HOW TO DO SEEDS RIGHT!!! SEEDS TO THE RESCUE.

Good genetics early will ensure that you are a happy man come harvest time.  First of all, you can't go wrong with a good seed.  A buddy can give you a clone, and say it's the bomb but even if you got it from a dispensary they have ulterior motives and I doubt they would give you a clone off a fat ass humbolt tree.
So what do I mean by good genetics' I mean the kind of bud that wins the cannabis cup. It caN BE YOURS MY FRIEND IF YOU DO THINGS RIGHT.

   what we are basically looking for with seeds are GOOD MOTHER PLANTS. IN EVERY PACK OF 10 SEEDS, IF THEY AREN'T FEM, (m/F), THERE WILL BE MAYBE 2 PLANTS IN THERE WORTH MOTHERING.  THESE ARE THE KIND OF PLANTS THAT GO FROM SEED TO 3' IN MAYBE TWO MONTHS.  OR THREE..  AS LONG AS THEY GET BIG AND YOUVE GOT THE TIME TO WATCH EM GROW (OF COURSE, THE QUICKER, THE BETTER.

   yOU WILL WANT TO TAKE CUTTINGS, OR BABY PLANTS, FROM THESE "MOTHERS" ( see post on "cloning")  WHY? BECAUSE CUTTINGS, ALSO CALLED CLONES, WILL TAKE ON THE CHARACTERISITICS OF THE MOTHER PLANTS.  THAT IS WHY YOU ARE LABELING EVERYTHING LIKE A OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE CHEMIST.  ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT BIG PLANTS ARE WHERE, THAT IS THE TIME TO GO TO BUSINESS.  START TAKING CUTTINGS SO YOU WILL HAVE MULITIPLE GOOD, BIG PLANTS OUT IN THE YARD OR IN YOUR GROWROOM COME HARVEST TIME.  YOU KNOW THOSE HIGH TIMES PICTURES YOU DROOL OVER OF GROWROOMS FULL OF GREAT LOOKING PLANTS THAT ALL LOOK THE SAME? THIS IS HOW THEY DID THAT.

you didn't think they got all those plants from seeds they ordered from the seed bank, do ya? HA!

 I just spent all last week germinating and rooting these.  FIRST I WILL TELL YOU MY SECRET TO GROWING FROM SEED SO LISTEN UP! 

GET YOU SEEDS FROM http://www.attitude.com/   This is the only seed bank I have ever used.  They have a killer selection (if they don't have it, it might not exist).  Attitude is an outfit in england that warehouses strains from California, Amsterdam, Spain, Canada, etc.  Some good companies that they carry include BC Bud Depot (expensive but good), DNA Genetics, Reserva Privada, Barney's Farm, G-13 (unreliable but they have some good strains), Dr. Greenthumb, Mandala, and the Cali Connection. I have learned the hard way that the seeds that cost $20 a pack cost that much for a reason.  They suck.  So plan on spending at least $40 on a pack of 5 feminized seeds.  Go ahead and get 10 or so because they'll throw in a few free ones, and these are fem too so they're likely to be as good as anything.  If you are new to this, don't get mixed seeds, even though a lot of bomb strains come in only mixed.  You don't want the headache.

FIRST, BE VERY CAREFUL WITH SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS.  THEY ARE EXPENSIVE, SMALL, AND DELICATE.  IF A PACKAGE LOOKS TOUGH TO OPEN, DO IT GENTLY AND FIGURE IT OUT. DON'T JUST RIP IT OPEN.

SOAK ALL SEEDS IN APPROPRIATELY MARKED SMALL JARS.  I LIKE TO TAPE THE BREEDER PACK TO THE SIDE OF THE JAR.
1) dO THE paper towel thing (SEE SEED BANK SITE..  keep the paper towel moist but not soggy.  All the seeds you will get will come within 5 days. Be sure to keep track of which strain is which,  at aNY FUTURE JUNCTION IF YOU FAIL TO LABEL THESE YOU WILL GET CONFUSED.  tHIS MEANS WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN CUPS, PLANTERS, PAILS, ETC.

2( wHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A SEED WITH A 1/2-1" WHITE TAIL COMING OUT OF IT, TAKE SOME TWEEZERS OR YOUR FINGERS (BE CAREFUL and wash your hands,especially if you took a dump that day and forgot lol).  iNSERT THE SEED WITH THE SEED ON TOP IN A ROCKWOOL PLANT PLUG.  THESE ARE CYLINDRICAL IN SHAPE, ARE ABOUT 2" HIGH, AND MADE OF ROCKWOOL BUT ARE NOT ROCKWOOL CUBES.  THEY ARE DIFFERENT.  THEY ARE SLIT UP THE SIDE SO BURY THE SEEDLING IN THERE NICE AND SNUG.

