Derbybud
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I use a white board as its out in the open where I can see it always. If I change anything I take a picture of what I was running when and what I changed it to and why.
Growing A Legend: An Auto Tribute To Jack Herer
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425jesse
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Took a peak at my Bean, no cracks yet. Check again in 24
. Anyone that germinates seeing any tails popping out?
. Anyone that germinates seeing any tails popping out?
I got nothing so far. No crack after 36 hours, which is unusual. We'll see...
I don't like hearing that Shed. I don't know if mine was cracked or not.....I figured after it sank I would just plant it and let it do what its going to do. I figure maybe tomorrow night I might see something pop above soil, but we will see. I have one other Jack Herer Auto left just in case mine doesn't pop up.
illizm775
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Like I said it sunk and it looked to have a bit of a start of a crack, but it could have been the clam shell groove I was seeing that some seeds naturally have. It's in the rapid rooter, upped the humidity a bit, but I'm crossing my fingers.
I hear ya. I usually have a small tap root and it's in the peat by now. In the past, any seed that hasn't at least cracked in water never sprouts for me. I'll take another look when I get home from work and let y'all know.
illizm775
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That would be unfortunate. I took every precaution for this one and I've been extra attentive to humidity and temp. If this goes wrong for me I'm using all the rest of my soil for veggies. I havn't had this this much bad luck since I got hit in the head, stabbed and shot at. and that was all in a week. Or was it when I back fired my rifle in my hand then drove off and rolled the sled.
Either of those things qualify as worse luck than a seed not sprouting!
It's 100% humidity in the bowl (
) and mid 70s temp-wise. This is how I've always done it. We'll see!
No crack at 20-something hours. I normally give them 2 or 3 days in the glass of water . sprout Capitan Jack, sprout!
Mine looked like it was trying to crack this morning before i left for doc appt,where I am now
Either way will go in paper towels, in ziplock, on my heating pad tonight
Either way will go in paper towels, in ziplock, on my heating pad tonight
What's the advantage of the wet paper towel after the bowl, or even instead of it?
After the bowl
I've always done it, promotes growth I guess, and easy to see when tap root starts
The heating pad on low keeps it at a nice 80+ deg,nice and comfy cozy
Well if I still have nothing tonight I'll go with the paper towel and see if I can make some progress. Thanks!
And me. I want to see at least a little bit of action before I commit them to the peat.
Thats how I generally do my germination if I am at all concerned about max germination rate. Meaning.....if I am trying to grow a strain where I only have one or two seeds, I want to ensure germination. Going from a short soak in water with H2O2 (to kill anything on the outside of the shell) for half an hour or so.....into a bowl of plain water overnight until it sink......and then into a damn paper towel inside a zip lock (on top of a plate sitting on top of the heating pad) until the tap root is half an inch long has given 100%.
I switched to the soak and then directly into soil under the premise that direct planting leads to stronger plants at the cost of potential germination rates. I have read that you might lose 1 out of 10 seeds with the direct into soil after soaking method (assuming the rest of your environment is dialed in). I will generally only do this if I have a seed or two or more that I don't mind losing. Having said that.....I am 3 for 3 (jack herer not included yet) in the direct in soil method.
Well if I still have bupkis tonight I'll add some H2O2 to the bowl for a couple of hours and then go to wet paper towel in a zip lock.
What did the damn paper towels ever do to u Van.
illizm775
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I've got a couple fems and regs if this don't go, contingency!!!!!!
Never did anything....but if I can skip a step that leads to a potentially better plant, I am all for it. I am always experimenting and changing things. I look at a everything from a complete process standpoint and then I break it down into individual step. What can I change or alter and what does it do to the process? The way I see it, nothing good can come from me touching a seed any more times than I need to. I figure about 20-30 plants started this way and I will have an indication if it has ANY impact to the plant at all.