Alright, so I just cut down the last of my first harvest, and didn't want to waste any time in starting a new grow. As I was trimming my last plant, I immediately threw 8 Nirvana Aurora Indica seeds into some moist paper towels to germ. All I did was fold a paper towel over twice, throw it on a plate, fold the paper towel over my seeds, and put another (identical) plate on top. It gives them a nice, moist little package.

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And this is me pHing some water for the germination. Since going through some serious pH catastrophes in my first grow, I have been quick to grab my pH pen at every opportunity.

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I did all of this Wednesday night [2/6/08]. This morning [2/8/08], the plate looked like this:

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I now have tap roots showing on 4 of my 8 seeds. I would have let them go a little bit longer, and tried to plant them all together; but I have read some terrible things about germ rates with Nirvana seeds. So, I got things started. I am going to start these in disposable cups. I will transplant to proper pots at a later date. So, first, I filled 8 cups with a mixture of Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil and about 30% perlite by volume.

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(Oh, and the cat litter has nothing to do with the grow)


I think the cups will work well, but I needed to give them a little bit of drainage for run off water. I did it like this, with a pair of wire cutters.

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I clipped each cup four times, so they looked like this. If I find that it is not sufficient, I can easily cut more.

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Now, with all of that taken care of, it was time for me to put the seeds in the soil. I poked a little hole in the soil of my four cups, and put in the four seeds that cracked. I used tweezers for precision, and put the seeds in with the taproot facing down.

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I then gently covered them with soil while still holding on to the seed with tweezers. When the seed was covered and well situated, I gently pulled the tweezers out from the soil. Then, it was time to sweep them out to the grow room. I immediately ran upstairs to prep their first watering. Once again, I pHed my water (see, it's important!!)

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I made sure to make sure to pH the water, soak my hand thoroughly in the water, and pH it again. The reason for this is that I like to water seedlings by sprinkling them with my hand, as it gives me a chance to lightly soak the soil without disturbing the seed. Many people have other methods, but I like this one. I decided to use very lightly acidic water, but will knock the pH down a couple of tenths of a point when they grow larger. I use rice wine vinegar, but will get some proper pH down soon.


After that, I gave them a good sprinkling and threw them to the wolves. They will veg under a 400W High Pressure Sodium lamp. It is air-cooled (cooltube) with a 250cfm in-line duct fan. The exhaust goes out the door and the intake is passive. I hope they sprout soon!

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(The fan in the room is not yet on. I will use it later)

And that is it so far! I hope to see some sprouts by tomorrow, and have the remaining 4 seeds germ ASAP. I am still debating on many aspects of the grow, but am very excited for what's to come. Those 2 days that I didn't have any plants growing were hell! Thanks for stopping by, and check back soon. I absolutely welcome comments or any questions you may have.

S-Town

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cool, yeah i hate the anticipation between grows

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Good luck, I have three of these going right now myself

I will be watching here bro.

Very organized, I love this!!!

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nice man i will be watching as well. i too have three aurora indicas, and 3 lowryder 2s jist started about a week ago, thread on the way. lol. good luck man, looks like itll b good.

Thanks for checking me out, guys. I decided on Aurora Indica because it seemed to be the only F1 hybrid Nirvana sells. I read a lot about how people are frustrated with Nirvana because they end up with 10 plants with 4 different phenotypes. They were cheap, and I have read great reports about them. I am hoping for the best here.

Also, last night I had 3 more seeds show taproots. I planted them in the same fashion, and all 7 are sitting under the lights. I haven't had a sprout yet; but I am anticipating a little action this evening. The 8th seed is being a little bit stubborn; but it looks like it is starting to crack. I will post picture updates when I have something cool to show.

S-Town

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i'll be pulling up a chair on this one too I have them but I haven't sprouted them yet. I'm working on nevilles haze hybrid and nl#5 at the moment

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i'm pulling up a chair for this one. Thinking about getting some A.I. on my next order.

So, I now have 4 sprouts! I thought I would do a little update to show off my newborns. The attached photos are of the sprouts that are worth looking at. I have three sprouts that have popped up and are showing off their glorious cotyledons. One of the original four is still being coy, and is still tucked over on its side. The pictures are of the three that have sprouted. This is about 3 1/2 days from germ.

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I have only watered them once, with 6.5 pH water. I split about a quart over 8 cups. I will not give them any nutes until they have 5-pointed leaves; and I will carefully introduce them. My temperature in the room is going to probably ride a constant ~78F. Oh, and I will be using a 24/0 light schedule all the way through veg. Hopefully, my remaining four will sprout by tomorrow; and I will have a room full of beautiful plants! Thanks for coming in.

S-Town

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hey man i would advise against a 24/0 veg cycle, it is usually beneficial to give some down time for the roots to grow, and i heard that 24/0 gives a higher percentage of males. just saying

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