Last minute prep on green thumb aspect. Much appreciate if you could help

mgjscdhl

Active Member
Now I've gotten my first seeds I'm in last stages of planning and construction - A Stealth Rubbermaid micro-grow.
Received 5x (fem) ak48 from attitude, and 3x free (fem) kush (various), 1x (fem) s lemon haze
Waiting for 5x (fem) papaya from nirvana. I bought from two because I had a few extra $$ and wanted to ensure delivery.
I realize feminized as bastardized seeds, but newbie friendly. Later, with extra space and knowledge I plan on clones.
They all looked healthy, none cracked or discollored. I put them in a tightvac solid container with dessicants.

Seeds:

What relative humidity and/or temperature for seed storage (without using freezer)? Is there optimum range? Any tricks to keeping it?

Germination / seedling stage:

I plan on popping the seeds with paper towel, plates. Once they sprout should I go immediately to soil, or can I use peat blocks?
I don't know if they are called something specific but they are "jiffy" brand name. They are circular disks that swell with water.

Lights:

I'm using cfl, I have several 42w 27000,65000 for all stages of growth. During seedling/sprouting is it really necessary to run them all or can I half wattage/lumens? Maybee keep them closer to the soil for same effect?

Soil / nutrients:

To make a long story short here. I want to use soiless since it seems easiest. Peatmoss, vermiculite, perlite mix. I'm not fussy about organic/non/guanoo.... I just want a successful grow, learning experience I can build upon. I read foxfarms chart for soil mixes. It seems idiotproof to me. If I bought according to http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf should I need anything else besides ph adjusters?
What about b1 for seedlings? I've read and seen a few videos mentioning it... Waste of time or worthwhile?


(comments, flames, suggestions hatemail are always welcome)
First I greatly appreciate the people and resources this site has given me. Some information isn't direct or entirely there. I'm sorry if they are stupid questions but I'm also a very careful person, I have limited funds and want a successful first time grow. I hope it shows I've read up on these things I just want clarafication on them. Like seeds. I want to make sure they are viable later down road but I cannot find a temp/humidity reading, just storage in dark and dessicants/rice.

I will be housesitting for a bit. Before I use his computer I need to make sure I clear tracks and such or hide his ip address



Thanks
mgjscdhl
 

Pipe Dream

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You should be fine with putting your cracked seeds into the jiffy pellets and transplanting the jiffy pellets. If you got the ff line up that should be everything you need but if you want to add some b1 try some superthrive it's like 10$ and it lasts forever.
 

txhomegrown

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Plant the seeds soon, or take those dessicants out of there. It will suck the moisture out of your seeds.
 

mgjscdhl

Active Member
kool. I'll look into that. I'm not sure everybody uses it, but it can't hurt a newbie (that follows instructions on label)

I took the dessicants out. I'm glad I asked around. I think I confused some threads about putting them in a freezer with general storage.
I hope to plant in about two weeks
 

mgjscdhl

Active Member
thanks for all the info and help. Forum has been amazing
I was handed a clone about a week ago. So its full steam ahead I guess.
Strain is white rhino. And its starting rooting. Will wait another week to transplant and/or veg.

look at my other threads (started by...) for white rhino - cfl - rubbermaid
thanks again
 
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