Hello everyone! I'm new to AFN and I've gone over lots of forums and tips from this site and people so I figured it's time to join! I've had a small auto grow before with cfl but I stepped up this time and got the metal halide/hps 400 setup. Hoping for more yield and much better quality! My next grow will start in about a week ish maybe 10 days. They just shipped from AutoSeeds and it's the Candy Kush! My first was G13 diesel auto. Was good but nothing special.
SO now to the annoying part. The past couple weeks have been irritating as germinating has been going good.. Popping them into 24 hrs light then waiting and keeping moist in jiffy peats. Never had a problem but now 4 have died without even continuing root growth ( noticed a few days after each that the root never grew but had a small sprout.. Turned purple on edges of stem and then fell over. What am I doing wrong?? All constructive Critism will be great and I'll turn this into a full journal once the beans arrive! Looking forward to the auto candy kush. So let's hear it!! Thanks in advance everyone
SO now to the annoying part. The past couple weeks have been irritating as germinating has been going good.. Popping them into 24 hrs light then waiting and keeping moist in jiffy peats. Never had a problem but now 4 have died without even continuing root growth ( noticed a few days after each that the root never grew but had a small sprout.. Turned purple on edges of stem and then fell over. What am I doing wrong?? All constructive Critism will be great and I'll turn this into a full journal once the beans arrive! Looking forward to the auto candy kush. So let's hear it!! Thanks in advance everyone
RKJ- Welcome to AFN bro'! Sorry to hear about the seed prob's :Stones slap: ...Okay, I've not used the peat pots myself, and some folks swear by them, others have prob's,.... first let me ask, are they browning out at the base? If so, Stickman has the right call- rot! Overly moist conditions (peat can be very absorbent, sometimes to smothering), often, but not always, combined with cool temps can promote this.... definitely don't keep them in standing water! What's the light source they're under? CFL's? Both give off heat, (halides are hot!), so temps should be okay (good range is upper 70's - low 80's, but warm room temps have worked just fine for me)... I would change my technique for germ'ing, and see if that does the trick; sometimes the seeds themselves aren't very good, and fail soon after germ'ing, if they do at all... What are you growing in? If it's soil, it needs to be a mild type made for seedlings, as to rich of soil will fry them!.... I'm a big fan of the paper towel method: cut a piece off, say an inch per seed wide, with enough to fold a couple times over so you have a 2-3 layers top and bottom; saturate with good water (no chlorine), place on small plate or something, and tuck the seed(s) in the center layer and fold over; cover it so it's dark in there, and place it some place warm and dark; first crack should happen within 1-3 days, usually sometimes longer.... check after 1 day by gently lifting up the top layer; when you see about 1/4" or so of root emerging, they're ready for planting direct to soil; use tweezers/forceps to pick them up carefully by the shell; make about a 1/2" deep hole in soil, and place them root down as best you can, them cover up... 2-3 days they should break surface... Try this and let us know how it worked!
