Right after germination...

[Cardboardts]

...Do you want to throw your seeds in soil and under the lights immeaditly, or would you want to give them a few days in the dark to let thier heads pop outa the soil?

Edit: I sound like a nub, but I have grown before really, it's just been a while. Also, and im sure you've never heard this excuse before, but im high....

 

[Space Ghost]

either is fine, I put them under light as soon as they are germed and in the dirt...

 

[Cardboardts]

I guess im alittle paranoid cause I havent seen anything pop yet after a day. Paranoid or impaitient. They are deffentlty 1/2 inch down there cause I measured.

 

[OGDread]

I just killed 5 seeds by having to wet soil. Dont do what I did...

 

[Cardboardts]

Dam that sucks! But yah its not wet but damp.

 

[Guest]

I like to use a light to get my seeds up out of the soil,if you dont put one on them you should immediately after popping up to avoid possible stretch

 

[Nape]

I like to use a light to get my seeds up out of the soil,if you dont put one on them you should immediately after popping up to avoid possible stretch

I had just put 10 WW germinated seeds into the soil at 10 PM. no light yet. Next day 5 PM got home to install the light. 8 of the 10 were 3" tall with the seed husk on their heads. I had to put a crutch on all of them to keep them upright. LIGHT ON WHEN THEY HIT THE SOIL........


And yes I have fed them since the pic.......

 

[dre86]

I just killed 5 seeds by having to wet soil. Dont do what I did...

I start them in soil...sometimes

I keep them wet by misting them with a water bottle

 

[Guest]

Its a lot easier to just put a light on them from the start to avoid stretch

 

[dre86]

^yes that's true, if they don't receive (direct) light immediately after sprouting; they WILL stretch and have longer stems and thus more stem between soil and bottom branch (wasted height), more risk on falling over, etc etc

 

[Fatty Arbuckle]

how long after they've popped do you usually keep them under a indirect hps/fluorescent light before you put them under the high lumen output lights?

 

[rule35sub1]

sometimes I leave them in a damp cloth until they completely pop into sprouts. Then I will seal them in a plastic bag and 1 week into the crisper in the fridge. This seems to make them hardier plants.

 

[bounty29]

I had my seeds germinating for about 42 hours, two of the four had shown the taproot. I filled up 4 cups with my soil mix, watered til it until water came out of the bottom, and then let it sit for 15 minutes. I pushed a little hole in the soil with a pencil, dropped the seeds in, and covered them up, and set them under fluorescents. A few days later, and they're looking great.

 

[Guest]

Fatty Arbuckle I keep my seedlings 1/2 inch under flo tubes for the first 10 days-2weeks.You will have a little 4 inch bush with 15-20 leaves,this is when I put them under the HIDs