Seed size = plant size?

Nutty sKunK

Nutty sKunK

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Now I just potted up some seeds and thinking about which one to plant I noticed myself going for the bigger/tiger stripped ones from the packets.

Now does the size of the seed have any correlation with plant size?

Logic tells me that it might start off quicker but ultimately the plants individual genetics will take dictate it’s size.

Anyone got any experience with this?
 
omgBoNg

omgBoNg

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Well I guess you learn something every day. Since I was a teen I've been told to look for the tiger stripes.
 
CanadianJim

CanadianJim

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I had a huge seed, nearly twice the size of the others. Never popped. I waited a week after the others had all popped and were growing well, dug it up and cracked it open. The insides were mush, and the shell was really thick. It never had a chance.
 
Nutty sKunK

Nutty sKunK

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Interesting.. well I’ve chosen the biggest ones - we shall see!

Don’t the tiger stripes usually show that the seed is mature? I guess it doesn’t need to have them - maybe some ‘bro science’ left in me noggin’
 
Herb & Suds

Herb & Suds

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CanadianJim said:
I had a huge seed, nearly twice the size of the others. Never popped. I waited a week after the others had all popped and were growing well, dug it up and cracked it open. The insides were mush, and the shell was really thick. It never had a chance.
Click to expand...
That is why i learned to "scuff the beans"
A piece of sandpaper inside a prescription bottle and the motion you most commonly make alone in front of your computer and viola seed cover scuffed
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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As i see it the larger the seed the larger the initial seedling but exponential growth means it will still be a similar size to its smaller seeded sister popped at the same time.

:-)
 
SPLFreak808

SPLFreak808

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Same.. My smallest seeds are still the smallest sprouts but they usually end up being the tallest plants.

Heavy indicas are short and tend to make big seeds while heavy sativas are usually the opposite so that might make some sense?, it would be tricky to judge a split hybrid though.
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

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Seed size is simply a genetic expression of the strain.
It is also meaningless... As to plant results

Large and heavy beans...Do pop much better from a "scuffing" of the seam.
There was this Matt Riot strain that was so heavy seed shell wise. You sometimes had to crack the seam yourself....
Hard to find winner, winner pheno too...
 
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