second grow

[Greenman]

Feb 19- 2012.... Hey, I need some help guys I know you will know alot more than me,, its my second Grow,,ive tried countless times before but accept I had the wrong lights, last grow I mannaged it from a bag seed, it was actualy very easy I found and I had a 250w cfl all the way to flowering.. This time ive mannaged to get a hold of a 400w hps,, I got 2 feminised seeds from Nirvana.. a NL and a AK-48,, the AK-48 was the biggest like double the size of the other 2,, anyway I germinated them using wet paper tower and put them in the boiler cupboard,, 16 hours later I go to check on them and all had split, the tap root was showing, not protruding just sitting flush with the split on the seed,, so I was like result! tap root, here we go,, so after I turned on my 400w light to heat the soil I will be growing in, I then planted the germinated seeds taproot down, watered well, and lightly covered with a small bit of dry soil then gave it one more light misting, placed the pot in a large bowl with some water in it to create a green house affect,, covered actual pot with cling film, pierced a hole in the top for air, and placed in my grow room right down at the very bottom about 4 feet away from the lights (which are on to keep temperatures up) and after a day I could not help but scratch away the surface of the soil with a pair of tweezers(still leaving the seeds in tact where they are) to see if there has been any growth to this tap root,, the seeds taproot are now about 3mm long and sticking out just slightly,, this is about 16 hours after I planted them,, I quickly cover them up again with a thin layer of soil and lightly mist them and also put fresh cling film over them,, I know I should have just left them where they are,, just seems as though this tiny little tap root is not growing so fast,, am I wrong? I honestly need some one with a bit knowledge on the subject to ease my worried mind,, and tell me what I am doing right or wrong

[Greenman]

Feb 21- 2012.... Okay so I realise i'll be dead and gone b4 I ever get a reply to my question, perhaps I have placed my question in the wrong section of the forum and folks are persnickety about it but as I said im new to the forum so shoot me. I do however want to keep it real therfor I will continue to post the status of my grow from the last time I posted. Thankfully my Northern Lights had sprouted, I must say that until the seeds brake the surface then keep them in a dark and warm enviroment.. I took my seeds out from under the lights after they had popped and placed them back in the boiler cupboard where I had germinated and low and behold the next day she was standing to attention (and so was I) , so for me thats the way to go, darkness,, and under-heat until she brakes the surface, after that I put her under the lights,, that was yesterday,, Today I check on her and the seeds casing was loose and sitting on her head like a Hells Angel or something I dont know anyway with the corner of my tweezers I lifted the casing off and it come off very easy to expose these cotyledon leafes, there was no harm in doing that because I could see it was loose simple as that,, so that was this morning at about 9am, right now at 4.46pm they have spread out and I can already see a set of true leaves on her already, about 2 millimetre in size,, its about 3 feet away from a 400w hps,, I have also covered the pot with cling film or saran wrap to some, and cut a small hole for the seedling to stick out of and get the air and light,, these little baby MJ plants seem to really love the humity of the boiler cupboard so thats why I have done that, its this humidity they love right now I can see that and through the process of waiting on them to sprout I have found out that the humidity plays a major role in root development, once the plant gets a little bigger and stronger and the roots are establishling themselfs I will then remove it but thats how im going to do it for now,, lets see how they do over the next week, im still waiting on the AK-48 to sprout

[kindgreenbuds]

although my grow experience is limited to a handful of plants i've grown on my balcony i have had that happen, and attributed it to the stress of the environment change.. the results were about the same as yours too, most grew out fine, a couple didn't do well. you have to be very careful not to damage the delicate root when planting a newly sprouted seed..

hopefully someone can be of more help and even if you dont get a better answer, i am sure your description of the experience will help others who are dealing with the same seed sprouting problems..

goood luck!

[Greenman]

(02-21-2012 06:43 PM)kindgreenbuds Wrote:  although my grow experience is limited to a handful of plants i've grown on my balcony i have had that happen, and attributed it to the stress of the environment change.. the results were about the same as yours too, most grew out fine, a couple didn't do well. you have to be very careful not to damage the delicate root when planting a newly sprouted seed..

hopefully someone can be of more help and even if you dont get a better answer, i am sure your description of the experience will help others who are dealing with the same seed sprouting problems..

goood luck!

