How do you Germinate your seeds?

[Hotwired]

To the 6 people who said they "crack 'em with their ass cheeks"............................videos or it didn't happen

 

[Genuity]

What did you type in Google to find that?

Lollololol

 

[Dope Heffalump]

Check these out.

 

[shimz]

Im glad to know Im not the only one who "cracks em with their ass cheeks". For a minute there I was feeling like a freak or something

Yes, thank you. So, into the prison wallet for 12-24 hours, out to the cheeks until I grow a tail, then shit the whole sunshine mix into a #4. Got it!

 

[nc208]

Yes, thank you. So, into the prison wallet for 12-24 hours, out to the cheeks until I grow a tail, then shit the whole sunshine mix into a #4. Got it!

Haha prison wallet??? I have never heard that before but I love it.

Water glass for 12-48 hours depending if they have cracked. Then to paper towel for a day, to let tails get a bit of length, use tweezers for handling so it's super easy to plant with tail down. My hands are too messy so tweezers save my ass.

Ass crack is only for seeds that dont crack. Need that extra lil strength. Mr T style.

 

[shimz]

Haha prison wallet??? I have never heard that before but I love it.

Water glass for 12-48 hours depending if they have cracked. Then to paper towel for a day, to let tails get a bit of length, use tweezers for handling so it's super easy to plant with tail down. My hands are too messy so tweezers save my ass.

Ass crack is only for seeds that dont crack. Need that extra lil strength. Mr T style.

You need to see the movie "Get Hard".

 

[Deleted member 60]

I was gifted one of these (Bioset) about 15 years ago and it has served me very well. The only limitation is you can only pop 4 strains at one time. Not sure I would have ever purchased it...but I'm glad I have it.

RIP Ronnie.

 

[Feva.]

That thing is pretty intresting never seen it before.

 

[Deleted member 60]

The bottom tray holds water. You pour the water into the top tray and it slowly drains down through each tray. Each tray has a ribbed bottom that holds some moisture and humidity. I usually get tails in this in 24 hours.

Some French foo-foo or somethin'.....LOL...but it works.

 

[PhatNuggz]

I drop mine in water with some liquid sea weed ~ 24 hours then into organic coco pellets, though I seem to be having issues withthe pellets and/or the flimsy cloth bag, and getting sufficient coco around each seed for the tap root root hairs to branch into

The problem with paper towels is the microscopic tap root hairs can quickly anchor into it, which are then ripped off when moving them to wherever

 

[SCJedi]

I have a half pint jar and the inside of it is lined with light sandpaper. I put the seeds in there and [lightly] shake it back and forth a couple of times to scuff the outside. I then either plop them into a shot glass of water until they sink or 24 hours, whichever comes first and put them into a wet paper towel.

What I would like to know is if anyone uses hormones on old seeds. I got an old S1 to pop open and stick a tail out of the crack but then it just stopped so I scrapped it. I would love to figure out how to give it a nudge before planting it.

 

[Paddletail]

I've use gibberellic acid multiple times on older stuff that didn't seem to want to pop. I run a small perpetual so it's only been a few here or there. Don't have huge sample sizes to give success rates though

 

[Hotwired]

10 people now with the "ass cheek" method? Come on!

 

[Hydro]

I have a half pint jar and the inside of it is lined with light sandpaper. I put the seeds in there and [lightly] shake it back and forth a couple of times to scuff the outside. I then either plop them into a shot glass of water until they sink or 24 hours, whichever comes first and put them into a wet paper towel.

What I would like to know is if anyone uses hormones on old seeds. I got an old S1 to pop open and stick a tail out of the crack but then it just stopped so I scrapped it. I would love to figure out how to give it a nudge before planting it.

I dont have a lot of experience with this, but ive popped 2 beans that were 20 yrs old last week to give to a friend and I used 2ml 3% h2o2 per 32 oz. water and got a tail on both in less than 3 days. This was also using the "paper towel in ziplok on top of DVR" method. Im sure the shells on seeds that old are damn near petrified so any breaking down of the seal of the husk is likely good for promoting good germination.

 

[Turpman]

Wow how were they stored?

 

[Hydro]

Wow how were they stored?

Cigar box in a dry, climate controlled storage for a good majority of the time. Some were even as old as 1992. I had given some others out and they were germinated, brought to flower & used in crosses so I assume they were just in good shape and stored properly.

 

[SCJedi]

Big peat pellets are my current fav for weed & tomatoes.
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Cindy99

I would be pissed

I've use gibberellic acid multiple times on older stuff that didn't seem to want to pop. I run a small perpetual so it's only been a few here or there. Don't have huge sample sizes to give success rates though

What GA concentration was used?

 

[Paddletail]

Have tried from 50 ppm up to 200 ppm. The one time I tried 50 ppm neither one of the 2 popped. Like I said small sample sizes but have cracked 20+ year old seeds using it.

 

[TerpyTyrone]

Ps. I don't put holes in the bottom of my cups anymore. I give each cup enough water without over or under saturating the media. It's sort of a "feel" based skill, that I've developed.

I'm having warmth issues. I'm looking at a seedling mat foe 30$ though

 

[Erick31876]

I'm having warmth issues. I'm looking at a seedling mat foe 30$ though

I just ordered one on Amazon for 11.99 , did it come with the temp controller?