New Grower Gorilla Glue Autos in a 4x4 tent. New grower. Advice welcomed.

[Peacefulgarden]

Put a cup over it upside down to keep it damp, take it off in 3 days, if all that soil is evenly moist from the bag I’d cover it all so it stays that way

agree with the lol on the stick.

not a fan of the top layer, mabe mostly cuz it looks dry, but if a .5” or less not a big deal but I would moisten it and cover. Shouldn’t need water for a while

oh, last pic look like you made it moist. Nice

 

[ItzSticky]

Hello! You have some nice setup, everything should be smooth and easy. As for germination i would suggest throwing them straight into the soil as @Suki813 said, i usually keep them in glass of water for 24hrs prior to it but keep it in really warm płace as water goes cold quickly. Might even skip that whole step, straight into the soil is safe and good method. I’m on mine first grow too, come check my thread mate and best advice from newbie to newbie is to not overthink and don’t stress yourself too much, these plants are really resistance and would even grow when snapped in half or placed upside down. also, what techniques you going to be using? good luck with your grow mate! i’ll keep my eye on it

Hey Narnia! thanks for the tip. I definitely think it was the warmth that might of stunted these seeds.

I looked at some warming mats, Vivosun has some that aren't too expensive.

If you plant on growing for a long time a humidity dome with a heat mat that has a thermostat pays for itself after not to many failed seeds. I keep my seeds from 70f-75f (tad warmer maybe 'better', 100% so far though), start in solo cups 3/4 full of moist soil. Best investment for me, love mine. I haven't had a cannibus seed not sprout since having.

I'm not sure if your ph could be so far off to mess with the seeds, or if ppm of tap water over 300, I don't know anything about that.

Aside from something wrong with water, all they care about is temp and moisture, imo. I just had a seed sprout on it's own in my back yard not to long ago and temps in the 40s (f), at night, I think that is pretty rare though lol and no idea how long it took

Per the price of seeds, I think its definitely a good investment. (Cropking 5 autos ~ $100 U.S.)

@narnia420 I think I'm going with some LST training. Going to use tie wire technique.
I'll check your progression out too. Good luck!

 

[ItzSticky]

Put a cup over it upside down to keep it damp, take it off in 3 days, if all that soil is evenly moist from the bag I’d cover it all so it stays that way

agree with the lol on the stick.

not a fan of the top layer, mabe mostly cuz it looks dry, but if a .5” or less not a big deal but I would moisten it and cover. Shouldn’t need water for a while

Okay, so just cover the whole pot, or put a cup over the area of the seed?

It all came from the same bag, the happy frog was pretty dry.

 

[ItzSticky]

I finally got all the seeds to sink.
Going to leave this one in the shot glass for a couple more hours before transferring to heat

 

[hairyman]

Gospel according to MOG @Mañ'O'Green What you need to learn about watering will come with practice. Here are the basic rules: Never let the soil dry out. Soil and or coco can become hydrophobic if allowed to dry. This means it repels water. This in turn will create dry pockets in the soil and the roots and microbes will die there. If your soil - coco have accidentally dried out use a surfactant to help re-wet it. I like yucca powder. Don't let soil remain soggy by watering too much too often. Root rot, damping off, molds, fungus gnats and other problems start in soggy soil. When you do water water the entire pot. How to learn when to water starts before you plant the seed. Fill your container with fresh soil/coco and weigh it (heft it) this is the lightest weight and consider it a dry pot. Now slowly water until the soil/coco will no longer absorb the water and run-off begins; weigh the pot (heft it) this is the maximum water, the wettest the pot can get. The difference between wettest and driest is the maximum water weight, for ease of explanation lets just say the water weighs 20 pounds. When the pot loses 10 pounds (half of the water weight) it is time to water again. There is an art to watering.


Isn't sure why you layered the soil ,,but its done

 

[Peacefulgarden]

Okay, so just cover the whole pot, or put a cup over the area of the seed?

It all came from the same bag, the happy frog was pretty dry.

I cover all my soil now, helps to keep it evenly moist and bugs out, roots will grow out of the soil If it stays moist. For sure at least cover where the seed is, if it dries the seed dies. I’d use a cup upside down or something similar. Periodic spraying sound like over watering in the making or maybe underwater. Cup keep high humidity and soil moist as when you planted the seed

 

[St. Tom]

hi bro nice to meet you and i just wanted to show you this way its 100 reliable just for future reference https://www.autoflower.org/threads/germination-the-ronin-way.33891/

 

[ItzSticky]

Gospel according to MOG @Mañ'O'Green What you need to learn about watering will come with practice. Here are the basic rules: Never let the soil dry out. Soil and or coco can become hydrophobic if allowed to dry. This means it repels water. This in turn will create dry pockets in the soil and the roots and microbes will die there. If your soil - coco have accidentally dried out use a surfactant to help re-wet it. I like yucca powder. Don't let soil remain soggy by watering too much too often. Root rot, damping off, molds, fungus gnats and other problems start in soggy soil. When you do water water the entire pot. How to learn when to water starts before you plant the seed. Fill your container with fresh soil/coco and weigh it (heft it) this is the lightest weight and consider it a dry pot. Now slowly water until the soil/coco will no longer absorb the water and run-off begins; weigh the pot (heft it) this is the maximum water, the wettest the pot can get. The difference between wettest and driest is the maximum water weight, for ease of explanation lets just say the water weighs 20 pounds. When the pot loses 10 pounds (half of the water weight) it is time to water again. There is an art to watering.


Isn't sure why you layered the soil ,,but its done

Thanks for the info! I compared both the dry and the wet pot. I have a small reference now, thanks.

In a different forum, I read that the Ocean Forest soil is a little too hot for seedlings and an alternative is to use a pocket of Happy Frog which contains relatively lower amounts of nutrients. Once the roots grows and hits the Ocean Forest soil it will have that extra bit of nutrients when it really needs it.

 

[hairyman]

Thanks for the info! I compared both the dry and the wet pot. I have a small reference now, thanks.

In a different forum, I read that the Ocean Forest soil is a little too hot for seedlings and an alternative is to use a pocket of Happy Frog which contains relatively lower amounts of nutrients. Once the roots grows and hits the Ocean Forest soil it will have that extra bit of nutrients when it really needs it.

Ok...done similar things ,,,i would suggest its simpler and get better results with an even mix ,,but its good to experiment

 

[Peacefulgarden]

Different soils won’t transfer moisture to one another as well as one soil to itself, something to watch out for, but if just a thin layer probably won’t matter