Cant Get Seeds To Grow!?!?

[dsm711]

Most of the time it's the seeds. If there older they may take longer to germ and some could be genetics. I've always had good luck using spagnum moss in a plastic dixie cup under flouresants. The moss holds the moisture. I just germinated a large batch putting about 15 seeds per cup. (they were free from some killer weed a friend had) Even I was amazed that almost everyone sprouted within 2 days. Then I take out the weak ones and keep the healthiest ones until I'm down to 1 per cup. When there about 5' tall I transplant them. Been doing it this way for 10 years plus. Every once in a while I do get seeds that take a while or don't germ at all. Luck of the draw I guess.

[Boostin GST]

well the last trouble maker seeds have stil not cracked, they are just sitting there anyway. atleast i got one to grow. are the leaves pointing down ok or is there something wrong? how much water should i be feeding it right now? heres a pic i just took. this is day 3 of trouble maker. right now its only under one 25w 1471 lumen and 6500k color temp. the deg are at 80 right now and gonna try to lower the temp tonight to around 76 or so.

so how does she look?

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5933/day3co2.jpg

ohhh and thats just a water drop on the left leave

[fishens]

Hey Boostin GST
If the seeds you are trying to do fail, and I hope they don't, then just for grins do this...take a couple of seeds, drop them in some water, wait around 3 days, you should be getting some tail by then, then plant in damp soil with some perlite, keep damp with spray bottle, put under flouros for 24/7 and be patient, and keep moist with above mentioned spray bottle. Do not use soil with chemicals. Use something made for seedlings. I have always done it this way and have 100% germination. And as said before keep your temps cooler. Just my 3cents. Good Luck. I went through germination hell when I first started. Trying all the different methods that I read about. Then the easiest worked the best. Hope this helps if you are still in need.
Fishens

[Boostin GST]

ill go ahead and try that method also. i want to try and sprout a few seeds before i use the ones i bought. so tonight ill do that method and also post a pic of the trouble maker. thnx for the info. any idea how much i should be watering it fishens? 4 days old.

[yabatab]

I see you have had some luck getting one to sprout. What kind of dirt
is that you are using?

[Boostin GST]

yup only one. scotts potting soil. i really dont like it because its to clumpy. what would you recommend. i heard organic was the best but home depot didnt have scotts organic or pro mix organic.

none of the remaining trouble makers have popped either. not even the bag seeds have popped i put in a few days ago. i guess i just got lucky on this one.

heres a pic i just took. its starting to grow two more leaves.

[Boostin GST]

well its day 7 and it has hardly grown. im starting to think there is something wrong with it. hasnt grown taller one bit. havent even had to move the light up one bit. also, the bag seeds or the rest of the trouble makers havent even shown tails yet. two bag seeds popped but never exposed their tails. heres another pic of the plant.

day 7. the smaller two leaves inside have grown just a bit, and the longer two have started to curl also. something wrong?

[duckfool]

the cannabis gods dont want you growing pot...

[NeuroGheist]

I germinate using a single paper towel. Folding it twice. Wetting it. Placing my seeds inside. Folding over. Wetting again. Then squeezing the sides off, to drain out the extra water (making sure not to squeeze the seed). I then place that into a ziplock bag, and put it on top of my motherboard (the tower part of your computer) at the back, and place a black shirt over it. I leave that there for aprox. 3-4 days. I don't check on it, because when I put the towel in the ziplock bag, I squeeze out all of the air from the bag, before ziplocking it. Thus, keeping moisture inside. Within 3-4 days, I check the seeds. Usually, the paper towel is still damp. The seeds then have not only cracked, but the shoots (tails) are about an inch long. I then plant them in peat pellets, and place them under a 150 watt flouro. Once they come up, I shut OFF the flouro, and let them grow naturally. Taking care to water, when needed. Then, when the seedling has shown it's true pair of cannabis leaves (the pointy ones), I then turn back on the 150 watt flouro, and place it above the plants, as they can (by now) handle the amount of light and heat that it puts out. So far, my germination rate for the above method, has been 100%. I've tried planting when the seeds crack and only a small tail has shown, but I can never get anything to actually grow, doing this. But when the tail is about/exactly an inch long, I get sprouts within 3 days after planting, every time.

[pspmachine]

I set one up last night at around 6pm, it is now 10.06am and it has tap rooted. I would reccommend getting the soil ready and making sure it is very very wet for when the seed does crack.

Hope this helped

pspmachine