When should I worry

[zeusman95]

Put my seeds in the dirt about 3 days ago and they haven’t broke through yet. When should I worry?

 

[Millo]

Seeds can take from 3 to 7 days to sprout in soil. You should worry after about 10 days.

How deep did you plant them?
And what soil do you use?

 

[zeusman95]

I planted about a knuckle deep and I’m using a mix of ocean forest and strawberry fields

 

[Millo]

Knuckle deep is good. How much water are you giving?
If the seeds are healthy, my guess is they will sprout at 5 days

 

[zeusman95]

I have them in 5 gal air pots so I just water enough to make a 6-7 inch circle in the dirt and when they start to dry I hit them with a spray bottle. I try to keep them moist with the spray bottle cause it doesn’t drown them it just humidifies really I guess. I’ve got a 480w quantum board with the dimmers all the way down 2 feet above the pots

 

[Millo]

Sounds good. Keep us updated

 

[zeusman95]

I also have a light question.. would it be best to just run 24 hours if I had light leaks

 

[Tiflis]

What are the temps like in your tent/room?

I have "investigated" the germination process before, by scratching the surface gently, until I expose the seed to see what's going on. Not the ideal thing to do, but I've saved some seeds like that. Not recommending it, just throwing it out there, because it's certainly doable.

 

[zeusman95]

36% humidity and 73 degrees

 

[Millo]

You need 60-70% RH and 80F for optimal sprouting conditions

 

[Millo]

I also have a light question.. would it be best to just run 24 hours if I had light leaks

Autos don't care about light leaks

 

[zeusman95]

But if I’m gonna have leaks anyway wouldn’t it be better with 24 hours of light

 

[Tiflis]

But if I’m gonna have leaks anyway wouldn’t it be better with 24 hours of light

Go for it

 

[zeusman95]

Would 24/7 be better than 20/4 or 18/6 if I have light leaks

 

[Plantbmore]

I pop 3 bean first I gave all the same questions been bout 3 days I use natural care mj
Worm castings
A lil bit of blood meal my guy say blood meal will burn my seeds imma try again Sunday

 

[Millo]

Would 24/7 be better than 20/4 or 18/6 if I have light leaks

There shouldn't be much difference, however I would still aim for some dark hours so I'd say go with 20/4

 

[Plantbmore]

I bout to get a heating pad

 

[potpimp]

I pop 3 bean first I gave all the same questions been bout 3 days I use natural care mj
Worm castings
A lil bit of blood meal my guy say blood meal will burn my seeds imma try again Sunday

Yeah, seedlings require VERY little of anything but light. Top dressing them with blood meal is a really, really bad idea.

 

[zeusman95]

Update: one finally sprouted and the other three are still worrying me. The strains are a 3 pack of chem de la chem from mephisto and I threw one wedding glue from fast buds in and that’s the one that sprouted. My state has a 4 plant limit and I only had a 3 pack of the chem so I just thre the wedding glue in to get my limit and at this point I’m glad I did

 

[Tiflis]

Hope they all show up, or you're out 45 big ones