They're insanely tough little plants, the Connies! I've got one that's been through two major squirrel attacks and it can't be stopped. It should heal just fine.

For some reason my mystery seeds are not popping through the dirt yet! Neither are my other Connies. I'm not sure what's up with them. Hmmmm...at least the other one in the aero tub is taking root. The ones in the cab in soil are not taking off so well. Not sure what's up with that, maybe I'm just being impatient!

It has always taken a few days longer for my sprouts to, well, sprout. Takes a little bit for them to show themselves. But with my Mysteries, I have YET to get one germinated that DIDN'T sprout. Mark my words!

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Well, I've come to a conclusion: rockwool is great for hydroponics but not so much for soil. I've had far better luck just sticking seeds down in dirt than I've had starting them in rockwool and then moving to dirt. The rockwool dries unevenly -- the ones in the cab in soil dry out daily, and I mean like bone dry. It's not hot inside the cab at all, the fan is doing its job, but the soil pots dry out daily. And several of the seeds I put down in rockwool a few days ago, both indoor and outdoor, either had their roots die or they just didn't go any further than having popped.

The two times I've grown, I've germed my seeds in a paper towel for a few days and then stuck them straight into the dirt, and I've had good luck. I think the rockwool is only going to be for hydro use from now on.

Here's something weird happening in the cab: the one hydro plant is doing great and continues to grow, the other hydro has cracked the surface of the rockwool and is just putting out is first leaves, and the one is soil is just sitting there. It's darker than the others, and it got its first set of two pointy leaves, and then it just stopped. You can't see the next set of leaves coming at all. It's been like this for several days. Any ideas what could be going on?

Off to sit amongst my plants and watch the fireworks on the terrace with the neighbors! Happy 4th!

well here is an update for you guys....not much happening...only got two of the connies to germ so far...these seeds dont like me for some reason...but I have two in soil and we should be able to see em poke their heads tomorrow....

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That's so weird, Honkeytown! They seem to be doing pretty well for others. Have you tried giving them some warmth? Let's hope the two that germed turn out to be happy healthy girls with massive colas!

Two of the Connies in the cab popped up overnight, which is always exciting! At this point I have four plants growing in there. The SMS have still not popped through the soil. Neither has the one Afghani/MK I got to germ. I finally tossed the papayas, sadly enough, and am looking forward to new seeds for the next grow!

It's raining again, big surprise -- started around 9 last night (just in time for the fireworks) and still hasn't stopped. All my other plants look happy and are growing huge; my pot plants look waterlogged. Sigh. I think I just have to face it that we're having an unusually wet summer and hope for the best. I wish my Connies could love it as much as my massive tomato and basil plants! My flowers aren't liking it much either. I'm going to pick up some more worm castings at the farmer's market today and give them a sprinkle of that -- I'm afraid that with all the rain we've had the nutes have leached out of the soil.

havent given them heat...its normally about 80 degrees in my kitchen where I am germing them..but I just threw a heating pad under them so we shall see. I also just took a look at the girls in soil and they are popping their heads...here are pics of them...if you can even tell in the pics. I am gonna throw a few more connie seeds in for germ today too...but I hope I get a male...good seeds never hurt.

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mabey a little off topic but what is a bat trasformation? is it a traNsformation? as in something is traNsforming into something else?

Honkey, I love that you posted pictures of your dirt. Maybe, just maybe, you might just be as big a dork as I am. I hope the heating pad trick works for you -- I'll keep my fingers crossed!

I just fed my gals some worm compost. If they're going to get poured on for another day and a half (which is what the weather report says), they might as well get a big blast of awesomeness out of it.

Okay, off to dance! Shimmy shimmy! Happy weekend, fellow conquistadors!

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ha ha..I bet i am a bigger dork...here are more pics of dirt for you to admire...also I am updating the perpetual journal in my signature today...check it out girly. Hopefully your girls suck up that composty goodness...is composty even a word...whatever..we have the technology to make it one.

have fun shakin it...hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th

oh and btw...I added six more connie seeds to the germ plate so hopefully I will get a full ten plants...fingers crossed

the two at the top are the ones I have had germing...the middle six are new connies that will hopefully pop with no issues and the bottom two seeds are from that sativa I just harvested...out of an ounce and a half I got two seeds from a hermi plant...I think that is pretty fuckin good if I do say so myself. go me

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