my method for seed germination

so i m new to growing but have tried a few times.....i have heard of the damp paper towel method but this is what i learned from my brother.....drop the seeds in glass full of lukewarm water and let them soak for a few days in a setting that does not fall below room temperature 72 F. i put in 3 seeds i got from a bag and heres what i got to germinate....2 busted right out after 2 days and the other never did. the ones that did are getting big and was wondering if i should transplant them to soil. i was gonna put em in party cups for 3 weeks with soil i can get from the box stores. heres a pic with a penny next to the sprouts to give you a comparision. someone please help me with what do next because every time i try to plant a seed it eventually dies out. one love

They look ready to plant. Get some kind of seed starter mix or peat mix it with pearlite. Don't use miracle grow it's pretty shitty and will burn your plants. Mine survived but they had yellow ass leaves and holes in them.

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Originally Posted by jiggsaw

They look ready to plant. Get some kind of seed starter mix or peat mix it with pearlite. Don't use miracle grow it's pretty shitty and will burn your plants. Mine survived but they had yellow ass leaves and holes in them.

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thanks for the reply.....do i put the sprout facing down or up? i have a boiler room which is like 85 F and have a two nice ballast already hanging there, where can buy the seed started mix or peat mix at a store not online...i live in the northeast so a lot of farming places are closed.

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Originally Posted by jiggsaw

They look ready to plant. Get some kind of seed starter mix or peat mix it with pearlite. Don't use miracle grow it's pretty shitty and will burn your plants. Mine survived but they had yellow ass leaves and holes in them.

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I only ever had MG burn up one plant of mine, out of hundreds. MG moisture control isn't all that good, which is what your referring to. The regular MG works good imo.

Put the white part down the bean part facing up. They might have some starting mix at walmart they had pearlite . If not you can find a local hydroponic store online that should have everything you need, look at yellow pages online. I went to one and they had everything you need to grow weed lights, fans, pots, soil, starting soil, ph testers, scrubbers, nutrients everything. But I did only use moisture control miracle grow not the plain kind and they grew ok , they didn't die.

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Originally Posted by jiggsaw

Put the white part down the bean part facing up. They might have some starting mix at walmart they had pearlite . If not you can find a local hydroponic store online that should have everything you need, look at yellow pages online. I went to one and they had everything you need to grow weed lights, fans, pots, soil, starting soil, ph testers, scrubbers, nutrients everything. But I did only use moisture control miracle grow not the plain kind and they grew ok , they didn't die.

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thanks bro.......off to walmart and check out the yellow pages........these babies gotta grow

so just wanted to mention that i planted one of the seeds into a party cup and put it in my boiler room with lights 24/7....in 3 days a sprout has busted out of the soil and is about an inch....not expecting much because this is as far as i get in the past. i will post a pic if it actually gets too be a decent size....