seed germination

well im having trouble doing that part. can someone help?









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Geriminating is super easy. I used the paper towel method. All you do is get some seeds and put them in a wet paper towel for a few days. They say you should keep the paper towel warm but I just left it out and was fine. My first attempt I did at germinating was with four seeds and after a week nothing happened. When I got some more new weed i try'd again with 1 seed and it grew a tap root in 3 days.

Once it grows a white tap root (just a white root that grows out the bottom of the seed) place it in a pot and your good to go ;)

Thanks man

to avoid injury to the taproot (which often kills the baby) place in soil as soon as they pop, doesn't matter how much, or if you can see the taproot at all. just look for a crack in the seam of the bean

kp

I just stick it in dirt and let it go. It's worked for millions of years. Why fix what ain't broke?

Of course, you hydro growers gotta makle things difficult. :D

germinating in towels takes the geuss work out of it. when you plant popped seeds, they will grow. you don't have to stare at a pot for two weeks waiting for the plant that never comes.

kp

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Originally Posted by Volker

I just stick it in dirt and let it go. It's worked for millions of years. Why fix what ain't broke?

Of course, you hydro growers gotta makle things difficult. :D

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I agree with this guy...waiting is waiting. If you are going to do soil growing...you should go to the garden store and get some peat pellets or a jiffy starter kit. I tell you...I have never had a seed fail in peat pellets.

personally, I never put seeds in paper towels...too many lost drowned seeds.

When is a good time to introduce light? i have three seeds that have just cracked the surface, one is about a centimeter out but the seed shell is still attached. I read somewhere that you shouldn't introduce light until there are two fan leaves? any help would be greatly appreciated!

Forgot another question i had, but when it is time to put them under the light, how close should they be positioned?

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Originally Posted by Gasper02

Forgot another question i had, but when it is time to put them under the light, how close should they be positioned?

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I start a CFL shining on where I expect it to pop out 2 days after planting the seed. When it comes up, it's good to have a cool light source ready for the plant to orient to.

As to how far away the bulb goes, once the plant is sprouted, as close as possible (1/2") with CFL or flouro, as close as you dare with MH/HPS.