AK's Back Yard Organic 4 Strain Extravaganza

It has been 2 days since I planted the 11 seeds. So far 2 have fully exited shell and have sprouted coteyldon and the first tiny true leaves. There are several that are breaking soil and only 2 have showed no growth. I have them in the jiffy greenhouse in my window sill which provides about 8 hours of full sunlight. When the sun is over my roof I put the tray under 2 48" T12 ecolux flouros that are about 1 3/4 inch away from seedlings. I am not going to keep the hood on anymore because I think the humidity got a little too high as well as temp and one of the sprouts looks kinda steamed oh well we will see. Sunday I will start with 1/4 strength Thrive Alive B1 and Root66 from Technaflora. I did this last year and had excellent results getting healthy strong rooted seedlings. I know that T12s are the least effecient but the full sun gives em quite a boost in the morning. I will be buying some Fox Farm OF soil to transplant in. I have decided to use 2 25 gallon or so Rubber made Containers as my planters. I have heard the a wide deep container is good especially since i will be planting two per container.

Update again when all seedlings have hatched.

Ok well it has been five days since I planted the Germed seeds. There are 5 of 11 sprouts and I think I am going to stop worrying about the ones that have not sprouted. If they make it that’s good but I have 4 that are growing very vigorously and were obliviously very healthy seeds. The strains are unknown but I think I can tell that I will have a couple indicas and maybe one sativa. The strongest of the seedlings is the Sativa looking one. It has already begun to sprout its second set of true leaves. They have been spending the majority of their time outside in full sun so they are getting plenty of light. When they are inside I have the flouro almost on top of them so they do not stretch. So far I am happy with the results and cannot wait to harvest (thinking ahead) The seedlings have been watered with 1/10 strength Root 66 every other day and its seems to be helping. There are already small fat roots growing out of the bottom of the plugs so, I may have to transplant into cups. I have decided to use a mix of FF OF and FF HF with a 40% perlite addition for drainage.



Here is a pic of the seedlings

I'm subbed, sounds like a good plan.
Daniels

Ok so went to hydro store today

www.growalot.com

I purchased
1 12qt bag of FoxFarm Ocean Forest
1 12qt bag of FoxFarm Happy Frog
4 5 Gal grow bags

I was told by someone to abandon the rubbermaid idea because I would not be happy with the results. I was going to buy 5 gal buckets but, this is going to be a budget grow sort of and .51 per bag was better than 5 or more bucks for buckets. I also went to walmart and bought some more perlite and I bought two new Ecolux T12 6500k bulbs. They claim 3050 lumens per bulb. They are much brighter than the plant/aquarium bulbs i was using. I talked to the store owner and she said something like 200 something for a 400w HPS with digital ballast so I might shop elsewhere for them. The seedlings are doing well I think the 4 that popped originally are going to be the ones I use because the rest are struggling already. The orig 4 are growing strong, the sativa one is already on second set of leaves and they are barely a week old so I am a happy camper. Tomorrow I will mix the soil and plant them into plastic beercups untill I can buy some more soil to fill the bags up. I also won a small bottle of Botanicare CNS17 bloom nutes. they were having US history Trivia for memorial weekend and I answered right. I wont be using it though since my garden will be 100% organic this time around. I may keep it for my flower garden though or give it to someone who needs it. I will post pics tomorrow after I plant in the cups.

~Peace~

what's wrong with rubbermaid bins? Alot of people use them with great results. Here is my new RDWC setup...1.jpg...I'm just sayin I think you would do better with a bin than grow bags. I'm interested to see how your grow turns out.

I am growing soil not hydro

oh right yeah bins are a bad idea the roots strangle eachother haha

Sorry it took awhile to get these pics up. All 4 strains have shown exponitial growth except for strain #4. #4 was plagued by some nutrient burn I am thinking that the food that is in the soil was a little to much for this particular type. The other 3 are taking their new soil in stride and are growing more everyday. The Ocean Forest/Happy Frog Mix seems to be working well considering these little girls (praying) are only 2 weeks old. They look much healthier than my last grow. They are still in full sun from about 8am-2:30 then they come inside and go under the floros. I will be moving to a 18/6 light cycle starting tonight at 3 am. My big problem is that the floro fixture I have is cheap and wont start without me messing with the switch a few times. Almost have enough saved to buy a new light setup. well here are the pics and I will update again next sunday.