socom3riot
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do u guys put light on ur germing seeds in wet paper towel or do u leave em in a dark place. I've seen people do both , which one is sbetter?
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Picasso345
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Leave them in the dark.
Bubba Kushman
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I scuuff mine then put them in a small glass of distilled water. Wait 24-48 hrs then plant after they crack with root side down. I put the glass on my desk, the light does not make a difference.
sarah22
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when i did the paper towel it was in a warm dark place...but i also just put a few seeds directly into damp soil last week and under my light...they sprouted in 3 days...much faster than waiting for the seeds to pop in paper towel...for some seeds that took almost a week
siLky joHNsoN
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you actually want to put the sprout coming out of the seed pointing up...it naturally curls around the seed and goes down, if u put it down it will naturally curl up then curl back down to the bottom of the pot, wasting precious energy...
Growing Medical Marijuana: Starting from Seeds
that helped me a lot...im a newbie too but my plant sprouted so i guess i germinated right...oh yeah i put them in a shot glass for a day or two...the one i got planted now actually cracked and started the sprout in the shot glass and surrounded by water, after that i put it in between paper towels on a plate and under a bowl...dark...and i sprayed water on it whenever to make sure that it had enuf...the sprout got longer, then i put her in the soil!
trust me that site is good...i got a few i've been doin my research
Growing Medical Marijuana: Starting from Seeds
that helped me a lot...im a newbie too but my plant sprouted so i guess i germinated right...oh yeah i put them in a shot glass for a day or two...the one i got planted now actually cracked and started the sprout in the shot glass and surrounded by water, after that i put it in between paper towels on a plate and under a bowl...dark...and i sprayed water on it whenever to make sure that it had enuf...the sprout got longer, then i put her in the soil!
trust me that site is good...i got a few i've been doin my research
DontKnowBeans
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Yeah, with paper towels I kept things dark. I put a heating pad under a seed tray with a 3" humidity dome over it, and covered the whole thing with a bath towel to keep it dark. The heating pad will help if it's cold in your house now. I separated it from the tray with a piece of cardboard and put the pad on low and that prevented it from getting too hot.
Edit: This worked great for fresh seeds. I have some old seeds that I wanted to sprout, does anybody have any suggestions for older seeds, they're far more stubborn and all I could get to grow from them is mould :/
Edit: This worked great for fresh seeds. I have some old seeds that I wanted to sprout, does anybody have any suggestions for older seeds, they're far more stubborn and all I could get to grow from them is mould :/
siLky joHNsoN
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my ones i've gotten to germinate so far (2 1/2) were all REALLY old...but they were kept in fairly airtight pill bottles...im talkin like 2 years old too...i would say that keep them in the shot glass for a long time if they dont do well on the paper towel...the one i got planted popped after about 48 hours in the paper towel but took another 2-3 days for the sprout to get long enuf to plant...but yeah i would say just over moisturize those muthafuckas...maybe go two day cycles...shotglass for two, paper towels for two or three, then back if they dont sprout...i did that to all of mine and two sprouted after the second dip in the shot glass and about 3 days on a towel, but they are still really slow to make that thing longer...best of luck thats all my advice
DontKnowBeans
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Okay thanks, I read that the problem is with a lack of moisture inside the old seeds so what you're suggesting should help 
siLky joHNsoN
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WOO i feel good...fuckin glad to help buddy tell me if it works!
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