seedling in trouble... dwc, tried everything (pics, +rep, free hat)

teneightypeeonme said:

Your responding to someone who hijacked his thread, his plants are a lot bigger then those seedlings. He removed the picture, they were about 3 nodes tall.

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Wow I totally missed that!

OP sorry about that..........hope things turned around for you. I was obviously looking at those linked pictures from someone else.

Tinfoil to block heat and light from reaching the hydroton is a good thing..but yeah, I think we got this guy covered. We sent each other a shit ton.

He has several failed seedlings in the past but I think he fell victim to a common beginner mistake. If there were only two cardinal rules for popping seeds I would have to say they are:

1. Keep your shit Sterile!!! If there was some type
of camera to illuminate all the germs on your fingers at any given moment, people would freak the fuck out!! Wash your hands, wear gloves, alcohol rinse everything that comes in contact and when I ph balance my RW cubes I boil the water and funk the cubes in it.

2. Don't fuck with the seeds or seedlings...ever! Dont "turn it the right way" don't "check if it has sprouted" don't pick off the cotyledons...just leave it alone. If bone dry.. Water with boiled or h2o2 treated water.

It may seem anal but after transferring seeds that were soaking to RW without washing my hands..I lost about $200 in seeds. They all took a dump on me I instituted hesinburg like sanitary standards. Not a problem since then.

^^ this guy is a hero

thanks to everyone who helped!


I've touched some seeds I have in storage with my bare hands before, how should I clean them before planting?

I used to have a university paper on the best methods but I can't locate it anymore

dilute pharmacy grade peroxide solution for a few minutes?

yeah, just a little hydrogen peroxide will do it. With the pharm or hydro grade stuff, you are looking at 3ml to a gallon. I have no idea what the mixture with the normal stuff would be. Hydrogen peroxide is good stuff to have on hand for this sort of thing. It also works good when you want to water cubes that may start to look a little moldy. It is a little hard on the roots. If you ever splash the strong stuff on your skin; wash it off immediately !! It WILL burn the shit out of you.

it is a wonder that these plants ever grew in nature on their own. what would they have done without us?

well they certainly would have never breed into such wonderful varieties that is for sure.

As penance for mocking the horticulture industry (and its some times tedious requirements) I sentence you to a month of smoking ditch weed.