SUPAKING25
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I wanted to know if there is anybody that can tell me what is the purpose of germinating a seed ? I know how but just dont know why I cant just plant the seed in the soil without germinating.
Germinating seeds
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PurpleRhinoceros
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It's like pre heating your oven.
Or not germinating is like counting eggs before they hatch?!!? Iono Bad analogies.
Pretty much I think the only reason people do it is because It's usually faster to germinate first then sow. Plus you will be able to point that seed in the right direction. If just dropping it in, make sure the taproot will face down when it cracks.
Seeds are shaped like tear drops. The pointy end is the side that the roots come out of.
They will germinate in moist soil for sure. But I think germinating Soma's way is wAY faster than moist soil.
He says to drop them in a cup of warm water. Change the water out each day. Most pop over the first night. Good ones sink and bad ones float. All float at first, but good ones will sink eventually. They might need some tapping to break through the surface tension of the water in the glass.
Or not germinating is like counting eggs before they hatch?!!? Iono Bad analogies.
Pretty much I think the only reason people do it is because It's usually faster to germinate first then sow. Plus you will be able to point that seed in the right direction. If just dropping it in, make sure the taproot will face down when it cracks.
Seeds are shaped like tear drops. The pointy end is the side that the roots come out of.
They will germinate in moist soil for sure. But I think germinating Soma's way is wAY faster than moist soil.
He says to drop them in a cup of warm water. Change the water out each day. Most pop over the first night. Good ones sink and bad ones float. All float at first, but good ones will sink eventually. They might need some tapping to break through the surface tension of the water in the glass.
Kerovan
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you can put them directly in soil. Imho, that is the best way to germinate them. I only use the paper towel method on really old seeds that will have a really low germ rate, that way I don't waste pots of soil on seeds that won't sprout. If the seeds are less than 2 years old, they go directly in soil.
dura72
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ive always used the paper towel method and ive never had any failures, not 1, maybe i'm just lucky but i musta germ'd dozens of seeds and becoz ive never had a failure i wont change my method. dont get me wrong i'm not devaluing any other ways of doing its just the old 'if aint broke dont fix it'. i started 5 seeds last nite in cups of water and this morning all had sunk( had to poke them down once admmitedley), put them straight into a tub at around 11am and by 11pm 2 had cracked and one had a tap root just showing. the only thing i dont like about paper towel method is trying to pick them up, even with tweezers its a fuckin fiddly awkward job
darkdestruction420
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I always put right in the soil. I never noticed much difference in time to pop up between the water and drop of peroxide in a warm dark place and when i just put them right into the soil on top of a heating mat. It certainly wont hurt them if you decide to germ first that way(in the cup of water w/a drop of peroxide in it). I would not try the paper towel method or any of those types, people like to make things more difficult for themselves than they need to be sometimes, lol, plus the fact youve got alot more human interaction with it you also have a greater chance of messing it up and things going bad. so basically you make it harder than it needs to be and increase your risk of something going bad and screwing everything up for a method thats slower than putting them in the soil directly or in the cup of water first. No offense to people who like to use paper towel.
dura72
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i think i mite try just putting it directly into soil next time, just to see if it works( well obviously it does but you know what i mean). the only reason i use the paper towel method at all is that it was the way i was shown at the very beginning of my growing hobby and i've just never bothered to change it.
PurpleRhinoceros
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I read that the paper towel actually clings to the microroots of the taproot, and removing it from the paper towel breaks the micro roots.
So i made the switch to soma's style and never gone back. Use his method for germinating all forms of seeds.
Maybe the roots cling to the paper towel, but you get the idea.
So i made the switch to soma's style and never gone back. Use his method for germinating all forms of seeds.
Maybe the roots cling to the paper towel, but you get the idea.
seed right into moist soil is the best method, highest success rate, and less damage to the plant.
when using the paper towel method, when you remove the seed from the paper towel, small root hair folicles get damaged, torn off. when you place directly in soil, it eliminates a extra human process where the seed can get damaged.
ive had a 90% success rate with soil and close to 60% with paper towel method.
when using the paper towel method, when you remove the seed from the paper towel, small root hair folicles get damaged, torn off. when you place directly in soil, it eliminates a extra human process where the seed can get damaged.
ive had a 90% success rate with soil and close to 60% with paper towel method.
wannaquickee
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i prefer just to take the seed and put them in water. and let them crack. this way you have a better idea which seeds are going to sprout.
PurpleRhinoceros
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Hey wannaquickee, quick question:
EX wants you to come over. It's been one month. She wants a quick one, What do you do?
wannaquickee
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buttsecks 
woodsmaneh!
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I used the paper towel for 20 years and never had any issues but I'm lazy so when my new seeds showed up a year ago I read the instructions that came with them. Plant in any plant starter soil. So out I go and buy some MG starter soil and I have never looked back, way to easy and no messing around. Come on guys never broke a tap root off pulling it out of the towel.....
keep an open mind, why not try one or two, I know you want to.
I put them in translucent plastic beer cups with a small hole in the bottom. I can watch them grow before I relocated them.
keep an open mind, why not try one or two, I know you want to.
I put them in translucent plastic beer cups with a small hole in the bottom. I can watch them grow before I relocated them.
PurpleRhinoceros
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hahahaha!
That had to be the perfect answer. You must have noticed the emphasis on "ex".
That had to be the perfect answer. You must have noticed the emphasis on "ex".
dura72
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i screwed an ex once and immediately after we'd finished she starts bitchin at me about all the shit that we had originally broke up over. so instead of gettin into another verbal riot i stood up dragged my jeans and shit on , put my hand into my pocket and threw £20 at her and said 'thats for the fuck, cya around sumtime'. and walked out................she was not a happy bunny.
Nice Ol Bud
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Dont waste soil,
dont waste time..
its easy and beneficial..
so take it from all of us..
just germinate and go along with the process mate..
dont waste time..
its easy and beneficial..
so take it from all of us..
just germinate and go along with the process mate..
PurpleRhinoceros
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dura! oh man that's priceless.
priceless.
priceless.