Thinking of giving up

[Mercy1959]

The best advice I can give is to start your seeds in a mini stealth pre guerrilla grow with rock wool or w/e your preference.( cube I find make eazy transport)
Then once at more manageable age pop them in a Tupperware container & transplant..
done many of those with backpacks full...

You sure someone hasn’t scoped your spot and just keeps swiping your stuff ?

Nah, Ive got a privacy fence, in 20 + years no one has crossed it even in 2008 when a hurricane blew it down. I have dogs, I would know. I check the pots every day and when a week goes by without poking thru the soil I have probably killed the seed.

 

[mohawk warrior]

Nah, Ive got a privacy fence, in 20 + years no one has crossed it even in 2008 when a hurricane blew it down. I have dogs, I would know. I check the pots every day and when a week goes by without poking thru the soil I have probably killed the seed.

K so regardless, why not try starting them in something like mentioned and then transplant them. what’s the worst that could happen? You get some plants.
Also I’ve had certain stragglers take weeks to sprout some seeds are just sloooowwww.
If you’re insisting on starting right into the ground why don’t you try the paper towel method and then plant into the ground and cover with a lil dome thing. I’ve used water bottles cut in half.
Or keep doing what you’re doing, but it sounds like you’ve got a sweet spot. Time to get it rockin. You know what the definition of insanity is right?
Here’s to success

 

[rusty shanty☆]

Perhaps your dogs are to blame? Do they pee on them or eat them?

 

[Weedkiller]

Don't give up brother, might be the dogs mine get me lol

 

[Rasterman]

Hi, everyone. First post here as a new member. Last year I was an avid reader of this forum, though not so much this year.

I'll try to be brief. I've only attempted growing autos. I do not have the budget to buy more than about a half dozen seeds at a time. Out of 18 to 20 seeds attempted in last 18 months I have successfully grown 1 plant only to completion. And the end result was amazing.

I only grow outdoors in my hot coastal climate. And I try to be stealthy to the point wife and kids do not know. And here is my conclusion. I am a 2nd rate gardener at best but my god these plants are the most difficult I have encountered! A few have not germed, or germed and got leggy and broke from keeping in the shade, so next attempt I moved to the sun which fried the seedling. Those that made it further have been plucked out by birds, landed on and broken by birds. Its not that I do not try to adjust, but it is always something else. Last years 1 successful plant, looking back, was a bona fide miracle.

That plant came from seed from a vendor in Canada; was happy with them until US customs started pilfering my order. In fairness the company shipped a replacement but outcome repeated itself. So I switched to a domestic company, no complaints as I think the problems are with me. 1 seed left that I am holding for late summer/fall but not hopeful.

I dont want recommendations on the advantages of indoor growing, for me not an option. I grow plenty of plants outside but the cannabis seems to be marked for death.

Thanks if youve read this far. Looking more for advice on guerilla growing in my own back yard.

Stay safe.

Mercy1959

Treat it like a protection racket. Put up a bird feeder a few hundred feet away. Standard "wild bird feed" is filled with crappy filler like millet, but if you really want the birds satisfied you can add cannabis seeds. They're expensive but not as expensive as the ones you put in the ground. You could also drive around and pick up roadkill. Regularly leave these disgusting treats close to your cannabis to attract hawks, though that might backfire and attract crows which might be worse.

If you have jays, bring out bags of peanuts. They'll harvest everything you have and store it in granary trees nearby, which means you'll need to strike a balance between how much to leave at one time, and will have to replenish it every day or two. Jays will protect their granaries. And jays work together, unlike the songbirds who love your crop so much. These are just ideas I'd try. If you know the species of bird, I might have other ideas. Most songbirds around cities will visit the feeders and should leave your plants alone because they're creatures of habit. You just have to give them a reason not to go snooping around.

I put plants on my balcony and feed scrub jays on the same balcony. Aside from finding an occasional peanut hidden under my plants, they haven't messed with my girls.

 

[Mercy1959]

I read up on damping off and am going to try the syringe thing.

I've also had current seedling grow leggy but I just mound up dirt around the stem, give it access to sunlight and airflow. Fingers crossed! Oh yeah and I don't wait for the root to appear anymore before planting. Weird though I see different opinions on seeds that float vs. sink, I lean towards sink for now.

Ok I recommend you getting a “germination station” or similar. They have the dome and heat mat with the place to put the route right cubes.

I recommend using root riot type cubes and this set up. Since I started this using this a few years ago my germination rate is above 99% it’s the easiest thing in the world. The cubes come pre-moistened out of the pack so all you have to do is place As many of the root rake cubes in the holders as you have seeds put the dome on top and set it on the heat mat.

72 hours or less later you will have seeds poking above the cubes. Most will have a taproot coming out of the bottom.

I also believe that your issue was dampening off. So when you go to transplant the root riot cube into the dirt make sure the dirt is on the dry side. Then literally take a syringe that’s used for baby antibiotics To water them with. They do not need very much water at all at first. Start with 20 ml or so in a circle around the plant. Then wait two days and repeat with 30 ml. Once it gets 2 sets of nodes you can start watering the whole pot.

 

[DONTON]

Bro....you can not be worse than me with this stuff.I feel ya.I even get mad and want to torch everything lol.I have to step back and take my own advice and think of it like this....You go to school and learn a trade and when you come out that's when the real training and learning starts.I have all kinds of PDF's I have made with helpful advice from members on here and other info I find.I got everything down.Then?The real lessons start when my hands get dirty and plant the seed.

Then I freak out and all of a sudden my notes are not good enough and so on.And the great thing is THIS forum is what keeps me going and the help from all the great individuals on here helping one another.At some point it will click and work as you imagined it.YOU GOT THIS!!

 

[Hashsloth]

Don't stop believing,keep poppin those seedlings!!!

 

[Organic_Auto_Canuck (OAC)]

Hi, everyone. First post here as a new member. Last year I was an avid reader of this forum, though not so much this year.

I'll try to be brief. I've only attempted growing autos. I do not have the budget to buy more than about a half dozen seeds at a time. Out of 18 to 20 seeds attempted in last 18 months I have successfully grown 1 plant only to completion. And the end result was amazing.

I only grow outdoors in my hot coastal climate. And I try to be stealthy to the point wife and kids do not know. And here is my conclusion. I am a 2nd rate gardener at best but my god these plants are the most difficult I have encountered! A few have not germed, or germed and got leggy and broke from keeping in the shade, so next attempt I moved to the sun which fried the seedling. Those that made it further have been plucked out by birds, landed on and broken by birds. Its not that I do not try to adjust, but it is always something else. Last years 1 successful plant, looking back, was a bona fide miracle.

That plant came from seed from a vendor in Canada; was happy with them until US customs started pilfering my order. In fairness the company shipped a replacement but outcome repeated itself. So I switched to a domestic company, no complaints as I think the problems are with me. 1 seed left that I am holding for late summer/fall but not hopeful.

I dont want recommendations on the advantages of indoor growing, for me not an option. I grow plenty of plants outside but the cannabis seems to be marked for death.

Thanks if youve read this far. Looking more for advice on guerilla growing in my own back yard.

Stay safe.

Mercy1959

Can you show a pic of your setup? Growing outdoor is challenging you're not the only one dealing with elements. What stealth methods are you currently using? Are you stressing them out?

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

I can remember the days we would find seedlings around the back porch growing cause that's where we cleaned and rolled...and tossed seeds.