• Root riot cubes
• 1/2 cup coconut water
• 5 ml fulvic acid
• 1/4 cup aloe Vera juice (pharmacy)
• 2 cups cold water...yah from the fridge...its called cold stratification

Planter01 said:

If I had new beans to pop I would have scrapped this grow and started fresh. They were all purchased presumably viable seeds and for the life of me I can't pin down the prob. I figure 40% popped at least a little and hit dirt and of those 24 only 12 ever saw light. Even after becoming seedlings NONE of the 12 exibited any signs of becoming the Chosen One. A 20% germ is costly in time and money. I would have never popped 60 nuts but I had hoped to do a phenotype hunt and was looking to grow out and propagate the best of them. Oh well it is what it is.
I have enough light for 12 but I prefer 9 in 3g pots and I wouldn't mind trying 6 in 15 liter short pots. These crappy little plants are almost 3 weeks old and should be at LEAST twice as developed. I think there are 4 each of W. Widow, Cheese, and Critical Kush. I will be culling so the girls better take note although the Mrs does always pick a runt that she wants to save from the compost heap. This could go a lot of ways. It'll be either a grow journal or a lesson in what not to do.
The one thing in my favor is the resilience of the species. It's tough and forgiving. Hopefully I have enough Karma points.
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Planter01 said:

Well it looks like the 12 are going to be ok. They are starting to settle in and seem to have gotten over their rough start. I would have liked to cull down to 12 out of 60 so I could go perpetual but it is what it is. Temps are stable and I'm now watering with seaweed tea. The seaweed was rinsed before brewing to reduce the Na just a bit and the tea has just a little bit of old hog crap in it for nitrogen. Then it all goes through cheese cloth and gets a taste test b4 using. There's 5 gallons cooking and bubbling but that will end up being 10 gallons of feed. And so it grows.
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Planter01 said:

If I had new beans to pop I would have scrapped this grow and started fresh. They were all purchased presumably viable seeds and for the life of me I can't pin down the prob. I figure 40% popped at least a little and hit dirt and of those 24 only 12 ever saw light. Even after becoming seedlings NONE of the 12 exibited any signs of becoming the Chosen One. A 20% germ is costly in time and money. I would have never popped 60 nuts but I had hoped to do a phenotype hunt and was looking to grow out and propagate the best of them. Oh well it is what it is.
I have enough light for 12 but I prefer 9 in 3g pots and I wouldn't mind trying 6 in 15 liter short pots. These crappy little plants are almost 3 weeks old and should be at LEAST twice as developed. I think there are 4 each of W. Widow, Cheese, and Critical Kush. I will be culling so the girls better take note although the Mrs does always pick a runt that she wants to save from the compost heap. This could go a lot of ways. It'll be either a grow journal or a lesson in what not to do.
The one thing in my favor is the resilience of the species. It's tough and forgiving. Hopefully I have enough Karma points.
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Planter01 said:

I can take it so expand a bit Brazel. What is it that the pics show you? Don't leave me hanging. I've been doing this for 35 years successfully but I'm always open to the input of those who know more. What is/was my error? Human error is always the easiest to fix. Sharing is caring bub.

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Planter01 said:

Not a chance on the overwatering theory Bra. I let then just about dry out b4 I water as I have always done. They were planted in nuteless Pro-Mix and they just got their first taste of micros with just a touch of N. The water is straight out of the Koi pond as it always is. The plants seem to be right as rain right not and have to my experienced eye the color is good. Healthy but not to green or to yellow. I appreciate the input but your over watering theory doesn't hold water and certainly doesn't account for such a poor germination rate. I'm sorry to say "strike one" but I still appreciate the effort.

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Planter01 said:

I appreciate the input but your over watering theory doesn't hold water and certainly doesn't account for such a poor germination rate.

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