Clarification on sprouting seeds please

Agree with shovelhandle, top of refrigerator my go to spot for sprouting seeds.

"How much root should I see on my germinated seeds before I stick them in the dirt? (I have coco pills) If the roots are curled, plant them root up? If root is straight, put it root down?"

Howzit GT?

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I plant mine in beercups full of coco.
They usually take from 2 to 5 days.

Aloha,
Weeze

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Originally Posted by Weezard

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I plant mine in beercups full of coco.
They usually take from 2 to 5 days.

Aloha,
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And how much beer is that??

Noob here, too, but I've had good luck with the paper towels. Put seeds in towels and wet the towels (I actually wet them, not just damp). Not so wet that that they're dripping, but real close. Put towels in a sandwich baggie, blow air into it and seal, so it's like a "pillow." In this closed environment the water will evaporate and form drops on the "roof" of the pillow. It will actually rain in there. Put the "pillow" in a small, flat box, and set the box someplace warm (but not too warm). Everyone says refrigerator and that sounds like great place. I set my box on top of an Ethernet switch and WiFi router that get a little warm (but not hot at all). It's right next to my weather station monitor which says the indoor temperature there fluctuates maybe 2 degrees from 75F.

So far, it seems like good seeds sprout in a day to a day and a half. Again, I'm a noob, so haven't done too many of these. Plant as soon as you have a sprout -- I do the same as Weez, but have some perlite in the beercups of coco. Perlite in the beercups of coco should be the name of a c&w song or something.

My limited experience: couple days for plants to start poking out of the coco, once they're planted. Seems like you should be able to go from dry seed to something green sticking out of something that looks like dirt in 3-6 days. I've had a couple die once they came out of the dirt and still not sure why.

The science ain't exact.

Till you get true leaves, damping-off can be a problem. Looks good then bang it's laying on its side.

"A million ways to skin a cat". With that said surely by now in the ground or toast! Personally I use my trusty gas oven. Baby wipes, (soaked & cleaned of all toxic chems) place the beans on a moist, not soaking wet wipe & cover/seal with aluminum foil in gas oven (always approx. 80f) 2 days later voilÃ*, sprouts. Day 2 should check to see if towel is still a bit moist cuz ya don't wanna let it dry out. Very low tech approach but have had a 90% + rate.

Sic Semper Tyranus

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Originally Posted by Token LaRoche

Noob here, too, but I've had good luck with the paper towels. Put seeds in towels and wet the towels (I actually wet them, not just damp). Not so wet that that they're dripping, but real close. Put towels in a sandwich baggie, blow air into it and seal, so it's like a "pillow." In this closed environment the water will evaporate and form drops on the "roof" of the pillow. It will actually rain in there. Put the "pillow" in a small, flat box, and set the box someplace warm (but not too warm). Everyone says refrigerator and that sounds like great place. I set my box on top of an Ethernet switch and WiFi router that get a little warm (but not hot at all). It's right next to my weather station monitor which says the indoor temperature there fluctuates maybe 2 degrees from 75F.

So far, it seems like good seeds sprout in a day to a day and a half. Again, I'm a noob, so haven't done too many of these. Plant as soon as you have a sprout -- I do the same as Weez, but have some perlite in the beercups of coco. Perlite in the beercups of coco should be the name of a c&w song or something.

My limited experience: couple days for plants to start poking out of the coco, once they're planted. Seems like you should be able to go from dry seed to something green sticking out of something that looks like dirt in 3-6 days. I've had a couple die once they came out of the dirt and still not sure why.

The science ain't exact.

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The extra water won't hurt the seeds for a day or two. But if you have some harder to start beans the wet-wet can cause problems. In a baggie even a damp towel will not dry out for quite a while. A couple of drops of hydrogen peroxide in the water to kill bacteria can help also if the beans are old and slow to germinate.
I use my internet box too. It's a little warmer than I like but I put the beans off to one side.

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Originally Posted by tlranger

Till you get true leaves, damping-off can be a problem. Looks good then bang it's laying on its side.

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Tell me more about this "damping-off". Never heard of that before, but that's exactly what happened with one of my plants.

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Originally Posted by Shovelhandle

The extra water won't hurt the seeds for a day or two. But if you have some harder to start beans the wet-wet can cause problems. In a baggie even a damp towel will not dry out for quite a while. A couple of drops of hydrogen peroxide in the water to kill bacteria can help also if the beans are old and slow to germinate.
I use my internet box too. It's a little warmer than I like but I put the beans off to one side.

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That's good to know - thanks sh. I've seen people start seeds in a cup of water, but always with the warning that you shouldn't leave them submerged for more than a day.