Some seeds are not popping in chamber

[John Ames]

Use a chamber for germinating. Some seeds are not popping. Any germinating tips??

 

[Creature1969]

I wonder how seeds germinate in nature?

 

[MickFoster]

No brainer..........

 

[amneziaHaze]

Wet paper towel squiz the water out spray once lightly.put seed in middle.paper towel goes between 2 plates.now get a trash bag or any plastic bag fill it with water shake remove water.put plates in.wait a few days.or simply put in dirt water and wait

 

[Johiem]

The only thing I would add would be a peroxide rinse for the seed for about an hour before dropping onto the paper towel. Helps to keep everything clean.

 

[StareCase]

... The only thing I would add would be a peroxide rinse for the seed for about an hour before dropping onto the paper towel. Helps to keep everything clean ...

The paper towel method - too many "moving parts".

... or simply put in dirt water and wait ...

Exactly. Seeds have been popping in dirt without our help for millennia. Ask the crabgrass that will show up in my lawn come late July. That shit wasn't sprouted between two plates.

 

[hillbill]

What’s a chamber?

 

[kod42]

The paper towel method - too many "moving parts".

Exactly. Seeds have been popping in dirt without our help for millennia. Ask the crabgrass that will show up in my lawn come late July. That shit wasn't sprouted between two plates.

I tested it this time I used paper towel method and put some in straight dirt. The ones I put in dirt all popped thru the soil within 2-3 days but it took close to a week for me to germinate them in paper towel and for them to come out the dirt. Soil method was faster for me.

 

[MickFoster]

I was walking through the forest and there were bottles of H2O2, paper towels, and glasses of water everywhere.

 

[StareCase]

... I tested it this time I used paper towel method and put some in straight dirt. The ones I put in dirt all popped thru the soil within 2-3 days but it took close to a week for me to germinate them in paper towel and for them to come out the dirt. Soil method was faster for me ...

Sprouting in soil won't risk tearing young tender roots trying to remove them from the paper towels. It also prevents your partner from chucking 10 germinating seeds cause she is in one of her "clean-up moods".

 

[hillbill]

I was walking through the forest and there were bottles of H2O2, paper towels, and glasses of water everywhere.

God left those

 

[amneziaHaze]

I tested it this time I used paper towel method and put some in straight dirt. The ones I put in dirt all popped thru the soil within 2-3 days but it took close to a week for me to germinate them in paper towel and for them to come out the dirt. Soil method was faster for me.

Maybe you made it too wet or too dry or temperature was different.should go thé same speed

 

[kod42]

Maybe you made it too wet or too dry or temperature was different.should go thé same speed

That could be it. Also could have been environment I had the ones in soil in my tent with climate control n lights and such then I had the paper towels under my cabinets in a dark area

 

[hillbill]

That could be it. Also could have been environment I had the ones in soil in my tent with climate control n lights and such then I had the paper towels under my cabinets in a dark area

Warmth is a big deal for germinated 70* min.

 

[Bongoloid]

I was walking through the forest and there were bottles of H2O2, paper towels, and glasses of water everywhere.

I was in the same forest if you take the left at the fork there are shipping containers full of calmag about 1/2 mile further.

 

[kod42]

Warmth is a big deal for germinated 70* min.

Yeah had a problem with that in the cabinet was down to like 65 had to put a heater on them