No, not the old skool punk band, my first ever grow project!
So, here's the back-story. My wonderful girlfriend took me to Amsterdam for my birthday just before Christmas, and while there I couldn't resist picking up some seeds from SensiSeeds, the most impressive looking seed bank i've ever seen. The best I could afford were SensiSkunk (15 of), but I was happy with that for a first time grow I could fuck up easily.
Since then i've read everything I could get hold of about cultivation of the 'erb, and I think i'm ready to begin...
Tomorrow, i'm putting my little babies in to germinate, using the paper towel method. Gonna use mineral water as i've heard rumours that pH can change sex chances from 50% to more males if it's off neutral. I'm going to the garden centre to buy a propagator which will fit on my window sill and one of those spray vaporisers too. I live in a very warm little room so I hope they'll like that when they've germinated. I thought i'd give em natural light when there is some (not that much where I am) and use an angle-poise lamp with hi lumen bulb when not. Sufficient for the first 2 weeks or so?
When they're a bit bigger (5 inches ish?) i'll transplant them to proper pots and I've got a 400w HPS light ready - still have to construct my grow chamber tho...
Well, that's it so far! I'm getting a new DSLR soon, so will be able to post beautiful pics soon enough.
By the way, they're all called Elizabeth II, after Elizabeth, my first plant which I was given (but then my friend killed her). I'm hoping the female name will help them get the right genes!
Cheers for reading, and as always, comments are more than welcome.
TTFN

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"When the stress burns my brain, just like acid rain-drops, Mary-Jane is the only thing that makes the pain stop" - P.U.T.S

I've thought of going to Amsterdam and bringing some back one day. Do you mind explaining how you stashed the seeds to pass customs? I was figuring that it would be hard for drug dogs to not alarm on EVERYTHING coming out of Amsterdam...but that's just a guess.

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how much was the trip if you dont mind me asking. i would like to go one day and i was wandering how much it was.

I couldn't tell you how much the flights and accomodation were - it was a surprise present so I don't like to pry! Cost of living was about the same as northern france/england, so not cheap but not astronomical. The buds are amazing and cost less than from a dealer in the UK. I got the seeds thru customs sewn into the hem of my t-shirt. I tucked it into my trousers afterwards. Got frisked very carefully and everything, but he didn't get me!
I'd recommend a trip to Amsterdam to everyone - it was fantastic. We went for 3 nights, and in 4 days we got to see and do everything we wanted to do while there (well, I say that, but I wanted to go to a sex show with the missus - she was having none of it).
Cheers guys

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"When the stress burns my brain, just like acid rain-drops, Mary-Jane is the only thing that makes the pain stop" - P.U.T.S

If you are from england you needed have bothered hiding the seeds as seeds are legal. The only become illegal when they get germinated. You can buy seeds over the counter in england

ah really?! Shite, well, coulda saved myself some effort if i knew that. I put em in to germinate tonight...

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Right, so i put them in a paper towel dampened with filtered water, in a pint glass, in a box on top of my amp under my desk, and... THEY'VE ALL GERMINATED! They've been in there for 48hrs, i've read that you leave em in for 3 days, so i'll do that unless someone advises me otherwise, then i'm gonna put them in those little peat 'puck' things that swell up to enclose them. That a good idea? Also I got my Hesi nutes in the post today, which is nice! When do people advise to start using nutes, like rooting complex? Cheers

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"When the stress burns my brain, just like acid rain-drops, Mary-Jane is the only thing that makes the pain stop" - P.U.T.S

you plant them in cubes when the root has grown out about 1/2 the size of the actual seed. be very gentle with the root. I think you can use peat pucks but I'm not an expert at that.

Don't know anything about Hesi nutes. But they should have a schedule of when to use what and at what ratios on their website.

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Ok, so i planted them in their peaty new homes today (with the utmost care). To get the peat jiffies to expand I had to soak them in water, so obviously they're pretty moist. Is that cool? I won't water them for a while now, just keep an eye on them. I should have a propagator by now but it hasn't arrived (damn eBay), so they're in a clear plastic tub with cling film over the top to keep it humid, and on top of my amp to keep them warm. Any comments are of course much appreciated guys!

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they do need some respiration under that cover. so may need to cut a few holes and mist the dome a few times a day.

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