Problems germinating seeds

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cichlid

Active Member

• Mar 14, 2007

• #1

Hi - i'm new here - looking for some help.

i've got a bunch of seeds that i've had germinating for 3 days now. a couple of them opened up and the stalky thing started to push through (that was on the first day), but now they seem to have gone back in. The one and only seed i've ever grown before had the green stalk thing sticking out about a centimetre before i put it into soil.

So i'm wondering if i waited too long to plant..? Any advice appreciated.

 

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Godkas

Well-Known Member

• Mar 14, 2007

• #2

Way too long. There should be a white tap root that emerges from your seeds. You can plant them at any point you see them but I wait until they are a cm or two long or stop growing (i've had one stop short of a cm and it only took an extra day to pop over the others (that was turd) my guess is it was a good tough shell.

 

pauliojr

Well-Known Member

• Mar 14, 2007

• #3

Even if only a few are ready, just plant them all. They all should come up sooner or later. You will wake up one day and see all of your little babies are out of the soil.

 

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Godkas

Well-Known Member

• Mar 14, 2007

• #4

yeah I think it can halt germination for something like a week (taproot showing) but as soon as those taproots change color or retract im pretty sure they are done for.

 

kremnon

Well-Known Member

• Jun 8, 2009

• #5

for best results germinating beans use a cup of water and add two drops of hydrogen peroxide, then drop em in. they will sprout in 24 hrs or so.

i made sum lowryder seeds and sumtimes i have to manually crack open the seed after three days, then they start growing.
peace.
then as soon as u see a little white root poke out plant it about a 1/4" deep root up,

PEACE

 

smoker715

Active Member

• Jun 9, 2009

• #6

wow that was way too long to germinate them seeds

 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member

• Jun 9, 2009

• #7

you probally just need to put em on something that generates a lil heat and they will start popping up in a day or 2

 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member

• Jun 9, 2009

• #8

smoker715 said:

wow that was way too long to germinate them seeds

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3 days is too long? lmao, thats not true at all

 

smoker715

Active Member

• Jun 10, 2009

• #9

darkdestruction420 said:

3 days is too long? lmao, thats not true at all

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ya that is not too long, dont know where my mind was when i read that..sry.. ive germinated longer then that..lol.. mustve been stoned or something like that..hehe

 

kremnon

Well-Known Member

• Jun 10, 2009

• #10

remember the older the seed the longer and smaller the chances of germination.

but the hydrogen peroxide method works best and ive tried them all. heat matts paper towels all that.

i told it's the oxygen bubbles in the water that promotes quick germination.

PEACE

 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member

• Jun 11, 2009

• #11

i see, their were a few times where seeds germinated really fast for me and i realized each time i put the seeds in water w/a few drops of peroxide on a heat mat(in the dark of course) for 10-12 hours then into the jiffy cubes......

 

johnny1234

Well-Known Member

• Jul 19, 2009

• #12

Godkas said:

yeah I think it can halt germination for something like a week (taproot showing) but as soon as those taproots change color or retract im pretty sure they are done for.

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my taproot has just retracted. are you sure that means the seed is done for?