Crap. Crap ****

[Goatz]

I was placing my germinated seed into my soil and when i picked it up with my tweezers i accidently broke off the little root. Does this mean the seeds garbage?

Goatz Reviewed by Goatz on 12-06-2007. Crap. Crap **** I was placing my germinated seed into my soil and when i picked it up with my tweezers i accidently broke off the little root. Does this mean the seeds garbage? Rating: 5

[EXP13]

Unfortunatly, yes. If you broke the tap root it will not survive.

You can try though...Never hurts.

Try some good reputed root growth and some good rockwool.

[Goatz]

shit :'( fuck lol

[Goatz]

and my other seed had some white jizz crap coming out :S

[Goatz]

Now i gotta re-germinate :'(

[klondike_bar]

just a tip, ive always had good experience with planting the dry seed directly into the soil (not even using the "pointy side up/down" stuff all over internet).

soil germination means practically no contact with anything besides the dry seed case, and the fragile tap root wont get harmed when planting an already growing seed.

if your concerned it wont work this way, try it and whatever doesnt germinate, you can try theglass of water or wet towel on, but i can guarentee it wont work if the soil didnt.

[EXP13]

I agree.

I've been growing outdoors for 5 years. After 2 years I finally started realizing that if you plant directly into the soil your plants will start off MUCH stronger.

What I do is the glass of water technique. I let my seed/s sit in a glass of water. The first ones to sink go straight into the soil. And even then I don't touch the seeds with my skin. I grab them with sterilized rubber tipped tweezers. Sometimes I give each one a little nudge in the water with a toothpick to see if they're ready to sink.

Believe it or not I do get better results this way. Much faster seedling growth. Seems as if they aren't as stressed.

[klondike_bar]

theres no apparent upside to germinating in towels or tissues. as long as the soil is safe and wet enogh for the taproot, its the same for the seed

[EXP13]

theres no apparent upside to germinating in towels or tissues. as long as the soil is safe and wet enogh for the taproot, its the same for the seed

None that I've noticed.

Just seems to become an extra step when you start your seeds seperate from the soil...

What I have noticed from past grows is that when I put the seeds directly into the soil the resulting seedling grows MUCH faster and MUCH more vigorous...

I think what happens is when people put the seedlings in paper towel to germinate the tap-root is unable to absorb those crucial nutrients initially needed for the heartier growth later on...

Those little tap-roots are EXTREMELY special. They begin the plants life. They immediatly start absorbing nutrients when they peek out. So in a paper towel, the tap root gets nothing but water and whatever the papertowel has to offer which is, well, nothing really...

Then, when one goes to check on the seeds being germinated, BAM, they get hit with light! Then they have to deal with the light for however long it takes that person to place them in the soil...

It all just seems so stressful from that point of view...

Now does it mean the plant will not grow? Hell no. Of course it will. But what it seemingly does do, from my knowledge and experiments, is weaken it just enough for it to develope problems and deficiencies much easier later on during growth...

[Mr. Clandestine]

I've never had any problems using the paper towel method. In fact, I've had better results using that method, rather than sowing directly into the soil. I think this might have to do with the viability of the seeds themselves. If the seeds don't crack and shoot out a taproot in the paper towel, then it's unlikely that it's going to do any differently in the soil. This gives me a chance to weed out the weak or sterile seeds, and replace them with seeds that are sure to germinate. By the time I transplant into soil, the taproots have already broken the shell, and give me an almost 100% guarantee that they'll make the transition from ungerminated seedlings to sprouts.

Use whatever method works best for you. Just don't disregard one method for another just because someone else may have screwed up and killed the seedlings before they ever had the chance to transplant them. There's no right or wrong answer here...do what feels most comfortable to you.