Well peeps, I am back after shutting down the soil attempt. This grow will be in Sunshine #4 mix, in ~3gallon fabric pots in the XL Autopot trays. Pretty much the same setup as last winter's grow in my sig, except SS#4 instead of coco.
I will be running these:
Dinamed Auto Kush CBD - I will reverse a stud plant with CS to make pollen, and use the pollen to make seeds with a separate mother plant. The stud plant is now above ground on Day 2, the mother will hit the dirt later.
Seedsman Auto Strawberry Cheesecake - Also on day 2 above ground.
Mehisto Genetics Creme de la Chem x 3 Bears OG - This was a freebie from last year's Mephisto order. I germed two seeds, both are above ground today, I will grow out the best once they show their enthusiasm.
The auto strawberry and CDLC cross will be in the growdrobe, as will the mother of the kush CBD. The growdrobe may get a bit crowded, but the CBD plant should be modest sized, and I will top and trim the others to keep them under control. The CBD stud plant will be in a 2 liter pot to be finished elsewhere in the basement away from the growdrobe - loose pollen being such a nuisance.
I will also run a Seedsman Northern Lights Auto, but given it's regular refusal to auto, I will be doing it in its own jimmy rigged "tent" so if needed I can put it on 12/12 without buggering up the other autos. It will be in a 2 liter pot fed by an autovalve, the small pot size intended to speed it up and limit size. I am interested in this strain for sleep, which makes the extra mischief worth it to me. This one is also on day 2 above ground.
Given my somewhat inconsistent germination results during the soil attempt, I tried something different again. With one modification, I used the technique described on Cocoforcannabis.com:
- light abrasion of the seed coat in a 220 grit sandpaper tube,
- 2-4 hour soak in ~1.5% hydrogen peroxide, followed by a distilled water rinse (the peroxide soak is my modification)
- placement in wet paper towel until tap root is ~10mm or so long (I did this in a vertical holder instead of horizontal - my reasoning being oxygen from both sides, less likely that the root will drill into the paper towel)
- placement of the rooted seeds in peat plugs until roots appear outside the plugs,
- transfer of rooted plugs into either an intermediate pot or the final one.
There are lots of ways to germinate cannabis, and I have tried many of them. There is logic behind the suggestions made at Cocoforcannabis, so for anyone interested in another take on the topic, the site is worth a gander: https://www.cocoforcannabis.com/germinating-cannabis-seeds-a-step-by-step-guide/
That will do for now peeps, photos in due course.
Update page for December 11 added under separate page title.
Ditto for New Year's update.
Update on seed run of Dinamed CBD Kush now posted.
January 23 update now posted on its own page.
Feb 4 update now posted on its own page.
Feb 12 update now posted on its own page.
Feb 18 update now posted on its own page.
Feb 28 update on Colloidal Silver results posted on the El cheapo CS generator page.
Mar 13 update on final results of Dinamed Auto CBD Kush seed run are reported on in a new page
Final grow results and weigh in posted.
- Next page: Germination results, Seedling progress
