Jlok619
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone, I’m J from Phoenix AZ. As you guys have probably seen a million of us here starting our grows, now that the recreational law passed. I recently started my research and decided to give it a shot, after having the general understanding of this plant’s needed care.
I Purchased 6 auto seeds from two different banks and farms, and got started (3 gorilla glue and 3 Neptune OG. I germinated the seeds using the paper towel method as recommended by sellers, and they started out great! After the tap roots were about 1/4” I planted the seeds in red dixie cups, 3 of the seeds with Ocean Forest soil, and the other 3 in regular organic potting soil and moustened the soil with distilled water. (I read conflicting arguments about OF being too hot for seedlings, so I didn’t want to burn all my seedlings if that was really the case).
The seedlings came up out of the soil in about 2 more days looking really healhty! The first 1 finger leaves came out the next day or two, and this is when I moved them from the window sill, into the grow tent to sit under CFL bulbs, so I could control the humidity and temp a lil easier. However, this is where my problems started.
I believe I made the common rookie mistake of overwatering the poor babies. and I did not have my fans on the first few days in the tent. This caused stagnant air and the soil to remain too damp, and fungus gnats emerged. This is also around the time I noticed the seedlings stop growing, they had also been really stretching their stems because I had the bulbs a lil too far away from them, because of the water bottle domes I put over them.
I turned on the fan and dried the soil to kill the gnats and it worked, I also carefully replanted the seedlings with the longest stems, in an attempt to prevent them from collapsing. The next two or three days, there was no significant improvement, but the cotyledons began to yellow, and the first finger leaves began to turn a bit pale green. I decided to give them a few more days in hopes the roots would improve and let these babies grow. Finally after day 12 from sprout, the seedlings were looking weak and the gorilla glue in particular were looking terrible. I wish I had pictures, but I was so frustrated, I just pulled them up, realized the tap roots only had a few millimeter long hairs on them, and decided to start all over after doing a bit more research.
I have now ordered rapid rooter plugs and also go a propagation tray and dome, to hopefully give the babies a more stable base to root in. I got 3 seeds of auto Money Maker, and 3 seeds of auto Master Yoda that I’m expecting later this week. I have already sown the 3 Money Makers into the Burpee propagation tray, using the coco seed started they provided. I will use the rapid rooters on the Master Yoda seeds, to see which works best for me. I will include pics of my set-up, nutes, equipment, and temp and relative humidity readings.
Please, any input, critizism, advice, anything helps, so let me know what you guys think. Thanks!
Equipment and set-up list:
4x2x5’ tent
4” exhaust fan with can filter
Vipar Spectra 400w LED
Feit Electric LED for seedlings
2 clip-on fans
Humidifier
Plastic pot risers
3 gallon nursery pots
2 in 1 thermometer and hygrometer
Inkbird hygrometer switch
Inkbird temperature switch
Light timer and programmer
General hydroponics Ph Up and Down
General Hydroponics FloraGro, FloraMicro, and FloraBloom
Down to Earth Bio Live
electronic Ph tester
Soil Ph tester
Water is usually tap water left out for 48 hours, Ph’d to 6.8.
I Purchased 6 auto seeds from two different banks and farms, and got started (3 gorilla glue and 3 Neptune OG. I germinated the seeds using the paper towel method as recommended by sellers, and they started out great! After the tap roots were about 1/4” I planted the seeds in red dixie cups, 3 of the seeds with Ocean Forest soil, and the other 3 in regular organic potting soil and moustened the soil with distilled water. (I read conflicting arguments about OF being too hot for seedlings, so I didn’t want to burn all my seedlings if that was really the case).
The seedlings came up out of the soil in about 2 more days looking really healhty! The first 1 finger leaves came out the next day or two, and this is when I moved them from the window sill, into the grow tent to sit under CFL bulbs, so I could control the humidity and temp a lil easier. However, this is where my problems started.
I believe I made the common rookie mistake of overwatering the poor babies. and I did not have my fans on the first few days in the tent. This caused stagnant air and the soil to remain too damp, and fungus gnats emerged. This is also around the time I noticed the seedlings stop growing, they had also been really stretching their stems because I had the bulbs a lil too far away from them, because of the water bottle domes I put over them.
I turned on the fan and dried the soil to kill the gnats and it worked, I also carefully replanted the seedlings with the longest stems, in an attempt to prevent them from collapsing. The next two or three days, there was no significant improvement, but the cotyledons began to yellow, and the first finger leaves began to turn a bit pale green. I decided to give them a few more days in hopes the roots would improve and let these babies grow. Finally after day 12 from sprout, the seedlings were looking weak and the gorilla glue in particular were looking terrible. I wish I had pictures, but I was so frustrated, I just pulled them up, realized the tap roots only had a few millimeter long hairs on them, and decided to start all over after doing a bit more research.
I have now ordered rapid rooter plugs and also go a propagation tray and dome, to hopefully give the babies a more stable base to root in. I got 3 seeds of auto Money Maker, and 3 seeds of auto Master Yoda that I’m expecting later this week. I have already sown the 3 Money Makers into the Burpee propagation tray, using the coco seed started they provided. I will use the rapid rooters on the Master Yoda seeds, to see which works best for me. I will include pics of my set-up, nutes, equipment, and temp and relative humidity readings.
Please, any input, critizism, advice, anything helps, so let me know what you guys think. Thanks!
Equipment and set-up list:
4x2x5’ tent
4” exhaust fan with can filter
Vipar Spectra 400w LED
Feit Electric LED for seedlings
2 clip-on fans
Humidifier
Plastic pot risers
3 gallon nursery pots
2 in 1 thermometer and hygrometer
Inkbird hygrometer switch
Inkbird temperature switch
Light timer and programmer
General hydroponics Ph Up and Down
General Hydroponics FloraGro, FloraMicro, and FloraBloom
Down to Earth Bio Live
electronic Ph tester
Soil Ph tester
Water is usually tap water left out for 48 hours, Ph’d to 6.8.
I did see that the roots had developed much better this way than when I planted them straight into a solo cup after germinating in a paper towel. Seems like these trays are more forgiving for newbs, as the coco coir wicks up water from the tray, eliminating the need to water these fragile babies. What really sucked was that once I transplated them to the new tray, I found this tray had a leak in the water tray. I had to use plastic bags to keep the water in the tray. 
