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Reply With QuoteI have never seen it done that way! I always just toss mine in a hole i make and cover with soil, im gonna stick around and check this out!
How to start seeds
Hi Guys !!!,
I hope this little thread will help any newbies out there.
Please feel free to ask any questions.
The strain I have germinated is Exodus Cheese from Greenhouse seeds.
I had them in wet tissue (PH 6.0 water) in a plastic tupperware box in a dark cupboard with the top NEARLY SHUT to allow a bit of air.
They sprouted in just over 48 hrs but 2 have short roots so I will wait to pot the other 2. 8 out of 10 germinated at the same time - but that's Greenhouse for you!!!
I have placed them on the perimeter of my flourescents so they can search for light. I will follow up with more pics tomorrow. I am expecting that all of them will have poked out considerably.
If you decide to try this and loeave ur tap root as long as I do, then please remember to be light fingered and do not disturb/break the root.
Once the root is guided into the hole by the wooden skewer then you have to very gently pack the soil so that it touches the root. This is important because u don't want light bleeding onto the root either. If you are heavy handed then maybe pot them before the root gets this long but make sure u don't bury them.
It is very delicate but check the pics in a day or two and u will see !!
I have never seen it done that way! I always just toss mine in a hole i make and cover with soil, im gonna stick around and check this out!
Feel free to watch but be careful if u are heavy handed.
You will be amazed at how much quicker it is this way.
One of the seeds pictured has actually cracked off completely so it was like seed surgery.
yeah i usually put mine in with a shorter tap root and cover it just enough so no light gets to it and then spray it with my spray bottle and it pops usually a in a couple days. I like this little technique because i have lost many seedlings from burrying them too deep lol, this takes away lots of room for errors.... definitively gunna try it next time around. Thanks for the info
I don't like doing anything that has me getting near the taproot...lol. I have broken too many trying using paper towels...I use solo cups of soil, or coco and just cover them with ziploc bags that I remove once the plants pop through the soil...that way I don't have to worry about needing to water, or overwatering.
I apologize for my incessant rambling, but if you are patient there is inner hidden wisdom in most of my posts...Like playing literary "Where's Waldo."--------------- See, it's fun!
I think you should try it. I reckon that women will be slightly more dextrous than men. I will take some more photos later. I haven't seen them yet. no-one showed me how to do this it was just trial and error.
too much fuss.
dirt, hole, seed, little dirt, water, few days, leaves. cant get much simpler than that.
"Wheels are made for rolling, mules are made to pack
I've never seen a sight that didn't look better looking back
I was born under a wandrin' star"
It look me less than 10 mins to plant them all out. Don't ur plants deserve at least 10 mins of ur time?
This thread is help people who have trouble starting seeds or want 100% success rate.
This takes 24 hrs in return and NOT A FEW DAYS to sprout. So, if I wet them in paper towel on Monday, I plant them on Wednesday and they poke thru by Thurs. This is only 24 hrs since planting out.
depends on how you are counting your days. its still 3 to 5 days and your seedling will look like millions of others plantedOriginally Posted by lahadaextranjera
in oh so many ways.
I've never seen a sight that didn't look better looking back
I was born under a wandrin' star"
Truer words have never been spoken. If you've noticed the pictures the tap root turns sideways once it gets some length. This helps to shed the shell. I always prefer to plant seeds pointy tip down.too much fuss.
dirt, hole, seed, little dirt, water, few days, leaves. cant get much simpler than that.
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Also this is good if you wanna know how to germinate seeds. Very simple nice pictures.
Well Done
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