North Atlantic Seed Co. Seeds

I soak em for 24 hours in spring water. Then take solo cups filled with 10 - 12 cotton balls. Place the beans on the soaked cotton balls and in 24 to 36 hours and you have tap roots.

Corso312 said:

I was always a 18 hour soak and into paper towels for 20 plus years...ive recently moved on, I've been doing the float tech the last 7 or 8 months.. popped 40 or so beans, the germ rates are better and the floaters grow a tap root while the sinkers are almost always duds.

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Ya lots of people I know do the soak, and beans usually crack taps while in the glass of water soak.

I don't do the soak and go straight into moist paper towel, I've been germin' during the new moon lately and have been getting almost 100% germ rate popping during the new moon. My girl is into all that stuff and told me to pop during the new moon, I always thought it was a full moon but it's the new moon. She told me full moon is the best time to harvest though.
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My seeds don’t care when they’re planted

big bud man 413 said:

so just to let everyone know none of the seeds I got from the north Atlantic seed co gemmated.

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Did you do it wrong??? All of mine germinate fine. I soak em in water 24 hours and then straight into soil in a small pot. So far all their seeds have sprouted for me and GREAT genetics.

I really don't understand how the myth that seeds need to be soaked, put in paper towels and have a goat sacrificed has held on for so long. I toss a seed in some soil and water it, been doing it that way for years. Maybe a soak helps if the seeds are ancient, but any relatively fresh and viable seed will pop just fine the way nature intended.

I'm not throwing in the towel on throwing seeds in the towel

big bud man 413 said:

so just to let everyone know none of the seeds I got from the north Atlantic seed co gemmated.

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Funny you say that. Ive used NASC for the last year (maybe 25 seeds) with 100% germination rate. This last buy from them I got some Quikz from Exotic Genetix 0-6. All duds. While North Atlantic was very nice they refered me directly to Exotic Genetix for replacement. Well today Exotic pretty much told me to go pound sand. I will probably use north atlantic again but exotic pretty much lost my business. looks like they have some good stuff too. Too bad.

I would email them back they have replaced seeds that didn't germ before for other people I mean giving store credit I had problems with trying to get them to Do the right thing but don't really want to get in to it I'm just done with them.

pegboy said:

Funny you say that. Ive used NASC for the last year (maybe 25 seeds) with 100% germination rate. This last buy from them I got some Quikz from Exotic Genetix 0-6. All duds. While North Atlantic was very nice they refered me directly to Exotic Genetix for replacement. Well today Exotic pretty much told me to go pound sand. I will probably use north atlantic again but exotic pretty much lost my business. looks like they have some good stuff too. Too bad.

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Did you go back to NASC with what teh breeder said? they might do something about it. It would be nice to fully understand their policies. i thought they guaranteed the seeds to pop?

Splinter7 said:

Did you go back to NASC with what teh breeder said? they might do something about it. It would be nice to fully understand their policies. i thought they guaranteed the seeds to pop?

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Not yet. Just got the response from exotic today. But I will definitely do that. Up until now theyve been perfect. Always got my beans within a week and they always popped.
edit: I didnt thin nasc had any kind of replacement policy but obviously if they look back in their records they will see im not just trying to score free seeds.

pegboy said:

Not yet. Just got the response from exotic today. But I will definitely do that. Up until now theyve been perfect. Always got my beans within a week and they always popped.
edit: I didnt thin nasc had any kind of replacement policy but obviously if they look back in their records they will see im not just trying to score free seeds.

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i thought they had a statement that said the white label were up for replacement...presumably the others were.

Rivendell said:

I really don't understand how the myth that seeds need to be soaked, put in paper towels and have a goat sacrificed has held on for so long. I toss a seed in some soil and water it, been doing it that way for years. Maybe a soak helps if the seeds are ancient, but any relatively fresh and viable seed will pop just fine the way nature intended.

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I've used the paper towel method since '79 and it's become habit . Main reason I never went straight to dirt is that for years everything was going outdoors and I was popping multiple hundreds at a time .

Wanting plants in separate containers and space constraints made it much easier to just germinate them and plant the ones with tails . I have had great results with the method but others milage may vary .

When I was about 1st grade we germinated corn in cotton balls in a dark place as homework. I guess that carried on to Viva Towels.

Unga Bunga said:

I've used the paper towel method since '79 and it's become habit . Main reason I never went straight to dirt is that for years everything was going outdoors and I was popping multiple hundreds at a time .

Wanting plants in separate containers and space constraints made it much easier to just germinate them and plant the ones with tails . I have had great results with the method but others milage may vary .

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If its for logistical reasons, I'm not knocking that.

I just never could understand how so many folks thought this one particular type of seed was so delicate that they required multiple hoops be jumped through before they would germinate. Its a seed...they fell on the damn ground and germinated just fine for a great many years before we got involved.

Rivendell said:

If its for logistical reasons, I'm not knocking that.

I just never could understand how so many folks thought this one particular type of seed was so delicate that they required multiple hoops be jumped through before they would germinate. Its a seed...they fell on the damn ground and germinated just fine for a great many years before we got involved.

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I hear that, a little Poland Spring water(has best PH of all bottled water I've tested), a drop of h2o2 in a cup and presto.I can't help but mention in the bad old day's growing bag seeds,those commercial seeds that I had no idea of the strain seemed more vigorous than these breeder seeds I've been popping the last 15yrs. or so.

Splinter7 said:

Did you go back to NASC with what teh breeder said? they might do something about it. It would be nice to fully understand their policies. i thought they guaranteed the seeds to pop?

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No seed bank guarantees seeds will germinate matter of fact if you read the small print most say its illegal to germinate the seeds.

CCGNZ said:

I hear that, a little Poland Spring water(has best PH of all bottled water I've tested), a drop of h2o2 in a cup and presto.I can't help but mention in the bad old day's growing bag seeds,those commercial seeds that I had no idea of the strain seemed more vigorous than these breeder seeds I've been popping the last 15yrs. or so.

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Been saying this for years....shwag seed treated like shit, seeds flat from being smashed in an industrial press, hauled 1000 miles in a gas tank in 110f weather, stored in a garage in the summer of south Texas or Arizona for 6 months, stored in a baggie I put in my underwear all day at a music festival, then set in a baggie in the sun for 4 months next to a window on my dresser....popped every single one. No papertowel.

pegboy said:

Not yet. Just got the response from exotic today. But I will definitely do that. Up until now theyve been perfect. Always got my beans within a week and they always popped.
edit: I didnt thin nasc had any kind of replacement policy but obviously if they look back in their records they will see im not just trying to score free seeds.

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So heres the update: Heard back from Exotic Genetix and they are going to replace the seeds at no charge. I am once again happy and look forward to growing some of their cultivars!! A big thank you to Exotic genetics!!

NASC white label freebie G13

thumper60 said:

No seed bank guarantees seeds will germinate matter of fact if you read the small print most say its illegal to germinate the seeds.

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NASC does, I've gotten credit for it in the past.