how i germ seeds
EVERYONE ALREADY HAS A HEATING PAD its called a tv or a dvd/video player anything of the sort....
anyways jesters germing methods
(just ya usual germ technique really lol)
items needed
MTHD 1
1)some paper towel. tissues anything of the sort.
2)ziplock bag aka a sandwich bag
3)something that generates heat ie a tv (not a flatscreen lol) , video/dvd player etc.
4) a tea towel, something to block direct light
5)water
6)some good beans
MTHD 2
using cotton wool method ( i think it could appeal 2 u is all)
1) a plastic container
2)cotton wool
3)water
4)some good beans
directions
MTHD1
1)firstly ya want to get a nice piece of absorbent towel and put your beans in it.
2)then what you do is make sure there spread out nicely in a little patch and fold the towel over itself to cover them and hold them together.
3)i then wet the paper and seeds (note use water thats at room temperature)
4)next you put the paper towel that you just put the seeds in and wet inside the zip lock bag and seal it shut so no moisture gets out.
5)put the ziplock bag on top of the tv (the big back bit where the vents are not the screen)/ dvd player whatever you decided to use.
6) put the teatowel over it (you can use anything really, ya just want to block out direct light)
7)check every day or so there should always be enough moisture in there but it pays off to check on the beans and see how far along thy are.
i wait untill they have a decent bit of root on them and burry them just below the serface root down.
9) keep sufficient water on it and watch it break out the small layer of soil above them by the next few days and watch it break ut of the seed. show its cotlydons and start growing leaves
MTHD2
1)put cotton wool inside your container
2)sprinkle your beans in the container and over the cotton wool
3)move them around so there spaced nicely and push te beans in the cotton a little
4)wet the beans so theyre cotton is nicely damp and give em all another tiny SOFT push in (you want the cotton to be hugging them not have them just sitting on top so you may have to put more cotton in about now and cover the surface a little it helps it all stay damp, you may need to add a tiny more water if you added more cotton)
5)you can put them in on a heating pad or something. "
i just put them somewhere they get soft sun and get good germ rates"
6)when i do it this way i either wait till they got a nice tap root sticking out of the seed then put them in soil.... or if im slack ill jst let them grow in this container till theyve got there cotlydons and firts set of leaves then i put them in dirt) thought this may appeal to you cos it can be a seedling before it hits the dirt
these arent my pics but i generally wait till the tap root is at LEAST as big as the center three in pic three or the one in the top right in pic 1
theres prolly nuffin wrong with the seed i agree maybe you planted it to deep or packed the soil too tight and the seed was just stunted somehow
