Dr Chronic vs Seed Boutique

[chewbacker]

iv used doc took 13 days and was lowryder most didnt germ but was new to them and was when they were first out so id say they are ok not used seed boutiqu so cant say what they are like :stoned:

[unclebob]

I have had 100% germ rates from the Doc with multiple strains. Not one single loser. But then I usually get 90-100% no matter what seed or where it came from. When I see people complaining about poor germ rates, I can't help but wonder if maybe some small part of the problem is that they just don't know what their doing? I mean getting seeds to germ and then become healthy seedlings takes some practice. When I first started doing it I did have problems.

I realize there is many good ways to do it, but for what its worth, the following method gives me 100% germ rates:
1. Fill a large cup (16-18 oz) 2/3 of the way with a mix of 2/3 favourite soil with either chem or organic fert and 1/3 perlite.
2. Fill the remaining 1/3 of the cup with a mix of 2/3 non fert seed start soil and 1/3 perlite up to 1 cm from the top.
3. Wet thouroughly and allow to drain.
4. Put seed on top in the middle.
5. Cover with about 1/2 cm of the seed start soil and perlite mix.
6. Wet thoroughly with a sprayer being carefull not to disturb the surface.
7. Keep at about 75 degrees F and spray the surface twice a day until they pop dirt.
8. This is the most important step - once they pop the ground DO NOT water again until that cup dries out completely and is light to pick up. Watering too soon at this point will kill them almost everytime. I don't know what it is but the seedling will get real thin near the soil surface and they will fall over dead. Depending on temps and humidity, it may take a up to a week or even two before they need to be watered again. Also, once they pop dirt immidiately get them right under FLs.

Why such a big cup - Prevents multiple transplants. They can grow in this thing either until they go outside or until they can go into big pots.

Like I said I know there is more than one good way to do this, but the above method gets me 100% germ almost every single time.

Obviously the above method is intended for soil grows indoors or out.

[Dr Chronic]

:rastasmoke:keep on toking man.. :rastasmoke:

[evertking]

hmmm..

[doco]

Ive ordered from both and have always gotten my orders within a couple weeks. Twice from Dr. C and twice from SB. Seed Boutique has an online orderform - if you place the order online AND print out the order form to send you money in with (which has the order number on it) you shouldn't have any problems with SB either.

BTW Dr. C, I liked the freebie TroubleMaker - just finished growing one and was surprised at how well I like it - guess I wasn't expecting much from free seeds but it's real tasty smoke, thanks.

[gg5]

I have ordered from both and both have come through for me. The person talking about germination above posted some good info, but sometimes it is out of the growers hands. If you get some bad beans, there isn't a whole lot you can do about it. I ordered some kc's from the doc (cali orange) not a single one of them sprouted, but the other pacs all sprouted fine and they were all germed at the same time. Another time I won an auction from the doc, and sent the money but apparently someone in customs opened the letter and took out the funds, but the doc did send me back my letter and explained to me that this is what it looked like when he recieved it. I won't use doc anymore after those two situations. I realize that sometimes things are out of a persons control and give the doc the benefit of the doubt, but I took my business to SB and I am currently a pretty happy camper.

[stinkyattic]

Seed Boutique has an online orderform - if you place the order online AND print out the order form to send you money in with (which has the order number on it) you shouldn't have any problems with SB either..

This is what I have done. Print order form, send US cash, no problems. I think 3 orders from SB proper and 2 from their auction site seedbay. All 5 arrived complete within 3 weeks of order placement, a couple in just 10 days. I consider it a solid site.

[Megatron]

I have been ordering from SB since before they were SB and gypsy called it seeds direct. I have always had good orders from them, and once they even gave me a 20% discount and 10 free seeds of breeder steve sk#1. I plan on ordering some seeds from dr.chronic soon just to test out the qualify of his genetic stock. Some times a seed co can have the best genetics, but if they dont store them properly, there mailing out duds. laterz..

[FireTheft]

i know a lot of places dont take US money orders
did you double check that w/SB.....I'm not familar with them so i dont know off the top of my head