Thanks man and I appretiate you taking the time to post on my thread,, your lucky to be able to grow outdoors I have the seedling in the Pot that I will be growing in all the way through its cycle, and the other ones still in the boiler cupboard in its own separate pot until she spouts, so it saves all that stress of transplanting.. What I have learned in the past couple of days is that the seed does so much better sprouting if placed in a dark humid environment.. I shall wait until I give her a first feed then I will post a new update,, unless something dreadful happens before then (touch wood) take it easy Kindgreenbuds and peace out

[Greenman]

Mar 12- 2012

Whats up fellow Pot Heads of this world its been about 4 weeks since your fellow donk has posted a update on these Seeds.. First off its not been a smooth ride because I dropped the Pot okay? and my plans where to have the ultimate Pot of Pot,, because I was high and I got like a ton of bagseeds of a mate, and I though it to be a swell idea if I was to embark on the ultimate Pot of Pots with the Northern Lights to be like the mothership of the Pot, you know like a real sexy bitch, somehow like the Centre of creation I was on a good trip! the AK 48 never took may I add in, that never sprouted,, only this NL. Anyway I germinated all the bag seeds and planted them all in this Playground of a pots as I had it named at the time, and I had real high hopes for them! so they all grew fine, and to me they started to look as though they needed room, so I completly soaked the Pot no doubt about it? then proceeded to transplant them in what would be the centre of creation, then it all completly and utterly broke away like a Earthquake had took out this little School somewhere in rural China it was heartbraking as one can guess! so amidst all the rubble and confusion I did however manage to keep a hold of the NL and let all these other seedlings fall into oblivion. After a week, half of the ones I had saved had all withered away or dried up whatever, so I have totaly stressed plants no doubt, except the NL looks good,, but the bag seeds look a bit strange and out of proportion! I have however learned that if there is one thing I know then it is that I know nothing about these plants, honestly, but I know I can count on these Northern Light strains because they are resilient to say the least, I can count 10 leaves on it and its about 26 days old? its not the biggest but it looks elligent enough, and above all else healthy after all that stress its been through, so for a complete novice like myself then Northern Lights is a great strain to go with,, so I will see how the future go's LOL its never easy but if there ever does turn out to be a mother ship centre of creation then I be on here posting pics of that sheeiitt

[kindgreenbuds]

hahahah thats pretty funny. nice going NL!

[Greenman]

(03-12-2012 06:51 PM)kindgreenbuds Wrote:  hahahah thats pretty funny. nice going NL!

Tnx man NL is pretty amazing,, never again with bag seed! only thing is I go on Holiday in June so I hope I have enough time to see this ultimate pot of pot the way I would like,, but when I get back I will be doing it as un-amateur as I can, n investing in these NL strains because I can see the plant just screams fuck you n feed me you know? resilient is the only word I can find.. I will grow some big greedy bitches soon but I dont think it be this time purely because of there ordeal amidst other factors which I can see now,, but im understanding them more and I totaly think if you had a good fan n Air circulation with alot of light then thats where the Mother Ship starts, even 400w isnt enough I would love even more but I would need to have some propper ventilation otherwise I wouldnt even put myself through the stress.. Yeah way to go NL real winner

[kindgreenbuds]

every grow is a lesson..

[Greenman]

(03-13-2012 12:30 PM)kindgreenbuds Wrote:  every grow is a lesson..

sure is bud n im enjoying it, although im abit of a perfectionist actualy,, for me its got to be the best or else nothing atall,, things start getting a bit dodgy i just cant b bothered like .. How about me going on Holiday in June I dont know what to do,, you any idea when I should be puting the plants into there flowering stage so that come June 15 I can have bud? I sort of just realised that I am pushing it mighty fine,, next time round, more Air, I use a John Innes multi compost just now n its quite spongey n airy but I would incorporate alot more organic material in it,, n have more than 400w,, i mean i would like also some light coming in at the sides like a extra 200w cfl each side of my enclosure, thats what I have learned so far them basics, aswell as not dropping them .. you know what else I have done,, I dropped 2 Nitrogen tablets in the mothership right at the begining, NPK 10/0.4/0.6 two of them,, n I feed with this Baby Bio solution NPK is around 10/1/3... I count all that up to be around 30 percent Nitrogen,, No idea what you think about that,, I dont know what I think about it, I do know I would struggle finding them again if I had to remove them
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