sprouting

[Shadowist]

Planted in Jiffy cup on the 17th, when should i be seeing a sprout....?:wtf:

[RonnieRay]

I always germ directly in soil in cups. I always get 100% germ. Literally, I have not lost a single seed in yrs. Usually the sprouts break the surface between 2-4 days. 3 is probably average.

[stinkyattic]

If the seed has already 'popped', 2-3 days.
If not, I have seen seeds taken up to 2 weeks to break dirt.
A lot depends upon your temperature. Keep it right around 78-80 degrees F. Too cold, nothing happens. Too warm, seeds rot.

[Shadowist]

yea because right now its been 6 days, i see roots... little tiny ones through the hole but i dont know! =( maybe i was given dud seeds!

[Mr.Blue]

naw probly not one of my seeds took 8 day (the night on the 8th it poped up..)

[Shadowist]

haha sick yea one sprouted today... bout time... such a beautiful thing!! 5-6 days then.

[RonnieRay]

"If the seed has already 'popped', 2-3 days.
If not, I have seen seeds taken up to 2 weeks to break dirt."

I am sure that has been the case sometimes, or you would not have posted it, but mine have never taken that long? Never more than 5 days at the most. I never soak or paper towel them first. I just plant them directly in wet seed start soil and keep it wet with a sprayer till they pop through. Then I stop watering till the cups are almost totally dry. This is under FLs

"A lot depends upon your temperature. Keep it right around 78-80 degrees F. "

I agree: I keep the house at 71 when the heat is on and 77 when the AC is on. I put the cups on top of a cookie sheet that is sitting on top of a medical type electric heating pad. When the inside temp is 71, I turn the heat pad on low. That raises the soil temp to mid-high 70s. When the AC is on and the inside temp is 77, I just turn off the pad.

[onequickmove]

i had one that didn't pop for a week, so i shook off a little of the topmost soil; it was opened up, but stuck, the stem had gotten thin and corkscrewed around because it couldn't break though; it's generally not recommended, but it seemed necessary for me;

[BlackBerry]

it would have been quicker to sprout if u would of warmed the soi before germination