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so i wanna try my green thumb out some. i got some seeds from a friend, he said it was from some mid's a few months ago (possibly a year or more but not much more). most of em are dark brown or grey, a few white ones (i know those are no good) - pics attached.

first i threw them straight into some jiffy pots/cubes/whatever i picked up from the local garden store. 3 of the best seeds i could find per cube, did about 10 cubes (used 30 seeds of like 70 something). waited a week, nothing - kept wet (now im beginning to think i overwatered). i put em in my enclosed greenhouse in my closet (pics attached):

-125 gallon salt water tank
-enclosed in a 6'x3x2' wooden enclosure i built
-attached sheets from a plastic drop cloth painted bright white to the sides of the tank to reflect light internally better (its mad bright in the tank with the lights on)
-exhaust:
-120v exhaust fan with 4" metal ducting running out of box, through my closet door, and to a window (3-4' total length of ductwork)
-lighting, 440w total:
-2 x 110w 48" VHO actinic white florescent light (blueish)
-2 x 110w 48" VHO super actinic florescent light (whitish)

as you can tell i got my supplies from a buddy with an old satwater tank. with lights on and the vext fan on it maintains about 80-85 deg in tank with the top closed & locked. outside room range 60-70, doesn't seem to effect inside tank temp much. lou humidity though (30%) but that will increase once i have full plants that i will be watering regularly.

anyway, i tried regerminating those seeds again plus the rest of em b/w some moist papertowles, soaked some in distilled water, etc. a few (3) sprouted a little white root out so i planed them (one each) in a jiffy cube. the rest of them, mostly nothing. one or two other seem to be opening up slightly.

it's been like 2-3 weeks since i started the first batch.

1. is it normal it takes this long to germinate seeds?
2. did i mess them up pernamently somehow? (they were stored in a old standard size rx pill bottle)

i watered them with water w/ few drops of bleach (told it helps with mold from the book i have), also tried water w/ 1/4 strength peters 20-20-20 standard fertilizer. now i'm using distilled water (trying to eliminate causes of problem)

any ideas/comments/suggestions?
psilocybin Reviewed by psilocybin on . germination problems ok- so i wanna try my green thumb out some. i got some seeds from a friend, he said it was from some mid's a few months ago (possibly a year or more but not much more). most of em are dark brown or grey, a few white ones (i know those are no good) - pics attached. first i threw them straight into some jiffy pots/cubes/whatever i picked up from the local garden store. 3 of the best seeds i could find per cube, did about 10 cubes (used 30 seeds of like 70 something). waited a week, Rating: 5