Starting my seeds?

I'm having the hardest time with seeds lately . I'm using the cup of distiled water to first soak them for 24 hours then I place them in paper towels soaked in distiled water till they pop out a white root. Then I have easy rooter soil cubes by advanced nutrents. The first time I used these I had no problems. The next few times afterwords it seems like mabe the cubes are drying out or mabey I just need a few more days? Oh yea and I'm using a tray with dome and heatmat for seedlings called quick start Also I have one t5 floresent light just over the tray on for 18 off for 6. Does this seem good should I do anything else other than trying to keep these cubs wet till ready to transplant

Nothing ? Mabey can sombody tell me about how long to expect the germinated seed should pop out the soil.

I never have a problem with seeds this is what I do

justsmoking said:

Nothing ? Mabey can sombody tell me about how long to expect the germinated seed should pop out the soil.

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sprouts should pop from soil from 3-7 days. what is the temp of your bio dome? keep the humidity over 80 % and keep the seeds moist and it will work if the seeds are viable. Do the soil cubes contain any nutes right now?

None the less they can take 10-14 days so don't mess with them and never bury them deeper than one seed deep.

Here are a few poking there heads up . The ones in FFOF are in white and the black pots are in Roots Organic. I do not care for roots organic soil at all.

i use a heating pad or put on top of my water heater they like about 78 to 82 something like that

i normally do all others have mentioned and add a heating pad till they get transplanted in 3 weeks

cover all your basses seedlingis the hardest stage if they graduate seedling chances are out over (90%or more) that they will be good for long haul untill chop date

good luck
1Luv

hey bud. 1st off I would ditch the light until you have a sprout, the seeds really cant use light while germing unless you are using it to keep them warm but you said you have the heating mat so that will do just fine. I had the same problem when I 1st treid starting seeds the exact same way you are only I was using root-riot cubes but theyre pretty much the same. What happened was my t-5 was basically drying them out and I ended up burning my 100$ worth of female seeds So I learned my lesson and have had 100% germ rate since Just soak ur seeds, put um in the paper towel and keep them wet/not drenched while checking them every few hours, keep them in a warm dry dark place in the dome. Remember that seeds love warmth, wet/moistness, and the dark. Also just make sure that the heat pad isnt drying out the paper towels too fast b/c some of those can get pretty hot! Oh and seeds love high humidity- hope this helps and your seeds pop and grow a bountiful harvest!