ficklejester
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I've only ever grown from clones. Please vote on how I should sprout from seed. Thanks!
Best way to sprout
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I voted submerged in water. I like to use diluted hydrogen peroxide.[1] I saw a forum post elsewhere[2] that a grower germed seeds in different dilutions and found 1% worked best. I wasn't that aggressive, so I use 0.5%.
I've never tried plain water. But, I like the concept of h202. The extra oxygen molecule seems to cause air bubbles to form on the seed, keeping it on the surface of the water where it's exposed to air (in addition to pure oxygen attached to the shell?). It's also a disinfectant.
I've had 100% seeds pop in 18-36 hours. If one took longer I'd feel less concerned about the seed drowning due to what I mentioned above.
[1] 1 part common 3% h2o2 mixed with 5 parts water, which makes 0.5% h202.
[2] http://buymarijuanaseeds.com/community/threads/peroxide-for-germinating.147077/
I've never tried plain water. But, I like the concept of h202. The extra oxygen molecule seems to cause air bubbles to form on the seed, keeping it on the surface of the water where it's exposed to air (in addition to pure oxygen attached to the shell?). It's also a disinfectant.
I've had 100% seeds pop in 18-36 hours. If one took longer I'd feel less concerned about the seed drowning due to what I mentioned above.
[1] 1 part common 3% h2o2 mixed with 5 parts water, which makes 0.5% h202.
[2] http://buymarijuanaseeds.com/community/threads/peroxide-for-germinating.147077/
ficklejester
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Any other votes/input?
dluck
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I drop my beans in a sterile shot glass with distilled water...place it in cool (72° to 75°) dark area..usually sprout in 24 to 36 hours !
jondamon
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I'm a final medium guy.
I use coco.
I precharge my coco generally with 0.6EC of my base nutes. Then make a hole and place my seed inside. Then lightly cover and light them up.
Sometimes I'll use a makeshift humidity dome out of a coke bottle etc and use this for a few days but normally just as straight out.
Sometimes you get the odd seed that doesn't make it but that could be because I use my 400w MH about 2ft above the pot tops to germinate lol.
J
I use coco.
I precharge my coco generally with 0.6EC of my base nutes. Then make a hole and place my seed inside. Then lightly cover and light them up.
Sometimes I'll use a makeshift humidity dome out of a coke bottle etc and use this for a few days but normally just as straight out.
Sometimes you get the odd seed that doesn't make it but that could be because I use my 400w MH about 2ft above the pot tops to germinate lol.
J