could i start of my seedlings in one of those mon-sun pill boxes

In the pass i have transported recently germinated seeds in those pill boxes. but i was wondering if i could start growing them in them for about a week because I was going to plant them today, but i looked at the weather and its heavy thunderstorms all week

Pill boxes? You mean prescription bottles or the little 1/2" square daily reminder boxes?

I suppose it's possible, every spring I start my veggies in the previous winters left over egg crates, but I like to leave much more room for the cannabis tap root to expand downward. I get a much higher ratio of females by using deep containers for seed sprouts.

Yup, if you got alot of those pill bottles that could be pretty slick, easy to transport/transplant.

Scratch that, I thought you meant the bottles...

smokinrav said:

Pill boxes? You mean prescription bottles or the little 1/2" square daily reminder boxes?

I suppose it's possible, every spring I start my veggies in the previous winters left over egg crates, but I like to leave much more room for the cannabis tap root to expand downward. I get a much higher ratio of females by using deep containers for seed sprouts.

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I've watched those tap roots grow over an inch a day. I germinate in 4" paper pots, let them stay under 24/7 lights for three days after popping, rip the bottoms off and transplant the cups (which eventually disintegrate) into to 3.5 gallon plastic pots under 24/7 lights for the next three weeks or the third leaf set, reduce the lighting to 14/7 for a few weeks and take them outside on the full moon. Once sexed the ladies then get transplanted into soil prepared 3' deep holes. I isolate a couple of males still in pots far away from the ladies for seed purposes.

I had to put them in those pill boxes. theyre going to be on a window sill for about 6 days. im going to transplant them to my actual spot as soon as it stops raining so much

madodah said:

I've watched those tap roots grow over an inch a day. I germinate in 4" paper pots, let them stay under 24/7 lights for three days after popping, rip the bottoms off and transplant the cups (which eventually disintegrate) into to 3.5 gallon plastic pots under 24/7 lights for the next three weeks or the third leaf set, reduce the lighting to 14/7 for a few weeks and take them outside on the full moon. Once sexed the ladies then get transplanted into soil prepared 3' deep holes. I isolate a couple of males still in pots far away from the ladies for seed purposes.

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That sounds like a great system. Only problem is most outdoor growers can throw together a square foot of flouros but having a dozen or so 3.5 gallon pots under sufficient light inside would take a bunch of room. Probably more room and resources than non-indoor growers have at their disposal.

Angus said:

That sounds like a great system. Only problem is most outdoor growers can throw together a square foot of flouros but having a dozen or so 3.5 gallon pots under sufficient light inside would take a bunch of room. Probably more room and resources than non-indoor growers have at their disposal.

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I do 24 3.5 gallon pots, which takes six 4' florescent shop lights with gro-bulbs, easy fit in two rows on two 3'x6' fold-up tables. That's 36 square feet of room. They're at the front wall of my garage surrounded by two of those silver tarps with a space heater on the end of one table to keep the temperature at 75°. Eye hooks in the ceiling with cords to the individual light fixtures make for easy light height adjustment. And I can still park a vehicle in there.

The nice part is since the garage door has a Southern exposure I can move the pots to the door to harden the plants before transplanting. Next year's plan (I keep putting it off) is to put casters on the table legs so I can just roll them to the front of the garage and back for sunlight instead of the chore of moving individual plants back and forth (those suckers are heavy!).