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What happened to my seed it didn't germination is it dead



Also none of my other seeds roots popped through why is that




I kept them in 22 to 28 degree Celsius warm with 90% humidity its been ten day none of them sprung up with rockwool treated with ph 5.8 RO water and soaked in nutrients for ten minutes in darkness for 48 hours and light with really low intensity after for 18 hours on 6 off at 50 cm away

The first one looks like it just dried up and died. The others in the dome have probably rotted from being too wet. You don't need a dome to start seeds.

Looks like you forgot to focus on the most important part of growing which is how to start a seed.

Have you grown before? You might want to take a step back from the hydro and just fill some pots with soil and grow that way for now. You're making things much more difficult than they need to be if you're just starting out putting you at a disadvantage. Fancy equipment and wireless control of your light isn't going to produce anything if you can't get a seed to grow.

You're going to have to start over. You'll probably have better success with a soil grow.

Good luck.

Biggest mistake when using a dome to start seeds is over saturated medium. As x said. You don't need a dome to start seeds. If you do use one you can squeeze the water out of the medium. As long as it's 'damp' the humidity in the dome will keep it wet enough to sprout. You also should only have the tops closed for a day or two max then open them and allow airflow. Alot of times because the seed can be confused and believe it is underground due to the high humidity and you can get weird things happening like the root grows up or not into the medium because it's too wet and its getting the humidity it needs inside the dome. Also sometimes the actual plant just grows stumpy (not stimpy. .... You eediot!) With a stump root.
Best to just stick with the tried tested and true seed------> moist medium ----> wait
There's a million ways to start a seed but just a few good ones.

No ec charge when hatching, just water, and your shit looks soaked

I Put in a cup untill it sinks, put in a towel till it hatches, put in rock wool with just water, squeeze once and set on a plate under a white cfl.. that it

xtsho said:

The first one looks like it just dried up and died. The others in the dome have probably rotted from being too wet. You don't need a dome to start seeds.

Looks like you forgot to focus on the most important part of growing which is how to start a seed.

Have you grown before? You might want to take a step back from the hydro and just fill some pots with soil and grow that way for now. You're making things much more difficult than they need to be if you're just starting out putting you at a disadvantage. Fancy equipment and wireless control of your light isn't going to produce anything if you can't get a seed to grow.

You're going to have to start over. You'll probably have better success with a soil grow.

Good luck.

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I found hydro easier than soil, buts thats probably because I started in soil

Here is a good germination guide https://www.mandalaseeds.com/Guides/Germination-Guide

Keep the temp stable at around 80 if you can. Don't let the seeds sit in wetness, the media should be moist like a wrung out sponge. Seeds don't need 90% humidity, they need fresh air, just don't let them dry out. If you stick to the basics they'll sprout in 24-48 hrs.

When you're just beginning, you might try out a few things until a way works for you that returns 100% germination (at least once) -- a repeatable process. Although I know it seems like you should be doing something, most of the credit for germination goes to the genetics.

With good genetics in rockwool, you might soak them awhile in water with a few ml of pH down for a little phosphate, but you wrote that you added nutrients -- if so, expect scorched earth. Seeds come with their own nutes. You might still feel like you have to do something to expedite the process. You really don't, but if it works and you're comfortable with it, it's your repeatable process. I've had success soaking seeds in a Ziploc bag for like 12 hrs in a drawer; and then ~12 hours on a paper towel, in a Ziploc bag, in a drawer. By this point, there's probably the slightest beginning of a tail.

And then, you might plant them in 3 or 4" starter blocks soaked in water with a few ml off pH down (the bottle probably suggests ~5 ml/gallon). They blocks are probably pretty good on water for a few days. You probably don't want to spray or mist them again until they've fully popped their heads up. When they've fully popped their heads up, you might give them a light mist above their heads -- but really, you'e just preventing them from drying out until they have roots. Once you get good at that, you might increase watts to about 120 and see how much more robust roots are versus ~40 watts, which would just keep them alive and growing slowly, but probably not thriving with thick, fuzzy white roots.

If you have 10 seeds, run 2 or 3 to start; see how you do; reassess if they die, and remove yourself from the process a little more each "next time" until you have 100% germination. Then, you've found a process that you can be comfortable with.

You might need more seeds.