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strangejuggalo

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i started 11 seeds using the paper towel method. all 11 beans cracked and sprouted a "tail" did like i always do and put them into soil ... has been about 5 days and nothing. i have never had this happen with this many seeds at once. just bad seeds im guessing?
 
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strangejuggalo

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ok i put them under light so i guess thats not the reason.. the room is between 75-85 degrees.. i'm stumped. i think i am going to just order some beans from nirvana seeds. should i wait longer on the ones i started or just give up on them.
 
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jethead

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I put my peat pods in a tin pan, fill the bottom with water and let them soak until moist all the way to the top, then I empty the panof the excess water and repeat as needed. I'll plant when the roots start to show on the bottom. Keep in warm area.
 
xebeche

xebeche

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strangejuggalo said:
i started 11 seeds using the paper towel method. all 11 beans cracked and sprouted a "tail" did like i always do and put them into soil ... has been about 5 days and nothing. i have never had this happen with this many seeds at once. just bad seeds im guessing?
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Are you using old seeds? I've experienced similar problems with old seeds (>3 years, and not stored properly)...they sprouted fine but didn't really grow at all, eventually I just tossed 'em.

Oddly enough, I have others of the same age and stored in the same manner, and they worked out fine, so could be strain dependent (or just dependent on how "good" the seeds were in the first place. After recently moving cross-country (my seeds having been shipped in a moving truck in the middle of summer over 7 days, likely scorching heat in the truck), I attempted to germ about twenty beans, various strains that I had around for 1-4 years, and only six sprouted, and NONE of these survived more than a week, so I bought some new beans and started a new grow with fresh seeds. Well, a few weeks ago, just for kicks, I tried germing my last remaining "old" seeds (a five-pack of "Neville's Haze Hybrid" that I bought about 4 years ago), and not only did ALL of them sprout, but they're all doing really well. [I enclosed a pic of them as of today, not sure what I'm gonna do with them now, since I don't really have space to grow them out atm, but I only had five seeds of this strain and I've read that the high from this strain can be kinda trippy, so I wanna keep 'em, and so I just have them under a T12 fluoro light until I can decide what to do, but anyways this strain seems to be pretty vigorous, whereas all the rest of my old seeds went nowhere].

IOW, yes, yours could just be lousy seeds, or maybe too old - or both - rather than something wrong with the way you're treating them. Probly time to buy some new beans. Nirvana seeds are pretty good, and Attitude has a larger selection of strains, you can't go wrong with either, imo. Good luck :mrgreen:

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jethead

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xebeche said:
Are you using old seeds? I've experienced similar problems with old seeds (>3 years, and not stored properly)...they sprouted fine but didn't really grow at all, eventually I just tossed 'em.

Oddly enough, I have others of the same age and stored in the same manner, and they worked out fine, so could be strain dependent (or just dependent on how "good" the seeds were in the first place. After recently moving cross-country (my seeds having been shipped in a moving truck in the middle of summer over 7 days, likely scorching heat in the truck), I attempted to germ about twenty beans, various strains that I had around for 1-4 years, and only six sprouted, and NONE of these survived more than a week, so I bought some new beans and started a new grow with fresh seeds. Well, a few weeks ago, just for kicks, I tried germing my last remaining "old" seeds (a five-pack of "Neville's Haze Hybrid" that I bought about 4 years ago), and not only did ALL of them sprout, but they're all doing really well. [I enclosed a pic of them as of today, not sure what I'm gonna do with them now, since I don't really have space to grow them out atm, but I only had five seeds of this strain and I've read that the high from this strain can be kinda trippy, so I wanna keep 'em, and so I just have them under a T12 fluoro light until I can decide what to do, but anyways this strain seems to be pretty vigorous, whereas all the rest of my old seeds went nowhere].

IOW, yes, yours could just be lousy seeds, or maybe too old - or both - rather than something wrong with the way you're treating them. Probly time to buy some new beans. Nirvana seeds are pretty good, and Attitude has a larger selection of strains, you can't go wrong with either, imo. Good luck :mrgreen:

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Those are some nice looking plants. Why don't you put them outdoors in a couple of weeks. They look to good to waste.
 
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xebeche

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jethead said:
Those are some nice looking plants. Why don't you put them outdoors in a couple of weeks. They look to good to waste.
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Actually, that's exactly what I was thinking of doing. Just gotta find a good stealthy spot, since we really don't have much of a yard here, and besides, we're renting and I don't think the landlord would be too crazy about having six-foot mj plants growing on his property, lol. I'll be scouting locations in the next few weeks, so we'll see.
 
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flowerp0wer

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If you re-read the tread you will see that they haven't popped yet. Or is me who needs to re-read it? Once they look up then you give them the light!
 
bajafox

bajafox

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Throw them straight into FFOF under 24/0 and give them a chance. I have 100% germ rate with FFOF using "good seeds" Realistically I have more of a 90% rate using bag seed + Attitude seeds...

Worth a shot, IMO

Good luck :leaf:
 
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