Do these seeds look viable
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tip top toker
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They look like cannabis seeds alright. Plant them. They look viable, but you never know til you try 
Prince4118
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Iv had many seeds that aren't white or crushed that havnt sprouted
Prince4118
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What is your method for germination?
qwizoking
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Wet paper towel in an open ziploc between 82-84°„ you wanna see beads on the bag. It should be ready in 24 hours, another 12-24 may be necessary. I fill a cup with my moistened soil mix. I either wet the soil the night before and till it first or moisten till it will hold its shape and compact at the time I'm doing it (forgot the word for this) so as to avoid any rot. It gets a ziploc over the top of the cup and in the dark until I have my first set of leaves (still 82-84°)
Bags come off and they goto the sides of my light until the first set of leaves (true set).
..use ph'd water
I have expiremented with a variety of temps etc
This gives me best results. Out of 40 cheese seeds I just germed, all sprouted and only one died as a seedling (my fault)
Bags come off and they goto the sides of my light until the first set of leaves (true set).
..use ph'd water
I have expiremented with a variety of temps etc
This gives me best results. Out of 40 cheese seeds I just germed, all sprouted and only one died as a seedling (my fault)
Prince4118
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Do you wait till a root emerges from the seed?
qwizoking
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Yes.
The bigger it is the faster it seems to sprout. I've let the shell fall off and all before while in the paper towel (not recommending this though), if germed at the same time, putting a seed with a smaller taproot will take longer to sprout than if you had just left it in the bag a bit longer.
When you put the seed in the soil, you don't need to bury it, you don't even need the dirt to cover it so long as you have that bag over still, which again should have water beads. You don't want to bury the seed to far or compact the dirt when you do
The bigger it is the faster it seems to sprout. I've let the shell fall off and all before while in the paper towel (not recommending this though), if germed at the same time, putting a seed with a smaller taproot will take longer to sprout than if you had just left it in the bag a bit longer.
When you put the seed in the soil, you don't need to bury it, you don't even need the dirt to cover it so long as you have that bag over still, which again should have water beads. You don't want to bury the seed to far or compact the dirt when you do
Prince4118
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I don't have a good success rate like you say I'm lucky to get 20% to sprout what's the idea of the open zip lock?
Prince4118
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Majority of my seeds are about 5 years old (still seem to be viable)
I use pretty much the same method, wet paper towel/ cheese cloth/ toilet paper or cotton wool (I go between them if one fails) but with rain water and put into a sealed zip lock bag or into a black container and put in a dark place at room temprature ( at the moment between 20-25c) and I'm lucky to get them to crack the seed shell and if they do they close back up withing the next 24-36 hours
I use pretty much the same method, wet paper towel/ cheese cloth/ toilet paper or cotton wool (I go between them if one fails) but with rain water and put into a sealed zip lock bag or into a black container and put in a dark place at room temprature ( at the moment between 20-25c) and I'm lucky to get them to crack the seed shell and if they do they close back up withing the next 24-36 hours
pghdave420
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I always get great germ rate with wet paper towel in baggie/zip lock.it keeps towel wet and they germ fast
Prince4118
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I must be the only person on this planet that has trouble with germination
Prince4118
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The seed shell opens up shows a little white so I put it back to get a longer root and then the next time I check it the shell has closed again
Oddjob
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Usually not a good sign. Once the seed opens and you see a small bit of the tap root, it should keep growing. If it stalls or the tap grows very slowly you probably would not want to commit resources to growing that plant out. Will be a weak plant or runt and low producer or susceptible to disease.
Pass it Around
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they look like seeds to me
Pass it Around
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stop using a paper towel, that method is retarded. Some people get great results but guess what ... most noobs don't. Than after they can't pop their seeds they usually come on here and complain about the company and slander and bander til their whine train dies down.
What you need to do is either stick those fuckers right in the dirt like 2-5cm in or get some root riot, rapid rooters, jiffy things. Any of those will give you great results. TAP WATER HOMIE use tap water.
D_Urbmon
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No way to tell if seeds are viable by looking at them. Definitely can tell when some are not viable though.
I used the paper tower method for over a decade with major success rate. The only problem I experienced was breaking the taproot when putting it in the dirt, even if they weren't very big taps. I just poke em in my moist medium now.
I used the paper tower method for over a decade with major success rate. The only problem I experienced was breaking the taproot when putting it in the dirt, even if they weren't very big taps. I just poke em in my moist medium now.
