Germination

[Da1KrayzieThug]

How fast do they normally germinate for you guys? Mine are taking really long but I have many seeds in the germination process but in different ways to see which one works best. These are the ways I used:

Putting in glass of water.
Pouring water that was heated in microwave for 2 minutes that cooled down on a folded napkin and put seeds in there. Then placed napkin in bag. Placed bag over computer monitor (about 70-80 degrees).
and last but not least...
The natural way of just putting em in moist soil.

Any comments would be nice.

-Krayzie

EDIT: Also are they supposed to slightly change colors as theyre germinating? Mine are getting darker in some places and lighter in others.

[GTC21]

You make it sound complicated! lol

I only use the wet paper towel method when I'm using old seed stock. Because the germination rate is lower with older seeds, I want to see which seeds are viable before I plant them in soil so I'm not wasting my time. But if I've just bought some brand new seeds, say a pack of 10 or 12, I'll fill a pot with soil for each seed, push the seeds into the soil and water it, then place a bag over the top of the pots to keep the moisture in- simple.

The only colour change I see in germinating seeds is that their shells get darker because they're wet, that's all. They swell up a little too. The colour's not important, don't worry about it.

[stoned1]

place 2 pieces of toilet paper into a lunchbox. then soak sheets with nomal tap water. drop seeds in on top of wet sheets .replace lid on lunchbox leaving 1 coner slightly open to allow for air and water to evapourate.place lunchbox into a heated dark hotpress or cuboard.check every 24 hours keep paper wet not soaked

[stoned1]

results every time

[Da1KrayzieThug]

sweet I got one of the ones I put on the monitor to germinate in about 7 hours!

[bud man 2000]

damn thats fast!

[Da1KrayzieThug]

I pulled out the ones in the soil because I WAS going to just throw them away since I thought they weren't germinating after about 3 days but then I found that 2 of those germinated too! So now I have 3 plants on their way to stardom! :D!

[del...]

plant your seeds half an inch below soil surface (1st knuckle of pointer finger is my guide) and keep soil warm (65f+) and moist...never soaked or dry...mosit and warm is the key. they'll sprout (break surface) in 3-5 days...some a few days longer. after 12-14 days, replant. i plant into the 1 gal pots they'll be growing until sexing time...by then they're rootbound and the females ready for 5's or the ground...compost heap for the males.

[Da1KrayzieThug]

What do I do to transplant? I don't think I'm supposed to just yank em out. Cuz right now since they are indeed my first plants they're in 1 gal pots.

[Bspectral]

What do I do to transplant? I don't think I'm supposed to just yank em out. Cuz right now since they are indeed my first plants they're in 1 gal pots.
squeeze ur pot all around it with both hands right to the bottom making a loose space between ur soil and the side of ur pot.Then grab the bottom of ur plant right at the soil about an inch up with one hand and lift up a bit holding it steady and with the other hand loosen ur pot by twisting and pulling it down off the rooted soil. Have ur bigger pot about 1/4 filled with ur soil and put it in and fill it by covering it up with ur fresh soil right to the top of ur new pot. Then water it well. Dont forget that a big pot of soil soaks up alot of water so then u'l let it dry for 2-3 days before u water it regularily with less water and u might even add a bit more soil to the top of ur new pot because ur soil will settle down in the new pot. Go roots Go

[absolut420]

i always do the wet paper towel thing to germinate.. this way you know which seeds are best to plant.

the seeds in the pic were placed to germinate at the same time, one sprouted and was planted.

[Da1KrayzieThug]

Alright guys I tried a few more seeds and I figured this out as 'the best way to germinate':

The wet paper towel thing put in a warm place.
It worked about twice as fast as the other ways.
Does warmth maybe help the plants grow too?

[HARDDON]

I have found the seed in the soil to work the best by far. I can hit 100% germination everytime with the soil.

The problem with germination is often mistated as the 'technique used.'

The real success in germination lies not in the method...

But in the SELECTION of the seed.

The seeds that don't germinate in soil are the seeds that won't germinate in the paper towels.

Why transplant from paper into soil when you could just do it in the soil to begin with????

Take your potential seeds and press them on a hard surface quite firmly. Do NOT be afraid to bust them...if they bust, they are weak anyhow and shouldnt be planted to begin with. Dare them to crack and crumble.

Press HARD on the seed and it if stands up to the test, drop it in 1/4 inch soil, fill hole loosely with soil and water completley the entire container.

Place it in dark so it doesn't dry out, and in 3 - 7 days, you will germinate nearly 100% of your seeds....EVERY TIME!

Trust me on this.

My problem is growing em, but damn, I can germinate them EVERYSINGLE TIME.

If the weed has or has had fungus on it, this will not be the case. Fungus will kill a seed and the seed may not 'crack' under the test. This is the ONLY exception I have ever found to the hard press test.

Just my thoughts........ : )

thanks for allowing me to share em.

[Da1KrayzieThug]

And thank you for sharing them. And I think you are right considering that's how nature meant them to be (in the soil).

[NowhereMan]

id go direct to soil ,to save any worries,
but if i want to germinate a batch of seeds i just put them in a cup of water and a day or so later i can see them cracked open ,the taproot poking out a lil
i scoop them up in a spoon carefully and put them in soil
it only saves ya few days at best,and for the most part you know every container has a plant in it,i see no reason for newbies to rush it,wiaste seeds doing so unless they have lots of seeds and want to learn by hands on trying things,but to be sure as others has said,go with planting in soil,
shit they be up in a week anyway and u be happy about it