I have a Auto Mini Gun, compliments of Bomb Seeds a freebie that I have been holding onto. What germination process would you set as a standard process for Hi Brix germination. Or would that even apply so early in the process?
I usually start with the following process and have almost 100% rate.
2 paper towels folded into quarters, place 1 onto a saucer, place seeds, fill saucer till it has a bit of standing distilled water, add the other quartered paper towel, place a ceramic bowl over and stick between my heating pad on low, if it is still to warm I put a hand towel under the saucer. In 24 hours all seeds that are going to germ have. I then wait 6 hours or so and pop into soil.
Not sure how to implement the Brix here?
Well, I'm not a fan of the paper towell method.....sorry.
The First 72 hours of a seed's life determines sex!
Best Practice for germinating seeds......not my opinion, this is science......
1.)Look up the term "gravitropism" Basically, roots grow down and stems grow up. This is very important! The emerging radicle isn't happy if it can't grow down and the emerging cotyledon and stem gets upset if it can't grow up! Stress=male.
2.)Roots hate light. Light on roots creates stress. Stress=male.
3.)delicate root hairs are damaged when the roots are handled, IE taken out of the paper and then put into medium.
4.)roots adapt to the medium. Hydro roots are very different than their soil counterparts. Roots in a sterile medium do not have the mychoryzal symbiotes....etc. Therefore, going from paper towel to soil=stress!
Them are Botanical Facts!
So, keeping the facts in mind here's the best way to germinate Cannabis seeds:
1.)make a divit in the well watered, moist soil with a pencil eraser, stick, dowell, finger.....fill the divit with a root inoculate like Biovam, Xtreme gardening Mykos or other suitable inoculant. We want to colonize the root zone ASAP and nothing works better than germinating the seed with all the friendlies right there in the soil.
2.)put seed in the hole, gently cover the seed and put it under bright light with temps about 72-75 degrees. The bright light is very important! T5's are great for this.
3.)keep the soil ever so slightly moist until you see germination. Once you see the emerging cotyledon, stop misting! You don't want damping off!
4.)do NOT germinate seeds in a high humidity environment, like a clone dome, etc.
High humidity is for cuttings not seeds!
Solo cups with holes poked in the bottom work well, as do small nursery pots. Large containers hold too much water for proper germination....it's best to germ in small containers and then transplant.
I know people have success with the paper towell method....but they also have success with this method as well. I rarely get less than 70% females using this technique. I find using FFOF cut with about 1/3 FF Light Warrior is an optimal medium for germination, but I've had success with other soils as well. The FFOR/LW combo improves female/male ratios.
