Soooo I finished my first grow and...!!!!

twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

Well-Known Member
B.E.G. said:
K thanks, so my first run was a blueberry amnesia haze auto. I put her in a seed started an when it sprouted I put her straight into the soil (which was a super living soil) an it soon after started to show nitrogen problems. An over abundance to be more exact. So to avoid this problem I purchased the seed an cutting starter soil for my next round. I guess my question is this. Do you think it would be alright to plant my seed into the started soil which would be surrounded by the other living soil so I can completely avoid transplanting an burning any of them up in the beginning from over abundance of nutrients in the regular living soil?? I would think it would work...the roots would slowly grow through the seed starter soil an into the other soil..but then again I'm new at this I could be completely wrong .
(Think a three gallon pot filled with living soil with a cup full removed from the center and a cup of seed starter soil out in it's place.. then the seed place in the started soil.)
Click to expand...
Plants work best by starting in a small container. It promotes proper and healthy root growth. As far as soil I can't answer that one.
 
Funkentelechy

Funkentelechy

Well-Known Member
twentyeight.threefive said:
Plants work best by starting in a small container. It promotes proper and healthy root growth. As far as soil I can't answer that one.
Click to expand...
I respectfully disagree with this statement, IMO healthy roots are unrestricted roots.
But, there's more than one way to skin a cat.
The best way to learn is through trial and error, and to take people's opinions(including mine) with a grain of salt.

I start in two-gallon pots and add more amendments to the bottom third of the soil. So that for the first couple of weeks the seedlings are growing in less nutrient-rich soil, which is best for new seedlings. But, as the seedlings grow and their nutrient needs increase the plant's roots will reach down to the bottom where the soil contains the higher levels of nutrients that plants require at that stage of growth.

Good job taking a grow to harvest, and good luck in the future.
 
Dank Bongula

Dank Bongula

Well-Known Member
On seedlings, the cotyledon leaves that pop first have all the nutrients your plant needs for first two weeks or so. Your plan to plop seeds in the middle of living soil inside a spot of plain soil will work just fine to acclimate the seedling to higher nutrients as it seeks them out while developing roots. Good luck! When you notice those cotyledon leaves yellowing, but growth continuing, your seedling is getting nutes from the soil.
 
B

B.E.G.

Member
Dank Bongula said:
On seedlings, the cotyledon leaves that pop first have all the nutrients your plant needs for first two weeks or so. Your plan to plop seeds in the middle of living soil inside a spot of plain soil will work just fine to acclimate the seedling to higher nutrients as it seeks them out while developing roots. Good luck! When you notice those cotyledon leaves yellowing, but growth continuing, your seedling is getting nutes from the soil.
Click to expand...
Thanks I appreciate the insight! I figured it would work like that but I wasn't sure. My first run I tried two plants both of which were in jiffy seed starters. And both of them got sick an only one made it to the very end. But I placed those starters in the middle of my living soil medium an it burnt the one up soon bad she didn't live long after the shell come off her head... But I'm new to this an I'm enjoying the whole getting to learn something new an utilize it
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

Well-Known Member
Funkentelechy said:
I respectfully disagree with this statement, IMO healthy roots are unrestricted roots.
But, there's more than one way to skin a cat.
The best way to learn is through trial and error, and to take people's opinions(including mine) with a grain of salt.

I start in two-gallon pots and add more amendments to the bottom third of the soil. So that for the first couple of weeks the seedlings are growing in less nutrient-rich soil, which is best for new seedlings. But, as the seedlings grow and their nutrient needs increase the plant's roots will reach down to the bottom where the soil contains the higher levels of nutrients that plants require at that stage of growth.

Good job taking a grow to harvest, and good luck in the future.
Click to expand...
You're welcome to disagree, but my statement would still be correct and you'd be wrong. There is a reason people up pot while growing.
 
Dank Bongula

Dank Bongula

Well-Known Member
B.E.G. said:
Thanks I appreciate the insight! I figured it would work like that but I wasn't sure. My first run I tried two plants both of which were in jiffy seed starters. And both of them got sick an only one made it to the very end. But I placed those starters in the middle of my living soil medium an it burnt the one up soon bad she didn't live long after the shell come off her head... But I'm new to this an I'm enjoying the whole getting to learn something new an utilize it
Click to expand...
Those jiffy pellets ain't no joke... especially if the plant happens to be vigorous. I had one left and planted one of my blueberries in it and planted two other blueberry just in the soil. They all popped the same day but the one in the jiffy pellet is visibly larger than the other two.
 
xtsho

xtsho

Well-Known Member
B.E.G. said:
She was way... Way.. stunted I bout drowned her a few times then I transplanted her before I was savvy to the fact that wasn't the best idea an that messed her up bad ..but this is what she looked like I mean I looked a the trichomes before I picked her an they looked cloudy (although looking cloudy to me could be completely wrong..) but I mean I might have picked her early but she's curing now an I smoked a bud to try her out an she was nice..
Click to expand...
People put to much emphasis on the trichomes. Regardless of what color they were the plant was not ready to harvest. Too many new growers get focused on the trichomes and harvest early.
 
Funkentelechy

Funkentelechy

Well-Known Member
Determining doneness based on trichomes is tricky. The transparency of the trichomes is somewhat strain dependent, and some stay cloudy the whole time to a certain extent. I've grown some purple strains that had purple trichomes which made it difficult to judge maturity based on trichomes alone.

I usually primarily judge how done buds are based on how much the calyxes have puffed up, and the stigmas changing from white to red/orange/brown.

It can all be a little confusing until you've done it a few times.
 
DrOgkush

DrOgkush

Well-Known Member
Hard for me to explain. But the plant just looks done yeah. Ill start taking a closer In depth look after the breeders rec time starts coming up. Trichomes I always pay attention too as well. But the when a plants ready. They just have that done look. Like nothing new is happing at all
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top