3) PUT IT RIGHT UNDER A BATHROOM LIGHT (100W COOL FLOURESCENT) AND SPRAY IT WITH WATER GENEROUSLY TWICE A DAY. Meanwhile keep checking the paper towels for popped seeds just like these.  remember to keep the paper towels moist.

4) IN ABOUT 24 HOURS THE SEEDLING WILL BE SHOOTITNG STRAIGHT UP LIKE AN ARROW OUT OF THE ROCKWOOL TUBE.  THE SEED SHELL MAY HAVE COME OFF BY NOW, EXPOSING THE BABY LEAVES.  THIS IS NORMAL.  IF THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED, IT WILL. DON'T WORRY.  when the seedling looks like this, TAKE IT OUT VERY GENTLY FROM THE ROCKWOOL TUBE.  SOME OF THE ROOT MAY HAVE GROWN INTO THE SIDE OF THE TUBE.  JUST GENTLY TEAR THE ROCKWOOL AROUND THE ROOT AND TRY TO FIND THE TIP OF THE ROOT.  WHEN YOU THINK YOU CAN RIP OUT THE TIP WITHOUT BREAKING IT OFF, DO SO.  TRY NOT TO BREAK THE ROOT IN HALF. YOU WILL RUIN YOUR SEED. 

5) IF YOU STILL KNOW WHAT KIND OF SEED IT IS (SEE I TOLD YOU!), TAKE A LARGE COFFEE CUP AND FILL IT WITH GOOD SOIL, ABOUT 1/4 PERLITE.  SOAK THE SOIL WITH WATER AND POKE A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM WITH WHATEVER PEN YOU HAVE.  THEN WRITE THE STRAIN ON THE SIDE OF THE CUP AND BURY THE SEEDLING ABOUT 1/2 WAY DOWN INTO THE DIRT.  (THE TOP INCH OR SO OF THE SEEDLING SHOULD BE STICKING OUT.)

6) IF IT IS SPRINGTIME WEATHER WHERE YOU LIVE. YOU MAY PUT THE SEEDS OUT ALL DAY.  JUST TO BE SAFE THOUGH, YOU SHOULD HARDEN OFF THE SEEDS BY GETTING THEM USED TO SUNLIGHT. ONLY 3 HRS AT A TIME FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS. THEN GO FOR IT.  MAKE SURE THEY GET AT LEAST 18 HRS OF LIGHT A DAY, EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO USE A 100W CFL TUBE BULB OR THE BATHROOM AGAIN AT NIGHT.

7) YOU NOW HAVE SEVERAL BABY MARIJUANA PLANTS. spray them with water using fine spray mister twice a day at least, and again if they are going out in the sun or have been there for over 3 hrs.  THESE ARE NOT TOUGH PLANTS YET AND WILL DIE IF YOU DON'T TAKE REAL GOOD CARE OF THEM!  CONGRATULATIONS!   STAY TUNED TO THIS BLOG TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS...  OR GO TO THE PART ABOUT CLONES. THEY ARE NOTHING BUT GROWN UP SEEDLINGS THAT ARE CALLED CLONES BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BEHAVE LIKE A MOTHER PLANT.  YOU SEE WHY I TOOK CUTTINGS FROM THAT TALL, BIG GREEN SKUNK PLANT IN THE MIDDLE?  BECAUSE I WANTED A BUNCH OF PLANTS LIKE THAT. 

BUT not too many.   one strain makes for a boring garden, unless you are strictly in it for the cash.  Anyway I spent 130 on my dad's credit card and bought 25 seeds. 20 of 'em germinated. I ripped one seedling in half (dang that coulda been the one lol!)  so now I have about 2-3 purple kush if I'm lucky,

The expensive ones were like $70,00, Blueberry M/F from BC Bud Depot.  I heard on another blog that if you order direct from them yeah you get your seeds but they take like 2 weeks later.  Attitude ships in a week always.  So I wanted Purps but Attutude was out of stock. So I just got blueberry, it's more of a straight indica anyway (80/20). Next were Purple Kush, from Reeferman seeds.  These were cheap and I got what I paid for, only half of em popped.  But the bright side is that you get 3 fem seeds free with your order and all of those popped.  Grapefruit, Bubblegum, and a Purple Moroccan strain that sounds pretty exotic but you never know.  Anyway I am now stocked up for genetics.  I know it's early to plant but if these turn out good (not if but when) ha ha, but if these turn out good I want plenlty of time for summer clones.  my springtime clones look a little slow getting there so I might have to keep em in veg and carry em out to flower in summer.  That's been the plan all along.