Dr Greenthumbs Sour Diesel Grow Journal & Smoke report

Greetings,
Dr Greenthumb was kind enough to give me these seeds to journal for him.
They are his new Sour Diesel (S1's) feminized seeds.
It took 7 days from shipping to my mail box.
These will start out under CFL's then switch to 250 mh for veg and end up under 2- 400 watt hps lamps for flower. Using Foxfarm OF soil, and Jacks Classic nutes.
I will start the germ process later today and will report often once they get going.
If anyone is interested you can get these here...http://www.drgreenthumb.com/cannabis_seeds_GreenthumbSeedsEntrance.htm

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Well, so far they are going slow. 1 of the 3 I germed has popped but am still waiting on the other 2. I put the first one into a Jiffy Pellet and am awaiting results. The first one popped in 24 hrs and it's almost 72 hrs for the others so far.

NickNasty said:

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Cool Dude!

Dr Gruber said:

Cool Dude!

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I am also subscribed.

Im in here!!..i asked the doc why he doesnt do 5pcks for half the price..he said he doesnt break packs...he has a few strains i wanna try but his prices.. ..

silverhazefiend said:

Im in here!!..i asked the doc why he doesnt do 5pcks for half the price..he said he doesnt break packs...he has a few strains i wanna try but his prices.. ..

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I am in the same boat I have followed a lot of grows with his gear and all seem to love it and I am sure I will grow out a lot of his gear eventually but with so much other stuff I have wanted to try I just haven't gotten around to ordering from him because I know when I do its going to be like a 1000 dollar order.

And to Dr Gruber, Thanks for making this thread if it weren't for people like you we would all be flying blind when it comes to new strains/seeds.

Yea nick..i would spend 500 hundred knowing im gonna try 5 diffrent strains all fem..but a 1000 dollars..sheesh..im an avid sneaker collector 2..and thats a whole lot of sneakers with my discount..im gonna bite the bullet slowly tho..over time like u

Hmmmm....well things are going slow. As I mentioned, 1 of the 3 popped and I put it in a jiffy pellet, it has popped out of the dirt and has it's cotyledon leafs.
The other 2 are very slow...1 of them has popped its tap root but the other is just starting to open. I have always had 100% gerination, but i did change my method a bit so it is probably something I did wrong. I still feel confident it will pop as the seeds all look very healthy.
Thanks to all for following along and leaving comments....all replies are welcome.

Here are a couple pics....

NickNasty said:

I am in the same boat I have followed a lot of grows with his gear and all seem to love it and I am sure I will grow out a lot of his gear eventually but with so much other stuff I have wanted to try I just haven't gotten around to ordering from him because I know when I do its going to be like a 1000 dollar order.

And to Dr Gruber, Thanks for making this thread if it weren't for people like you we would all be flying blind when it comes to new strains/seeds.

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You're welcome Nick...thanks for watching.

I forgot to mention that the second seed popped and is in a jiffy pellet. It popped out of the dirt and is on its way to glory. The 3rd seed hasnt done anything so I will germ another tonight so I can have 3 in my garden.

Take care all......

Well what do you know?
I mentioned that the third seed had not popped yet and I was going to pop another to take its place.
I decieded to take a last look at the third seed and gave it a squeze, I heard the shell crack and could see the tap root trying to get out. So i let it go another day without germing the other seed and today it has a 1 inch long tap root coming out so I wont be germming the other seed to take its place. It may be a week behind or so but it will catch up quickly i think.
I have never had a seed take so long to pop...any ideas why?
My first thought is those are some hard shells on these babies.

Yeah that would be my guess, I once had a old grower tell me to take sand paper to the edge of his seeds to help get them to crack because they had hard shells. I have also had to squeeze them before to get them to crack but you have to be careful doing that because you can easily squeeze to hard and kill it before it even has a chance. Some people will also drop them in a cup water first for 8-24 hrs to soften them up.

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Yeah that would be my guess, I once had a old grower tell me to take sand paper to the edge of his seeds to help get them to crack because they had hard shells. I have also had to squeeze them before to get them to crack but you have to be careful doing that because you can easily squeeze to hard and kill it before it even has a chance. Some people will also drop them in a cup water first for 8-24 hrs to soften them up.

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Yeah, I start them by putting them in a matchbox lined with a very fine sand paper and shake them around a bit. I learned that from Jorge Cervantes grow bible. I usually put them in a glass of water for 10 hrs or so after that and then into paper towel and they always pop. The Docs germming instructions were different this time around and he didnt recomend putting them in water, just straight into paper towel. So I followed his instructions this time and went away from my usual method, it still worked, just a bit slower.

Two of the seedlings have been transplanted into plastic cups, and the third has broken the soil of the jiffy pellet. It will go into a cup in a couple days.

Here are some pictures of The last of my Doc Greenthumbs Columbian Skies. This one smells so nice, cant wait to smoke her. Day 42 of flower...

As you can see I over nuted them and I hardly gave them anything at all.

Here's some pics of the girls starting to grow..... the one in front is the 3rd seed to pop, you can see it's small but catching up.

All the girls are in small pots now and looking good. Here are some pictures....as of yesterday the one in the back right is 22 days old, the back left is 15 days, and the front one is 11 days. All the pots have been treated with Microkote to prevent root spinout and develope a stronger root system.

So how they doing doc? I check your journal everyday here and the other place for updates I just dont wanna spam up your thread with a bunch of "Cool, lookin good replies" although that should be implied