cant Germinate..

Got 30 seeds from amsterdam. 7 have been wasted. I just cant germinate for heaven's sake.

I tried the "tissue between 2 plates", I tried dropping them in normal soil, nothing seems to happen!!!!


I heard about placing them in a glass of water, would this way work? any tips?

Thanking you

How long are you waiting ?

i spray a paper towel, place the moist pt in a tupperware container so the seeds are on the sidewalls. and place the container in a dark cabinet. usually sprouts within 3 days.

In the past Ive tried with just a paper towel, lightly misting the towel, and that hasnt worked occasionally.

I have had the same problem as you before and the first time I ever germinated seeds was when I dropped them into a glass of distilled water and covered them so no light got in. Now the plants are 14" tall and ready to be flowered.

Here is my method, it works GREAT! I soak my beans in tap water for a night or until they stop floating. I then put them in a damp, not soaked, paper towel and fold it over them once. Put it in a plastic zip lock bag. Put your zip lock bag on something that generates heat like a cable box or the fridge.

Give it a few days, seeds that have been stored usually take a bit of time to pop. Fresh beans usually pop in less than 3 days.

Wait until the root is about 1/2" and transplant into your favorite growing medium.

Nearly 100% germination rate for the last 4 years.

My advice is be patient and grow all of them that you have space for, keep them alive long enough to clone, flower the clones and kill any males. Tada, you never have to germinate or start with a seedling ever again unless you want to try a different strain.

its been 4 days.

Faroos said:

its been 4 days.

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Back in 2002 I had some Nirvana brand Ice strain beans and they took nearly a week to pop.

how about white widows? white russian? silver haze?

Whats the best ways you guys have encountered in germinating these seeds?
whats the highest/lowest temp. you can germinate in?

Thanks

You need to be more patient with your seeds.

Cold temps will also slow down germination to 7 days or so easy.

Its winter you know

I put mine in a glass of water overnight and then between two wet paper towels the next day in a dark spot...100% germination

damp a paper towel , place seed on it , fold it over , put it in a tupaware box with lid on , put on top of tv ,fridge etc ......wait ..........open container .......wait ................open container ..........wait some more ........and hey presto ..GERMINATION ........ive never failed to germinate using this method .

Try my method and come back when they pop.

I promise they will if you do exactly as I posted.

If you have problems with patience then you are starting out the wrong hobby.

ThE sAtIvA hIgH said:

damp a paper towel , place seed on it , fold it over , put it in a tupaware box with lid on , put on top of tv ,fridge etc ......wait ..........open container .......wait ................open container ..........wait some more ........and hey presto ..GERMINATION ........ive never failed to germinate using this method .

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I use the same method but I use zip lock baggies, works GREAT!

Next batch are going im going to be using dubb83's method (ziplock)
for now, I placed my 4 day old 2 seeds into peat cups with soil. placed it over a heater on low.

Watch out for peat, it is very acidic!

I would place the zip lock bag on either a cable box or fridge, some kind of electronic that is always on and generating heat. A heater might be too much!

the seeds i germed are having a hard time sprouting. they cant dislodge their shell i guess. but so my friend germed over 100 seeds in one big batch and let all of them sit for like a week, maybe longer and they all dislodged from their shells and everything in the paper towel, before he even planted them. all the plants survived because im growing some of them. so im gonna try his method next time. wait hella days

dude get a storage bin cut a hole in the top get 1 t5 fluro take 10 cups fill it with good dirt place light over the hole u cut on the lid spray 3 times a day lightly (poke holes in bottom to) and ull have seeds popped in 2 days never failed for me yet