seeds and light

[smokey313]

Do seeds need light? Or can they go without light until they are above the soil?

 

[kindprincess]

they don't need light till they break dirt. i leave them on anyway, gives off some ambient heat for sprouting, and the lights are on for when they do come up, no down time.

kp

 

[abudsmoker]

helps em get those stubborn seed shells of faster

 

[smokey313]

Allright thanks guys. They are sill under the soil but should be sprouting soon. I have these little containers from the chinese resturant that I am starting my plants in. They act like a green house and the best part is they were free

 

[green_nobody]

helps em get those stubborn seed shells of faster

how does light help with that??? shells break to grows of the roots and water pressure not light. you can increase the speed of this by rooting/cloning hormones but not with light.

 

[cali-high]

yeah what are you talking about. heat makes em sprout faster

 

[smokey313]

It has been 70-80* the past couple weeks so heat isn't an issue.

 

[green_nobody]

Allright thanks guys. They are sill under the soil but should be sprouting soon. I have these little containers from the chinese resturant that I am starting my plants in. They act like a green house and the best part is they were free

they are not the best place for your seeds really, get a little green house dome type of thing, it will follow you a long way you will use it later for cloning and stuff as well so its wroth the buck. and start your seeds always separated, for example in yiffy tabs or tiny pots, so no roots get tangled up

 

[smokey313]

But I have 100 seeds and no little cups

 

[green_nobody]

yeah what are you talking about. heat makes em sprout faster

sure it does, but for heat you shouldn't use lights but a heating mat if your surrounding is below 75F

 

[cali-high]

smokey through em in the dirt and watch em grow lol

 

[green_nobody]

But I have 100 seeds and no little cups

so buy jiffy tabs, the come in large packs. before you dig them in into bigger containers later on , rip the net of them off, so that the roots are not slowed by them
jiffies go in bulk for less then 5cents a piece and you get them in every gardening center around the world, never seen one which would carry them

 

[green_nobody]

smokey through em in the dirt and watch em grow lol

hey cali, how stoned are you tonight? just wondering

peace

 

[cali-high]

so stoned i forgot what i had for dinner LOL


hahaha

peace
cali

 

[green_nobody]

that explains it all cali enjoy yourself, if have to look for my blunt pack, i had bought me some wild honey once last friday but can't find them anymore...

peace cali