Old Seed germination help

Ive kept seeds from all the buds ive paid for over the years only ever kept ones from nice bud tho ! theyve been stored in sealed bags for id say around 2 years now.

I germinated my first batch a couple of months ago in tissue and had good success rate but a little slow.

So i decided to germ again but this time using a cheap germinator from garden store.

And it seems to be much slower than the tissue method i was hoping this would be quicker ?

what other methods are there , im aare some seeds could be dead but ive got millions so doing a few at a time.

Ive seen the sandpaper tube way going to try that next , just looking for more ideas.

put them in a shot glass full of water & some place really warm, they should show roots in less then 2 days if they r viable.

Ah the cup of water techinque , cheers dude ill give that a splash if these others havent come through by weekend. and damn man its doesnt let me rep u enough

lol, well thanks for the generous thought. Generally I pop them in a shot glass for 12 hours then plant directly in soil. But some seeds r stubborn (especially older ones), so those I will put in the glass in my flower room (real hot in there) over to the side out of the direct light, & they usually sprout tails in about a day, then I plant.

your welcome you answer alot of my questions my germinator showed me a young sproutling this morning guess im being impatient i for got the roots gotta grow before the young leaf shows

Gave the sand paper method a go best by far germinating in 6 hours

Will give the glass of water a whirl 2mrw

shame i got some many just wasting em lol bad me

Alot of saving over years buddy finally sick of paying the extremely rising prices here. Thinking the growings more addictive than the smoking tho !

last night as an experiment i cracked about 12 open and pulled most of the shells off,
then poped them in the dirt . 6 older seed and 6 new.
all bagseed i had just laying around. guna see how it goes . i read about using h202 water for germinating
http://www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.com/peroxide-garden.html
it seems to help imo

u mean u cut away the shells of the seed and went straight to plant ? 0_o

its quite nice actually knowing the babys are secretly growing it helps take away the cluck on smokeless days , now day 4 of no smoke

Ontheball said:

u mean u cut away the shells of the seed and went straight to plant ? 0_o

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yes but i did not "cut" them , i cracked them with my thumbnails. and i just checked a few a couple of hours ago i allready see there taproots forming!!

24hrs my seeds have been in a glass of water and nothings happened -.- just cant beat the tissue method :/

Germinating is all patience my friend, I have germinated seeds where some show root in 24hrs and others in 48. Just give em time. I really like the wet paper towel method in a ziploc. Keeps the moisture in just make sure the paper towel isn't to wet but not dry.

Found using a heating pad to keep the spot consistently warm helps..

I used the shot glass method, been working great so far, for heat i just stuff the shotglass in behind my ps3 in my entertainment center, get real warm and they sink within 6 hrs

Pew said:

Found using a heating pad to keep the spot consistently warm helps..

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I put one in a towel and keep it under my cloning tray. I put lots of water in there but I have an aquarium undergravel filter plate on the bottom so my plants are not down in the water. That warms and humidifies.

Theyve finally sank took 48hrs tho ! There starting to sprout however. How long should i let the sporut get until i take them out ?

Some like to let it get a little length, but I plant it as soon as I see the white tap root coming from the seed. My thinking is the smaller/shorter it is, the less likely I am to damage it in the move.

fair enough m8 , they always get long in towels , just water was so slow , have moved them to a towel and will be planting soon