One of my new seeds directly soaked at the bottom of the glass of water,bad seed or?First time growing so Im just curious

[LonleyNewbie]

basically title
one of my new seeds that I ordered directly soaked into the bottom of the glass of water during germination

Never seen this on tutorials tho,bad thing?

 

[LonleyNewbie]

bump

 

[lozac123]

You're all good man, some seeds float, some seeds sink. In the future though, I'd wait to bump the post longer than 12 mins

 

[LonleyNewbie]

You're all good man, some seeds float, some seeds sink. In the future though, I'd wait to bump the post longer than 12 mins

Haha alright bro

Im just stoned and passing the positive energy

This is my first time growing so Im really excited for these amnesia haze x while widow seeds I have ordered

 

[lozac123]

Totally understandable man, you have to start from somewhere. The first seed I planted was a bag seed, but thought the taproot was the stalk, and ended up planting it upside down needless to say it died very quickly lol

 

[LonleyNewbie]

Totally understandable man, you have to start from somewhere. The first seed I planted was a bag seed, but thought the taproot was the stalk, and ended up planting it upside down needless to say it died very quickly lol

Haha yeah bro

Actually I already germinated one of these seeds,I swear...it grew an inch long root in a little bit more than a day and they were FAST


but....
Im a dorm student so also Im geurilla grower,I couldn't hide my pot inside of a room so I hid it really well in some local "public" greenhouse,sadly it got eaten since it sprouted (2 days ago) which depressed me :/


Your story sounds mad funny tho haha

 

[FirstCavApache64]

Some seeds are dryer than others from the breeder and will float until they hydrate by soaking up the water in the glass you put them in at which point they will sink on their own or if you give them a gentle nudge. Other seeds are fresher/greener for lack of a better term and don't need to absorb any water to sink. Both are fine and the soaking is not really necessary. You're fine just planting it in moist soil straight out and skipping the whole soaking step.

 

[lozac123]

Haha yeah bro

Actually I already germinated one of these seeds,I swear...it grew an inch long root in a little bit more than a day and they were FAST

Im a dorm student so also Im geurilla grower,I couldn't hide my pot inside of a room so I hid it really well in some local "public" greenhouse,sadly it got eaten since it sprouted (2 days ago) which depressed me :/


Your story sounds mad funny tho haha

Ah yeah that is a tricky situation to be honest. Planting anything in college to be honest is something I'd say well away from personally.

One thing that I've done before though is cut the top off of a plastic bottle and place that over the seed, so it acts a bit like a greenhouse. It'll protect it whilst the seed is very young.

Each seed is different to be honest, you might have gotten lucky with the first one and had a monster, or the second one was a bit warmer/ had a better environment.

 

[waterproof808]

Its the seeds that dont sink after soaking for a few hours that you have to worry about.

 

[LonleyNewbie]

Its the seeds that dont sink after soaking for a few hours that you have to worry about.

good to hear this is good then?
I just didn't knew this was possible considering how many tutorials I watched and never seen this

 

[FirstCavApache64]

Its the seeds that dont sink after soaking for a few hours that you have to worry about.

I've never noticed this personally but seeds can be funny. I generally only soak older seeds that have been frozen for a long time but I've had floaters for 12-18 hours that wouldn't go down. Lots of time they just had an aggressive wax coating on the seed and would have benefitted from being scuffed before soaking but others it just how they were. I just think any soaking and extra steps are unnecessary and present chances for things to go wrong. Get a good, well draining media and moisten it properly and just plant the seed about 1/4 to 1/2" down. Unless you're trying to germinate 10 plus year old seeds all the voodoo stuff just opens the root hairs up to damage and infection.

 

[waterproof808]

I've never noticed this personally but seeds can be funny. I generally only soak older seeds that have been frozen for a long time but I've had floaters for 12-18 hours that wouldn't go down. Lots of time they just had an aggressive wax coating on the seed and would have benefitted from being scuffed before soaking but others it just how they were. I just think any soaking and extra steps are unnecessary and present chances for things to go wrong. Get a good, well draining media and moisten it properly and just plant the seed about 1/4 to 1/2" down. Unless you're trying to germinate 10 plus year old seeds all the voodoo stuff just opens the root hairs up to damage and infection.

I like soaking and paper towel method because it is more hygienic IMO. I prefer to make things as sterile as possible when starting expensive/older seeds. Also, with paper towel method gives me an earlier indication if the seeds are actually viable vs. waiting for them to break soil. But everyone has their own germination tech and none of it is incorrect.

 

[calvin.m16]

I like to see the seeds sink. As others have said some do, some don't. Depends on if you move them around and if the seed will take on water inside. Either way it's all good!