Aquaman gets dirty

[Rooke]

not many folk around here i know,believe i know a canadian though,glad to see you back bro mater chip,i been doing better ,still getting stronger every day,hope the same for you mate

Heya oldskol !!! Haven’t heard from you since just after your surgery hope you’re doing ok ya dig! Lol

 

[PipeCarver]

not many folk around here i know,believe i know a canadian though,glad to see you back bro mater chip,i been doing better ,still getting stronger every day,hope the same for you mate

"not many folk around here i know,believe i know a canadian" I take offense to that remark, you know at least 2 AND its not like you're telling folks you know Martians or Squid people. There are 35 million of us there's bound to be one of us hiding in your county. We don't jump out and go Boo... Canadian here! We look a lot like you folks without the funny accent you can usually tell us apart from the locals by the way we say about or roof and spell with a lot of U's as in colour, favourite and vacuum lol

 

[Aqua Man]

@oldskol4evr still limiting time on the forum? Did ma hold you up with that pellet gun? Lol kidding bro. Tell me about the watermelon... Did you ever get it to go in that drum?

 

[Aqua Man]

Ok 3 days since I plopped soaked but ungerminated seeds into the mix and half are up. I buried them a bit deep this time and was getting a tad worried since I totally changed this germination from what I usually do.

I think I will go back to 18hr soak then into paper towel/coffee filter method until germinated and plant tap root down in jiffys. This time I just plopped em in after soaking pointy side anyway if fell lol.

So room is hovering at 65-68% RH
Temps 82-85f
Soil temp 76
No water yet but likely tomorrow will give em some tap water.
No CO2 yet.

And a pic of the newbies.

 

[BurnzYzBudZz]

Ok 3 days since I plopped soaked but ungerminated seeds into the mix and half are up. I buried them a bit deep this time and was getting a tad worried since I totally changed this germination from what I usually do.

I think I will go back to 18hr soak then into paper towel/coffee filter method until germinated and plant tap root down in jiffys. This time I just plopped em in after soaking pointy side anyway if fell lol.

So room is hovering at 65-68% RH
Temps 82-85f
Soil temp 76
No water yet but likely tomorrow will give em some tap water.
No CO2 yet.

And a pic of the newbies.

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You’re off to a good start aquaman. I have never soaked the seeds in water. What’s the benefit of doing that? Is it to soften the shell? I usually just do the wet paper towel and ziplock bag way. Looking forward to your journal and keeping an eye on that sunshine #4 mix as it’s readily available close by. Happy grows.
Burnz

 

[Aqua Man]

You’re off to a good start aquaman. I have never soaked the seeds in water. What’s the benefit of doing that? Is it to soften the shell? I usually just do the wet paper towel and ziplock bag way. Looking forward to your journal and keeping an eye on that sunshine #4 mix as it’s readily available close by. Happy grows.
Burnz

Thank bud... Soak is yes to soften the shell and one of the activation key to germinate is moisture. Soak from 16-18hrs is what I like no longer than 24hrs and if the split during soak ya wanna take em out sooner than later. If ya do 16-18hrs for me it works like a charm everytime.

I think the slower germ this time is due to lower media temps. When I do paper towel I make sure it's about 80f. I put a towel on my cable box and then 2 plates face together with the wet paper towel in-between. Makes for a perfect 80f lol. I have dam near 100% germ rates like that. Will see how this goes. But already slower I feel

 

[Foutwenty71]

Hey aquaman , im new here so im not familiar with your grows , you seem to have a lot of kind friends here , glad that i got here in time to find a new passionate grower with a group of helpful supporters , looking forward to your grow , thanks for sharing .......

Drooling over the box already

Same here anyone got a paper towel

 

[Foutwenty71]

Yeah, real curious to see how this vermiculite goes for you. It never worked well for me. Always seemed to keep things too soggy, and grows just didnt turn out great. Then I found promix and never looked back at ol' vermiculite.

same here the vermiculite works great in pots for tomatoes in hot weather but when I first started growing indoors this fall that was mistake number 1 for me...Course I'm all the way up to mistake number 59 by now

 

[Aqua Man]

same here the vermiculite works great in pots for tomatoes in hot weather but when I first started growing indoors this fall that was mistake number 1 for me...Course I'm all the way up to mistake number 59 by now

That may be why it will work for me... I run my room pretty warm and may try to push that a little more with the extra space I have.

 

[Glassdub]

You’re off to a good start aquaman. I have never soaked the seeds in water. What’s the benefit of doing that? Is it to soften the shell? I usually just do the wet paper towel and ziplock bag way. Looking forward to your journal and keeping an eye on that sunshine #4 mix as it’s readily available close by. Happy grows.
Burnz

I went this route (soaking 17 hours), I'm glad I did, Homegrown Cannabis Co only guarantees paper towel method which is a big negative in my book as I don't want to use it & don't know why I should be required to use it if I don't want to. Anyhow I lived dangerously & it worked out 100% (though one of six grew inverted) at least this time.

 

[Aqua Man]

Ok we have 19/20 I can help but feel I would be 20/20 if I germinated my normal way. Also I planted a bit deep. Will see bit I have a feeling thats all im getting so..

10 hbcm
9 bft

Not much to update same environmental conditions.

 

[tobh]

Forgive me if you've posted this, what humidifier do you use for your space?

 

[Aqua Man]

Forgive me if you've posted this, what humidifier do you use for your space?

they have a 6L one I would recommend over my dinky little thing. I don't need much because it's a completely sealed room. But any ultrasonic humidifier is good

 

[tobh]

they have a 6L one I would recommend over my dinky little thing. I don't need much because it's a completely sealed room. But any ultrasonic humidifier is good

awesome, thanks! now i can give my kids their humidifier back, once one of these guys arrive haha

 

[Aqua Man]

awesome, thanks! now i can give my kids their humidifier back, once one of these guys arrive haha

Haha my wife got attached to mine in our room during winter. After I set the room back up she wanted to keep it in there. I said no problem I was looking for a reason to go buy a kick ass one anyhow... Well that got me my humidifier back lol.

 

[Aqua Man]

Dug up the last seed... Late bloomer has a 1inch tap root so replanted and there is hope yet

 

[jaguarlax]

Dug up the last seed... Late bloomer has a 1inch tap root so replanted and there is hope yet

so we can still go 20/20???

 

[Aqua Man]

so we can still go 20/20???

I think we will.

 

[Aqua Man]

Well well well. We have the late bloomer breaking the soil. A little haggard looking but that makes it 20/20 all beans are go.

 

[Burned Haze]

Might be the unicorn/ good pheno , look at so many keeps are the slow ones?

mac1,pre98 bubba