Starting the growing process for the first time.

[Gorecore]

I have 8 nice, dark seeds that I found in an oz of weed I had last winter and I've been saving the seeds ever since. Here in NS, the weather has been BEAUTIFUL...25+ degrees for 3 days straight!!

I can't grow in the house at all, because of the parents. So I started the germinating process like this.

I took 4 paper towels and moistened them well. I placed my 8 seeds on the moist towels about 2 inches apart and then covered them with more moist towels. I set the towels on a plastic bag, not IN the bag, but ON the bag...just to keep the towels from soaking into the wood I have them sitting on.

Then I put the whole shebang inside my cigar box that I got from work.

Sound okay so far?

[Weedguru Higher]

Can't help ya out much till the thing starts growing. I have never ever grown from seeds, just from clippings/clones.

[canadianbud]

how d'yu grow from clippings?

[TopBuzzerPerry]

When the seeds pop.. you should just plant them(white pointy thing down) like 0.5cm deep in a small pot full of potting soil.. and let them pop out of the ground..(will take a few days) dont overwater.. dont underwater either..
When they have popped.. let them grow till they have some leaves..
(in the sun)
Then they have become small plants.. like 10-15cm you can place them on your spot

[asswipe]

how d'yu grow from clippings?

Just plant them again. and wait just that simple
When you have clippings at the first time, they just look like small plants, and the vegitation will take some time cause of the unsettled roots.

[Gorecore]

I know I'm not supposed to look at the seeds to see if they popped out of their shells, but I was sooooo curious today.

I opened the paper towels (still moist, yay!) and after two days of waiting, 3 of my 8 seeds have popped and have little hook shaped, white rooty things popping out!!!!

I'm pretty stoked...now I'll wait another day or two and check the others. Hell, if they don't pop within a few days, I'll just plant 'em anyhow and see what happens.

ON A SIDE NOTE:

Has anyone ever used those small peat pots to start the seeds? The store I used to work at sells them for 10 cents a pot. You know what those are right? They're dried, compressed peat moss shaped like a small flower pot. They disentigrate when they are planted directly into the soil.

Sound like a good idea to you?

[Weedguru Higher]

Peat pots are convienient because you can just chuck them in the ground without transplanting. I don't use them personally, but then again I don't grow from seeds either.

[Weedguru Higher]

Here's a piece I just found about germination. Maybe helpful maybe not

Germination

Germinate seeds in sterile soil (for planting outdoors) or a hydroponic medium of rockwool or vermiculite. DO NOT (!) use a Jiffy cube #7 to germinate seeds. Informal tests and experience show these peat cubes do not work well and stunt the plants growth.

Planting in vermiculite gives the seedling so much oxygen, and are so easy for roots to grow in, that the plants look large 1 week after germination!

Keep them moist at all times, by placing seeds in vermiculite filled 16oz cups with holes in the bottom, placed in a tray of weak nutrient solution, high in P. Rockwool cubes also work extremely well.

When the seed sprouts, place the rockwool cubes into larger rockwool cubes. No repotting or transplanting, and no soil mixing!

You can germinate seeds in a paper towel. This method is tricky; it's easy to ruin roots if they dry out, or are planted too late after germinating. Paper towels dry out REAL FAST! Place paper towel in a bowl, saturated with weak nutrient solution (not too much!), and cover with plastic wrap to keep it from drying out.

Put bowl in a warm area; top of the gas stove, water heater closet, or above warm lamps. Cover with black paper to keep out light.

Check every 12 hours and plant germinated seeds with the grow tip up (if possible) in a growing medium as soon as the root coming out of the seed is 1/16" or longer. Use tweezers, and don't touch the root tip.

Transplant as little as possible by germinating in the same container you intend to grow the plant in for a significant period of time. Just plant in vermiculite or rockwool.

You will be amazed at the results! 90% germination is common with this method, as compared to 50% or less with Jiffy Cubes. (Your mileage may vary.)

5-55-17 plant food such as Peter's Professional will stimulate root growth of the germinating seed and the new seedlings. Use a very dilute solution, in distilled water, about 1/3 normal strength, and keep temperatures between 72-80 degrees.

Warm temperatures are very important. Many growers experience low germination rate if the temperatures are out of this range. A heating pad set to low or medium may be necessary, or a shelf constantly warmed by a light may do, but test it with a few seeds first, before devoting next years crop to it.

No light is necessary and may slow germination. Cover germinating seeds with black paper to keep out light. Place seedlings in the light once they sprout.

Plan on transplanting only once or twice before harvest. Use the biggest containers possible for the space and number of seedlings you plan to start.

Plants will suffer if continuously transplanted and delay harvesting. You will suffer too, from too much work! 13 2-liter plastic soda bottles filled with vermiculite/pearlite will fit in a cat box tray, and will not require transplanting for the first harvest, if you intend to grow hydroponically. Transplant them for a second regenerated harvest.

Cut holes in the bottom of containers and fill the last few inches at the top with vermiculite only, to start seeds or accept seedling transplants. Since vermiculite holds water well, wicks water well, but does not hold too much water, roots always have lots of oxygen, even if they are sitting in a tray full of water.

A hydrogen peroxide based plant food is used to get extra oxygen to the plants when the pans are kept continuously full. The water can be allowed to recede each time after watering, before new solution is added. This allows the plants roots to dry somewhat, and make sure they are getting enough oxygen.

Use SuperSoil brand potting soil, as it is excellent and sterilized. If you insist on using dirt from the yard, sterilize it in the microwave or oven until it gets steamy.(NOT RECOMMENDED) Sterilize the containers with a bleach solution, especially if they have been used a previous season for another plant.

[Gorecore]

Cool, thanks for the article. Some good advice there.

Gotta look up vermiculite on the 'net. I have no clue what that is.

[TopBuzzerPerry]

How are your ladys doing?
Whats Strain is it btw?

[Gorecore]

I may have given up on my plants...because there aren't any. I had 4 fully germinated seeds and planted them directly in the forest soil. I know that isn't the ideal way to do it, but I had no other choice.

The germ'ed seeds have been in the ground about a week and a half and I don't see anything poking out of the ground yet.

[Weedguru Higher]

[Klown666]

i took a old shoe box and sat it up and down.put a night light at the top to give it light and heat.planted the seeds(5)in like.......1/2 an inch in.watered them every 10 hrs and they are about 1ft and a half high.i'm waitin for the buds to get bigger then its on.i hade 3 and sold one for $150.00.nice profet.1 plant to smoke,1 plant to sell.i live in the ville so all i do is stand on the corner,sum1 goes in to get a blunt or papers and i say"i got the green" and i meke about $120.00 a week and reup after every $200.00 i made whatever is left i keep ir sell and keep the $.i love my life.

[Weedguru Higher]

How are you going to make 120 a week from a plant the is 1.5 feet tall?? Did I misunderstand something??

[auto]

i took a old shoe box and sat it up and down.put a night light at the top to give it light and heat.planted the seeds(5)in like.......1/2 an inch in.watered them every 10 hrs and they are about 1ft and a half high.i'm waitin for the buds to get bigger then its on.i hade 3 and sold one for $150.00.nice profet.1 plant to smoke,1 plant to sell.i live in the ville so all i do is stand on the corner,sum1 goes in to get a blunt or papers and i say"i got the green" and i meke about $120.00 a week and reup after every $200.00 i made whatever is left i keep ir sell and keep the $.i love my life.

don't count ur money till ya have it buddy... and unless im really lost... it looks like ya wont