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buddygrl

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i just checked up on my seeds and the paper towel has dried up, yesterday when i checked on them one of the seeds were opening up and now it’s closed again. are they f****ed?? WHAT DO I DOOO????
 
V256.420

V256.420

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buddygrl said:
i just checked up on my seeds and the paper towel has dried up, yesterday when i checked on them one of the seeds were opening up and now it’s closed again. are they f****ed?? WHAT DO I DOOO????
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Paper towels work fine but you need to stack 2 papers on a dish, wet them nicely, put your seeds on top, cover them with 2 more papers, wet them a little, then cover with a bowl. Check every 12 to 18 hours and hand sprinkle water on the towels if dry.

They should be like this in 24 to 48 hours:

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Once they grow a nice tail you put them in these under a low watt bulb/s

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Rurumo

Rurumo

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It took years to debunk flushing before harvest, it's too bad "the paper towel" method is still so common. Here's the thing, just because it works most of the time, doesn't mean it's remotely a "best practice." You are basically sabotaging yourself by using this method and you're just lucky if you succeed. Which makes more sense, germinating a seed in the perfect conditions that nature intended for it, or in a suffocating toxic soup of glue, bleach, bpa, bacteria and assorted other chemicals? And then having the added step of exposing the fragile tap root to light air AND more bacteria while trying to avoid damaging it while planting. No professional horticulturists condone the paper towel method. Here is a good guide with no dumb stoner bro-science https://www.mandalaseeds.com/Guides/Germination-Guide. It's simple, direct to media, keep warm 78-80 deg, mild source of light 24/7, good air circulation, moist not wet...BOOM 100% germ rate unless you are using janky seeds, and still probably even then.
 
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RadicalRoss

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I've only had one seed not pop on me in peat pellets and it's a million times easier than paper towel stuff. Even at scale it doesn't make much sense to me, peat pellets cost almost nothing and since germination % is so high for me I wouldn't care if I lost 5 or 10 of them on 200 plantings.
 
V256.420

V256.420

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Rurumo said:
It took years to debunk flushing before harvest, it's too bad "the paper towel" method is still so common. Here's the thing, just because it works most of the time, doesn't mean it's remotely a "best practice." You are basically sabotaging yourself by using this method and you're just lucky if you succeed. Which makes more sense, germinating a seed in the perfect conditions that nature intended for it, or in a suffocating toxic soup of glue, bleach, bpa, bacteria and assorted other chemicals? And then having the added step of exposing the fragile tap root to light air AND more bacteria while trying to avoid damaging it while planting. No professional horticulturists condone the paper towel method. Here is a good guide with no dumb stoner bro-science https://www.mandalaseeds.com/Guides/Germination-Guide. It's simple, direct to media, keep warm 78-80 deg, mild source of light 24/7, good air circulation, moist not wet...BOOM 100% germ rate unless you are using janky seeds, and still probably even then.
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ROFL :rolleyes:
 
Wastei

Wastei

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Rurumo said:
It took years to debunk flushing before harvest, it's too bad "the paper towel" method is still so common. Here's the thing, just because it works most of the time, doesn't mean it's remotely a "best practice." You are basically sabotaging yourself by using this method and you're just lucky if you succeed. Which makes more sense, germinating a seed in the perfect conditions that nature intended for it, or in a suffocating toxic soup of glue, bleach, bpa, bacteria and assorted other chemicals? And then having the added step of exposing the fragile tap root to light air AND more bacteria while trying to avoid damaging it while planting. No professional horticulturists condone the paper towel method. Here is a good guide with no dumb stoner bro-science https://www.mandalaseeds.com/Guides/Germination-Guide. It's simple, direct to media, keep warm 78-80 deg, mild source of light 24/7, good air circulation, moist not wet...BOOM 100% germ rate unless you are using janky seeds, and still probably even then.
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What about starting seeds directly in Aeroponics? Then you need to sprout the seeds in paper towel before transplant.

Whatever floats your boat really. Nothing wrong with either method as long as it works for you. But I'm on board that it's easier for newbies to start seeds directly in the dirt and or jiffy pucks. Cheers!
 
Herb & Suds

Herb & Suds

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Wastei said:
What about starting seeds directly in Aeroponics? Then you need to sprout the seeds in paper towel before transplant.

Whatever floats your boat really. Nothing wrong with either method as long as it works for you. But I'm on board that it's easier for newbies to start seeds directly in the dirt and or jiffy pucks. Cheers!
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You can sprout them in plain water
I soak mine till they sink
 
1dude1seed

1dude1seed

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Sprout your seeds in your medium of choice and forget the paper towel method, actual scrap most of the methods. I’ve ruined more seeds in wet paper towels than I’d like to admit. Maybe I just suck at it :?

All my seeds go straight into my medium of choice in solo cups, hardly ever have issues. When I do, it’s more than likely just a fucked up seed.
 
PhishPhood16

PhishPhood16

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70's natureboy said:
Then when half of your seeds don't pop you will be re-using used rapid rooters. I used to waste time planting bogus seeds. Now I wait for the paper towel to tell me which ones are worth planting.
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You need better seeds. Buy good genetics. I only lost 1 seed out of 60ish, that I have germinated in pure coco.
 
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