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Old 05-19-2007, 02:18 PM
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hi there this is my first grow and id like some advice if possible! I used the paper towel method to get my seeds to germinate and it worked fine, all of my seeds germinated. I put the seeds in a starter mix after the root tip was visible and right now theyre under lights in a tray. Only one has sprouted. Im wondering did i fuck something up? or does sprouting take a few days, its been 2. Ive only watered a few drops to each plants because i forgot to premoisten the starter mix. any help would be awesome! thanks
 
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Old 05-19-2007, 03:04 PM
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No worries give it a couple more days. At this stage.....I'll say it again: at THIS stage keep it good and moist. Relative humidity wants to be upwards of 70%.
 
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Old 05-20-2007, 05:15 PM
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thanks for the help. yeh i just waited a bit and ive got 16/20 sprouted now, i guess you get a bit anxious when you grow hahaha .

also if any experienced growers could just go over what i write below to verify its right id appreciate it:

- xxxxk is light spectrum emmited right? where x = a number. so eg 6500k. blue for veg and red for flowering?

- lumens is the amount of light emitted. so if i need 2-3 thousand lumens /sq ft and i got 20 plants i would need about 9000 lumens for my tray. if i were to get lights i would need either 1 HPS light for 20 plants or 4ish CFL or fluors. that sound about right?

- Can i move my plants from indoor to outdoor for light? I dont want to buy all the lights and setup for the plants because of risk in my house. Although i am wiling to take the risk, just id prefer not to. Ill move them outside every morning at 5am and put them back inside 10ish pm. Will that work?

- At the current stage i have 20 seeds in a tray with almost all of them breaking through and sprouting. I plan on switching to 5 gallow pots with rich soil once theyre a bit bigger. theyre currently in organic starter mix. When do you recommend i move them into the 5 gallow pots? 2 weeks?
My plan is to move them into corn fields once the corn has grown in a bit so farmers dont notice, probably 3-4 weeks in, is that good?

- does anyone have any experience using worm castings?

thanks for any help!

Edit: I forgot to add in

- i have 2 strains, 10 early girl and 10 early special. I started growing a week ago with germination. My goal is to harvest by end of august. This isnt my idea, i read it in a guide but i would like to have the opinion of those who are experienced (started indoor, moving to outdoor grow).

Plan is to plant outside once they have a good root system set up which is hopefully 1.5/2 weeks from now. So basically beginning of june until june 21 the days get longer and the plants will have decent sun for veg growth for a period of 3 weeks. Then when the days start getting shorter the plants will switch to flowering and will have the bright sun of late june and july/august to flower to produce big buds. will this work or did i read inaccurate info. Thanksss

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