Newbie question on starting seeds off

[tracyd]

Solid advice 420 and thanks for the tag mate .... @tracyd I start my seeds straight into a moist pot and skip the glass of water, just remember to keep the soil moist until it comes up .....if not using lights at all your seedling will have to go out into gentle sun from when they first stand up. I would not put them into direct sun between 9am and 3pm as it's likely too intense for a little sprout and will burn it! I would also bring them back inside if temps are below 12 c of a night as cool temps slow seedlings drastically. It will take a couple of weeks of gradually introducing her to the sun until she is ready to go out in it all day. The best advice I can give is to start a journal up so some more experienced peeps can tag along and help point you in the right direction if you get stuck .....any thing else I can help with just tag me like this @the green bandit good luck buddy

Thanks greenbandit- yep I'll be sure to keep a journal with my grow, and follow those tips about gradually exposing the plant to the sun. The info from the seed company said the plants would flower in around 70 days. I'm very excited to be starting on this new journey Hopefully I'll have something to stick in my vaporiser around Christmas time!

 

[420Forever]

The info from the seed company said the plants would flower in around 70 days.

fun fact -> never trust the seed co'z time projectionz, lol alwayz add a couple weekz ppp

 

[smokeyfromau]

Hello Tracy, GreenBandits idea is great, i do the water and just soak over night, then tap the seed gentley the drop usually, not any longer than 24hrs they would drown. then into jiffy and wait for them to rise, then to the soil., I used the jiffy and heat pad as i had a few plants to keep under the CFLS. Its a another handy way. I first used the paper towel, risk there is the chance of touching their delicate roots

 

[tracyd]

Hi smokey, me again. Well my first 2 seedlings didn’t work out. One got tall and spindly and the other remained stunted with no 2nd set of leaves. So I aborted. I’ve got another two seeds I want to start. So can you please tell me in detail about your CFLs. I only want to use them to raise healthy seedlings and then put those seedlings outdoors. Please tell me how many CFLs, what wattage, spectrum etc. I only wanna do 2 plants so a cheap, simple seedling raising set up is what I need. I’ve looked online and it’s just bewildering! Thanks

 

[DMHeights]

Hey tracy,
You had the hardest part over with, getting them to sprout all of us could have helped you save that spindly gal for sure, she was just growing up looking for the sun.

I simply invested in a cheap grow light, $15 for a 15W blurple, newborns dont need much light to keep that stretching from happening. I also got a germ pad, you can have an awesome little seedling station for under $30 no problem

She just showed her head yesterday
I even started all my veggies this spring haha

 

[hecno]

Howdy @tracyd If you are comfortable with a telling me the number here , like is it 14 or 10 you are in , we can look up your weather patterns and will be able to advice you better .Don't start to get real hot soon .

 

[tracyd]

HI Hecno,
Thanks and I'm in Area 1.

Howdy @tracyd If you are comfortable with a telling me the number here , like is it 14 or 10 you are in , we can look up your weather patterns and will be able to advice you better .Don't start to get real hot soon .
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[420Forever]

HI Hecno,
Thanks and I'm in Area 1.

...better area 1 than fifty-1 ppp

 

[tracyd]

Hey tracy,
You had the hardest part over with, getting them to sprout all of us could have helped you save that spindly gal for sure, she was just growing up looking for the sun.

I simply invested in a cheap grow light, $15 for a 15W blurple, newborns dont need much light to keep that stretching from happening. I also got a germ pad, you can have an awesome little seedling station for under $30 no problem
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She just showed her head yesterday
I even started all my veggies this spring haha

Thanks DMHeights
When you say germ pad, is that the same as a heated mat? Did you get your blurple light from ebay. amazon? Seems like a very reasonable price!

 

[Arthur]

Rh! What's your outside rH? When its hot(90 up) and dry here (15 to 25%), I'll keep them in till they have a couple sets of leaves. The little ones really struggle getting the moisture moved when it's too dry.