Seed germination question

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Mattkathquarnahmj

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• Jan 11, 2013

• #1

I am currently germinating seeds in a cup of water and it hasn't even been 24 hours and one of the seeds has grown a taproot and completely shed its shell like there is just a white thing in the cup with a taproot at the bottom and the two half a of its shell floating is this still okay and should I be really gentle putting it in soil

 

x iGrow x

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• Jan 11, 2013

• #2

Always be gentle with seeds when planting them.. MAke sure you put the end of the root down..

 

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rooky1985

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• Jan 11, 2013

• #3

Really gently put it in the soil, how long is the tap root?

 

bf80255

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• Jan 11, 2013

• #4

yes put her in soil but like igrow said be gentle try not to touch the taproot if you damage that at all your done for. make sure not to leave seeds in water longer than like 24 hours ( i would recommend 12) without changing or they get gross white film on them and are no longer viable

 

bf80255

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• Jan 12, 2013

• #5

https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/181601-how-germinate-marijuana-seeds.html

theres a link to one way of paper towel method i do it slightly differently but same basic idea much better success rate than the cup of water personally

 

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iamjustthatguy

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• Jan 12, 2013

• #6

You are only suppose to leave the seeds in the cup of water until they start to float (usually 12 hours) and then you move them to a paper towel like the guy above me said

 

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Mattkathquarnahmj

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• Jan 12, 2013

• #7

Tap room is about 1cm long and I am transferring it to paper towel method it's only been in germination for about 24 hours now how much longer in the paper towel before I plant

 

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iamjustthatguy

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• Jan 12, 2013

• #8

If you have a 1 cm white root coming from the shell, you can plant it now. Be gentle

 

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rooky1985

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• Jan 12, 2013

• #9

Put her in some dirt and watch her grow.

 

Thundercat

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• Jan 12, 2013

• #10

Ya if you've got a tap root plant that bitch.

I just put 2 seeds in tonight to soak, hopefully they'll be cracked in the morning and I can toss them in some pellets. Ones a critical mass x jack herer the other is a vintage 2006 from ch9

 

Dividedsky

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• Jan 12, 2013

• #11

Definitely plant the one with the taproot in soil, germinate the others in soil or paper towel. Be gentle with the one that has a taproot. If you can, use a sterilized tweezer. You might be good to plant the rest directly in soil too (if you have had them in a glass of water for 24hrs).

 

Thundercat

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• Jan 12, 2013

• #12

Until recently I had never done the whole soaking thing. I always just germinated my seeds in moist peat pellets. I had always had good success until last month i had a problem with some not germinating, so I soaked them and they cracked over night. Its a simple enough thing I figured I'd try it again this time. They weren't cracked this morning we'll see if they crack today or not. I'll prolly go ahead and put them in peat either way tonight.