Radagast Grow blog attempt 2020

[Radagast]

I'll try a grow blog here in case it's able to help anyone in the future with the varieties I've selected. Even though most are covered extensively, it's more than possible that something uniquely strange and bizzare will challenge me this season. Life's been that way lately.
5 types:
-Harrow Velvet
-Yellow Twist Bud
-Prilep P66-9/7
All from nwtseeds
-Goose Creek Red
-Delhi -34
Generously, from a member of this forum.

 

[Radagast]

March 18

 

[Radagast]

Apr 17

 

[Radagast]

Today

 

[poppins]

I'll try a grow blog here in case it's able to help anyone in the future with the varieties I've selected. Even though most are covered extensively, it's more than possible that something uniquely strange and bizzare will challenge me this season. Life's been that way lately.
5 types:
-Harrow Velvet
-Yellow Twist Bud
-Prilep P66-9/7
All from nwtseeds
-Goose Creek Red
-Delhi -34
Generously, from a member of this forum.

Iam a failure when it comes to growing, can you tell me step by step how you started to grow to what you have now before you planted out side. Did you use a heating mat and did you feed and mist your young plants every day and when to take off the dome covering them. Thank you

 

[Radagast]

Iam a failure when it comes to growing, can you tell me step by step how you started to grow to what you have now before you planted out side. Did you use a heating mat and did you feed and mist your young plants every day and when to take off the dome covering them. Thank you

My pleasure:
1. Order good seeds. Good genetics go a long way with any plants in my limited experience (Northwest seeds is your best option.. http://nwtseeds.com)
2. I did use a heating mat, which in my case is a repurposed heat pad on medium. If you can keep the seed medium about 80 deg, whatever you have will work. Sometimes that's a water heater or the top of a fridge.. get creative.
3. I did use the dome. They were covered and kept moist until the green cotyledons (very first little leaves) unfolded completely. Then I removed the dome and put a fan on blowing gently on the seedlings, just enough that I could see a slight wiggle. That keeps them from getting mouldy and keeps moisture evaporating from the medium, aka soil. (Edit: also helps to strengthen stems and stalks)
Hope that helps!

 

[Radagast]

Iam a failure when it comes to growing, can you tell me step by step how you started to grow to what you have now before you planted out side. Did you use a heating mat and did you feed and mist your young plants every day and when to take off the dome covering them. Thank you

Oh and as for feeding, I would not feed anything until it looks like it's thinking about turning yellow and then feed it about 1/4 strength of any general purpose plant food at the early stage. This is my first time with tobacco but I have grown many plants over the years and they all have tell-tale signals when they need something. I like to give them about 9/10s of whatever they say they want.. Makes em stronger in the end.

 

[poppins]

My pleasure:
1. Order good seeds. Good genetics go a long way with any plants in my limited experience (Northwest seeds is your best option.. http://nwtseeds.com)
2. I did use a heating mat, which in my case is a repurposed heat pad on medium. If you can keep the seed medium about 80 deg, whatever you have will work. Sometimes that's a water heater or the top of a fridge.. get creative.
3. I did use the dome. They were covered and kept moist until the green cotyledons (very first little leaves) unfolded completely. Then I removed the dome and put a fan on blowing gently on the seedlings, just enough that I could see a slight wiggle. That keeps them from getting mouldy and keeps moisture evaporating from the medium, aka soil. (Edit: also helps to strengthen stems and stalks)
Hope that helps!

Thank you, I have the best seeds from Northwest seeds. I know now what I did wrong, left the dome on to long and they rotted with to much moisture. Need to put the fan on. Thank you for your help, winter is just starting here so I will try again soon.

 

[Radagast]

Thank you, I have the best seeds from Northwest seeds. I know now what I did wrong, left the dome on to long and they rotted with to much moisture. Need to put the fan on. Thank you for your help, winter is just starting here so I will try again soon.

Awesome, you'll have plenty of time to learn from my mistakes then as well!

 

[Radagast]

Starting to turn yellow (easier to see in person)

 

[Radagast]

..Then two days after a lite feeding

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

The biggest ones are the Delhi 34, aren't they?

 

[Radagast]

They absolutely are, with GRC a very close 2nd. They're both going to be monsters aren't they?

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

They absolutely are, with GRC a very close 2nd. They're both going to be monsters aren't they?

Surprisingly, not. They develop into exceedingly average plants. They just start out strong.

 

[Radagast]

For fun, I thought I'd try curing the clippings from the overgrown seedlings. A mish-mash of all of them. So far they just smell like regular old leaves.

 

[Radagast]

Unrelatedly, if anybody has any input I could use some help identifying between two types of tomatoes I planted and lost track of. One is a beefsteak (determinate) and the other is cherry (indeterminate).. any thoughts would be appreciated!
These are all one type..


And this is the other..

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Hey, the curing baby leaves won't work because leaves will only cure properly if they are in a catabolic state. Young growing plants are completely the opposite.

Identifying tomatoes. I would be extremely impressed if someone could. I have a bunch of unknowns myself.

 

[deluxestogie]

The tomato in the first photo appears to have "potato" leaves, suggesting that it is not a hybrid, and is some variety of heirloom. The second tomato has normal tomato leaves.

Bob

 

[Radagast]

The tomato in the first photo appears to have "potato" leaves, suggesting that it is not a hybrid, and is some variety of heirloom. The second tomato has normal tomato leaves.

Bob

That might be enough to go on, if one of the seed packs says the magic word 'heirloom'. Thanks!

 

[Radagast]

Hey, the curing baby leaves won't work because leaves will only cure properly if they are in a catabolic state. Young growing plants are completely the opposite.

Dern.