Can I germinate seeds in purified water?
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Cobnobuler
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Do you have any of those farm supply stores round ya ? Thats where you can get stuff like Pro-Mix.
Labs Dexter
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Any water would work for germinating as long as soil or what ever is moist, high humidity and ambient temps seeds will pop.
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hotshotisdashit
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I almost always use tap sat out 24 hours. Never had a problem.
Which MG soil do you have? The Organic Choice appears to be ok, but I would add about 40% perlite. (I don't recommend MG soils. But, if you have it already it should be ok. It's the drainage, airyness which is important, IMO.
Richard Drysift
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Doesn't matter as long as it is 2 parts hydrogen & 1 part oxygen it should work. I use tap water for clones & seedlings but once they get into my organic soil they get only RO, distilled, or rain water as my system has high levels of chloramine & other stuff like fluoride that will kill the microbial life.
For seedlings or clones you don't even have to leave the water out because chlorine doesn't affect the plants it affects the little critters living in your soil. This is why many are forced to use nutrients because city tap water containing chlorine & other compounds AND even synthetic nutrients themselves can kill off microbes living in the soil.
For seedlings or clones you don't even have to leave the water out because chlorine doesn't affect the plants it affects the little critters living in your soil. This is why many are forced to use nutrients because city tap water containing chlorine & other compounds AND even synthetic nutrients themselves can kill off microbes living in the soil.
Richard Drysift
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Yes they don't sell FF at Home Depot. Almost all of the soils sold at HD or lowes has those shitty time released pellets that suck for growing MJ. If you've got plant in it already just let them go for now until transplant but yes go get a big bag of good organic soil like FFOF, happy frog, roots organic, sunshine mix #4 etc etc all better choices than MG soil. Find a grow store or go online...
Madagascar
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Distilled, keeps the PH closer to 6 what clones like
I mix tap and RO water to get 150ppm. I then mix 1 part hydrogen peroxide to 2 parts water to get 1% peroxide. I shake my seeds in a matchbox lined with fine sandpaper (for 30 seconds) and soak in this dilute peroxide.
I'm no longer a fan of soaking until they crack. I intend to soak 4-8 hours and then place in Rapid Rooter plugs (upside down, not the stem hole already present, but poke my own seed-size hole in the other end) and bury this flush in the soil.
I like peroxide because it disinfects, and precipitates oxygen bubbles which adhere to the seed, keep it floating to the surface (less risk of drowning). I like the idea of soaking to get the process going. But, I'm thinking that waiting 24 hours is too long, serves no purpose, etc.
I like to go into RR plugs instead of the soil itself because they have a more uniform texture, drainage.
racerboy71
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why on god's green earth would you germinate seeds and not have anything else for the grow, other than a bag of mg soil?
racerboy71
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6500 kelvin for veg, 2700 for flowering, you can get a mix of each for all grow phases, get the biggest actual wattage you can find..
