Looks like the final count from Round 1 of Vortex germination with ten seeds is five healthy plants, two embryos that might or might not make it.
I repotted the two G/BB and three NSPO last night into a very light mix of recycled soil and perlite in 3” tall squares, and tried to rescue the two embryos, going to let the pucks dry out and see if they throw a root at this point.
Next round of seed germination starts soon, I’ll keep you all posted! I have nine more F1 seeds to pop for this run left from the generous donations of OGs
Damn, I’m kinda hacked off that none of mine have popped so far. I got those seeds from Sub in 2018, I believe, so they aren’t that old, and they’ve been in a vial, in my gasket case since I got 'em.
Round 2 starts tomorrow, after I get some pucks soaking tonight, as long as I have nine left lol! Otherwise I go to the hardware in the morning and get more and we do it in the evening
Phew, blinked for a sec and almost missed couple of hundred of the updates, all caught up now …
Looking good as always brother @Dirt_Wizard …
(In 5he like jail now lol)
@buckaroobonsai@Guitarzan@Weednerd.Anthony Not enough Jiffy pellets in house to start Round 2, I think I will use the new bag of Root Riots that I have, in hopes of getting even better germination with a structured medium that seems to manage moisture superbly. My recent easy success cloning with them has me impressed, and I see lots of other users starting seed that way, so I’m going to do that after dinner tonight.
Good to hear! I think it’s time for me to move into the 21st century with some things like this. Peat is very cool stuff but I can’t argue with the perfection of every single RR in the bag and that they’re pretty clearly sterilized. I also thought the wicking sponginess of them was
I checked out those Root Riots the last time I was at the grow shop, seem really neat. I looked for them after seeing your pic of the bag a few weeks ago.
I assume they’ll work fantastic
This sounds like a great idea. I think I’m already sold on these for next grow.
I have had the best success with the root riot plugs. Hardly any loss if you maintain them well. More loss in my bubble cloner by far. And actually the only few I’ve lost in riot cubes were already struggling, and most others that were struggling that I tried, recovered. I’d use em. Make sure to keep the bag sealed when not using though.
Got the rest of the Vortex seeds cracked and into Root Riots today, gave each one a dropperful of water with a drop of fulvic and a dab of IBA rooting hormone to really try and max out my chances here of getting these all above ground successfully. Back into a sealed, sterilized dome at 80F for a few days and let’s see!
Nothing yet but I wasn’t expecting to see movement for a day or two minimum. Dipped the plug holders briefly in 1/4” of water then drained them before putting the dome back on, ambient temps are 85F in the veg tent right now, at 70RH.
-round 2?
I got those seeds from Sub in 2018, I believe, so they aren’t that old, and they’ve been in a vial, in my gasket case since I got 'em.
jail now lol)
