Started germination on 4/20. All bagseed, very random. Some seeds looked promising, some looked like I shouldn't even try them. Anyway I ended up with 9 seedlings in red party cups. They are under a 4 bulb, T5 flourescent fixure, and running the lights 24/0. I do have a fan in there. Not crazy about the cheap soil I put the seeds in, but it was the only stuff I could find that didn't tout added fertilizers. Think it was called Hyponex. I have FFOF if these guys make it to transplant. I have been using a General Hydroponics PH kit to test the water, am using PH down to adjust, but have no way to test soil PH yet. Not using nutrients yet. Bought a 2x2x5 grow tent. Tonight I decided to kill one of these seedlings. It was the largest at maybe 1.5inches, it was kinda stretchy from the get go. The first leaves were very broad and a very light green color. Another reason I killed it was because just today the tips of the leaves were getting dark and crispy, and that was worse by the time I finally pulled the plug on it. When I flipped the cup over to see what the roots were up to I was quite surprised by the root growth. A mass of roots were already running their way around the bottom of the cup, so I am thinking this plant was wanting a bigger cup already, not sure. So here is my question. Should I focus on the plants that "look right" and eliminate the rest? Two more of them are just ugly, I mean they are growing, but they appear to have poor genetics as the leaves are shaped very weird. I'm afraid to leave the good looking seedlings in these cups much longer, but then again they don't even have their 3rd set of true leaves, so it may be too early to be thinking transplant. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas I will be glad to listen. If not, I will probably transfer the 3-4 best looking ones into 3 gallon pots within a week. Then I will keep vegging, and keep hoping for at least 1 healthy female. Thanks Blades!
i think you pretty much are on the right track. are the seedlings in their own cups? also how high above them are the lights? that could lend a hand to drying out the leaves making them crispy. i would say to transplant all of them into 6 inch pots for the first part of veg until you have determined the sex, then depending on how many females you have, transplant the best of those into the larger pots.
