my efforts (and expenses!) to get set up!
I really hope the seeds don't turn out a bunch of hermies. I was told that the Colombians were from a guy who ALWAYS grows from his own, stabilized seed .so we'll see. The Vortex was a single seed from a KILLER cut of the strain. I remember that it had a terpene profile that smelled like rotten fruit .and a little like puke! (good puke?) I so hope this one turns out!
I will update later on when there's actually something significant to look at!
peace
