Skunk #1 Grow

It isn't very often I have an opportunity to document a grow from seed as I'm usually cloning from an N'th generation mother. So, today I acquired some Skunk #1 seeds that I will attempt to journal from seed to crop. In terms of results, aside from regular personal bud, I am looking to expand my horizons and get into breeding my own stock of seed, and having a solid Skunk #1 line will be a great addition to my girls.

At lights on tonight, I will pre-soak 5 rockwool cubes and plant 5 Skunk seeds. I go this way for ease, I have done paper-towel in the past, but opt to start them in their life-long grow medium immediately to avoid unnecessary transplants or accidental dry-outs. These cubes then go into a tray that is kept with about 1/2 to 3/4 of inch of water until they sprout their first true leaves.

These start out in the nursery, where they'll spend the next few weeks with other moms and clones for my next regular cycle.

Looking forward to your journal. Good luck on this one Hydro!

and one super boring pic of seeds in rockwool.

First beans are sprouting...

3 sprouted... first one is about to dump its seed casing.

Progress. Long way to go but it's a series of successful steps and you're getting it done.

and 5 out of 5 in Rockwool have popped. Going to let them keep pushing and till first set of true leaves. Hopefully I'll be able to get some space in my grow DWC area for them in a few days. Until then, they'll remain in an open, lightly watered tupperware container.

5 for 5 - Great news. Germination stage always makes me anxious.

Still in a holding pattern until I can pull some clones out of my grow tank and add these gals, which is fine as they can stand to beef up a bit first anyways. Added hydroton for additional water buffering and darkness for the new roots. Added a few squirts from grow tank to serve as a light nute solution as they're doing quite well.

Pleased with the germination rate and overall seedling performance.

Still 5 out of 5, pushing into second node now. Moved to a veg DWC setup with a weak grow solution (400ppm).

Another week or so, and i'll be taking cuttings to hopefully identify some girls.