Northern Lights: My First Grow

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My whole house smelled

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Smells reminiscent of skunk right now. As little as this girl is, she is really smelly.

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Mine were noticeable at 3 weeks

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I looked in on the babies this morning. Of the 2 blueberry that opened and sprouted, one looks really healthy, the other was stuck in the husk. I got her out and she is intact. Just waiting to see if it will green up. Iā€™m not getting anywhere the rate of return that @Familyman gets (heā€™s usually 100%), I seem to get one healthy plant per 5 seeds.

Got a seed warming pad to try to get better germination results. This is my second set of 5. I have some Jack Herer on the way, so Iā€™ll see how that does. I am starting to wonder if the problem is specific to auto flowering.

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So, I have a journal, are you counting the three weeks from germinating or from transplant. I separate my journal into germinating and vegetative stages. In my vegetative stage, this little girl is 1 weeks and 2 days (planted when roots started to protrude from peat pots). She would be 2 weeks and 4 days from when dropped and Popped 2 weeks ago.

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I donā€™t count it as veg until there are 3 sets of true leaves. Also, when soaking the seeds, do 50ml phd water to 1 ml 3% peroxide. Someone here told me this and itā€™s workes every time.

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Thanks. Iā€™ll try that. What is phd? Is that ph neutral 6.5 water?

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I do 6.5 ph

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Cool, me too. Just havenā€™t been adding the h2o2 (Hydrogen peroxide). Havenā€™t mastered the ml to ounce conversion in my head yet :wink:

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Itā€™s a 1/5 tsp if that helps. It doesnā€™t have to be a precise measurement.

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Thatā€™s great. I got 2 oz water to .5 tsp peroxide. I like your measure better. Iā€™m just having so much trouble with germination, Iā€™m wanting to eliminate any variables. I can do better! :slight_smile:

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I then put the cup on top of a router box or similar heat source.

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Got a new heat mat.

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Just make sure itā€™s not too hot and that the water doesnā€™t evaporate completely. Been there, done that.

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I canā€™t believe what a difference the peroxide and heat made. Overnight they are already showing signs of life. It looks like three of them are already starting to show tails. With your help, I may end up with 5/5. :crossed_fingers:

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Iā€™m glad I was able to help. Thatā€™s what we are all here for my friend. Feel free to ask anything else you may need help with

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How are your seeds doing??

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Got 5 out of 5 of the Northern Lights replacements. 4 of 5 of the Jack Herer. I am really pleased and consider it to be a great success thanks to you! Thank you very much for checking in on this, I really appreciate it.

I have so many growing now, I have to hold off and wait for something to get harvested.

Thanks again.

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Anytime my friend. Iā€™m glad itā€™s working out. Iā€™m guessing your scrambling to figure out how to grow all that weed and what else youā€™ll need. Nine plants will get you a nice ass harvest.

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Thing is, I had one NL auto started and in a 5 gal pot, got 2 of the blueberries germinated and in a 5 gal pot then went for the Jack Herer and Replacement NL. I am using 5 gal cloth pots so will put 2 per pot from this point forward. If all of them make it to transplant, Iā€™ll have a total of 6 5 gal and 1 3 gal pot in a 4 x 8 tent. All autoā€™s, so maybe Iā€™ll be o.k.