Who needs to germinate in water

[BedroomFarmer]

I like that idea with the yogurt cups DM.

I've been considering some seed trays to start and filling with plugs or coco. Then vegging for a bit in something like those yogurt cups. Would save a lot of space for me.

 

[Dwight Monk]

I like that idea with the yogurt cups DM.

Yeah I figure get another use for them before they go in the landfill, as they don't recycle that kind of plastic here anymore.

 

[Elvin]

I just popped a GG#4 today. Put one in a small bowl of water on a heating pad yesterday afternoon when they arrived in the mail. It was cracked open this afternoon so I filled a bag with perlite and FFOF (and a touch of
Mycorrhizae and Trichoderma) moistened the soil and poured the contents of the bowl into a small pit and covered it up.
I'll mist the soil as needed until she pocks her head above the soil.
It always works.

 

[Fastass419]

I got my first seeds coming I've never germinated a seed before I hope I get 5/5 I need plants

 

[Elvin]

I got my first seeds coming I've never germinated a seed before I hope I get 5/5 I need plants

Good luck! This time it took me three tries to get this one. The first try the seeds never arrived (was not that upset looking back; only one plant out of five from the last batch of seeds was a keeper for clones) and it was a 420 sponsor. Next purchase was another sponsor. That arrived but did not germ. They no longer offered GG#4 so I tried Toronto Cannabis Seeds. Not a 420 sponsor so they arrived and one I tried popped in less than one day. I also made some clones and am revegging a plant for my other new girls to go with the seed.
Their website is very basic but took VISA from the US. Arrived in a normal envelope in a piece of cardboard. Not fancy but who cares?
You will have a much better experience than my last few weeks messing with this nonsense.

 

[Fastass419]

Ya it's been 2 and a half weeks and still haven't heard from them. They said they shipped in big order and when it got to the states they would break it down and give me a tracking number I really hope to get it soon

 

[nickeluring]

So far I have never lost a seed using this method. It is highly recommended. I usually get a tap root after 1 day, and the following day it sprouts. I'm currently germinating and starting 17 autos, one is still to germinate.

I use paper towels in ziploc bags. A day in a water glas is not needed. As long as you have the right moisture level in the paper towel before it goes in the zip bag, it'll stay the same without drying even if it's a bad seed that takes a week to germinate. The right moisture level is crucial though. I usually fold it to the right size before wetting it. Then soak the paper towel in water and give it a good squeeze. It must absolutely not drip. It should be moist. Whatever you do, don't use toilet paper for germination.
Then I put the seed in. I put the seed in on the upper part of the paper and at an angle so when I stand the paper up, the tap root will grow downwards. This prevents getting curly tap roots. Pointy end goes down.
I then put the paper towel in the zip bag.

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• nickeluring
• Jan 31, 2020

Germination

You then need to find somewhere dark and warm for the germination. Ideally you want to find somewhere around 26 degrees C. That's when you'll get the fastest germination. If you're using someplace like behind a router, on the fridge or similar, make sure to measure the temp properly with a thermometer first - exactly where the seeds will be placed. A bit too warm and you'll cook the seeds - and they don't like that. Cooler than 26 C and germination will happen slower.
I made a little oven to cob cure my weed in, but realised this was the perfect germinator.

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• nickeluring
• Jan 31, 2020

Germination

As soon as I see a tap root, from 1 mm and up in length, I plant the seed in moist coco. If possible I use a heat mat for the pots until seedling sprouts. I plant my seeds in the final pots, but that's because I'm a coco grower.

 

[Ravenplume]

Yeah kind of one of them "find what works for you and stick with it", I'm clumsy and lost more in the paper towel method due to that or the towels drying out too much on me and damaging them. Don't really "waste" any soil as I re-purpose old yogurt cups for my seeds, as I can cut the bottom off with a box knife and split it up the side and transplant w/o disturbing them very much into a larger pot once they been in there a week or so (fill around the cup to make my hole and then put in and pull the cut cup away like a sleeve).

So, when planting the seeds directly in the cup of dirt before they sprout, do you cover them up completely, or keep them exposed on top? And do you just keep them indarkness 24/7 until they sprout, like is done with the float 'em in a cup of water technique?

 

[Dwight Monk]

So, when planting the seeds directly in the cup of dirt before they sprout, do you cover them up completely, or keep them exposed on top? And do you just keep them indarkness 24/7 until they sprout, like is done with the float 'em in a cup of water technique?

I just put them in a hole 1/4" or so deep and yes cover them up in the dirt, I put them somewhere warm so on top or next to my Router (new router I can't put it on top of it like old one). And then once they pop go under either a lamp or in my small box with a low powered LED grow light until big enough to handle the bigger/stronger light in my bigger boxes or the ones in my grow space.