Cup o' Water Germination

[Mr. Clandestine]

So what about lighting when you plant your seed. From what i have read you start on your 18/6 but after reading some more i hear 24 hour of light.

That's entirely up to you. The debate rages on over which is better, but it'll always just be a personal preference in my opinion. Do a search on 'photoperiod' here or on Google, you'll get a lot of information about who uses what schedule, and why. If you do run a 24/0 schedule, make sure you power down everything for at least 15 minutes or so every week. Lights, fans, pumps, etc., will have a longer life if they're not kept running constantly. Other than that, the choice is yours. :thumbsup:

Mr. Clandestine Reviewed by Mr. Clandestine on 02-16-2008. Cup o' Water Germination Ok, so I keep seeing folks debating different methods of germination and I thought I would take the time to show my personal favorite germ method. When I first started out, I tried the paper towel method. TBH, I hated it. First, trying to keep the towels moist, but not too moist and then trying to extract the germed seeds from the soggy mess when ready was a real PITA for this particular grower. I don't remember where I first heard of the cup of water method, but I decided to try it Rating: 5

[Divestoned]

the only 24 hour days are in antartica...you ever try to grow weed in antartica? LOL my thought is keep it as natural as possible,so i use 18/6 for sprouts an vegg. BTW I use the soak method =)

Dive:stoned:

[MEKONE]

I used the same germination technique as Fencewalker :thumbsup: and they cracked in about 1 day.As for light,I am currently using 24/0 for now up until they are about a month to a month and a half,then switching to 18/6.I'm just not sure if I should do this slowly or all at once.

[texas grass]

i think im goin to give this method a shoot with some very old freebys and some bagseed to see how i like. with give an update in a few day to tell of my experiences:thumbsup:

[MEKONE]

texas grass,if they are old,put a cap full of peroxide in the cup.It helps with the cracking ALOT.