Seeds don't pop open

Do you think just us cannabis grower pre-soak seeds for better germ rates. Standard practices in vegetable greenhouses.

Gquebed said:

True.
Or rather nature blows pollen around. But in nature youre not likely to find more than one strain in a given region. And pollen doesnt get carried far enough to make it to other "regions."

Which is how landrace strains are created.

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To expand on that, in nature the seeds drop them self when mature, not picked early to hurry and get the seeds to market.

boilingoil said:

Do you think just us cannabis grower pre-soak seeds for better germ rates. Standard practices in vegetable greenhouses.

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Yes they do soak seeds like beans, squash, peas, corn. Mostly larger seeds or seeds that are wrinkled after drying. I grew some gourds last summer and it said right on the pack to soak them so I did. Smaller seeds like lettuce, carrots, radishes, etc... are so small that they don't need to be soaked and if you did they would be harder to plant. Cannabis seeds are smaller seeds that shouldn't require soaking but due to the fact that many seeds people buy could be years old it can't hurt unless you leave them too long. I would never soak them longer than 12 hours. Most vegetable seeds are fresh from the last years crops and have the date on the package. So if they have the current season on the package they should be fine to plant without soaking unless there are explicit instructions to do so.

I do think that over soaking is one reason people have issues with germination. Too long in the water and the seed will start to rot.

boilingoil said:

Do you think just us cannabis grower pre-soak seeds for better germ rates. Standard practices in vegetable greenhouses.

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No pro veg commercial grower would tell you to soak seeds that didnt need it if you were a new grower, they would give the same advice we all give.

They also operate dangerous machinery i wouldnt tell a new grower to just jump on and try not to loose an arm....

Kingrow1 said:

No pro veg commercial grower would tell you to soak seeds that didnt need it if you were a new grower, they would give the same advice we all give.

They also operate dangerous machinery i wouldnt tell a new grower to just jump on and try not to loose an arm....

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Show me your agricultural degree and maybe we can have a comprehensible discussion on the subject. Do you have any first hand experience with commercial seed propagation ?
Your European so why not go see how the industry in Holland or the south of France does propagation methods or spend a little time researching before posting your opinion. And that's all I ever see you do on these thread is post your opinions without supplying any facts.

If seeds are fresh no need to soak.

GentleCaveman said:

If seeds are fresh no need to soak.

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That would depend on if you know when the seeds where produced. Ordering from a seed distributor has always been a guess as how long the seeds have been stored or how well they were handled.

jarvild said:

That would depend on if you know when the seeds where produced. Ordering from a seed distributor has always been a guess as how long the seeds have been stored or how well they were handled.

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I said "if the seeds are fresh", not "if you think the seeds are fresh".

Kingrow1 said:

No pro veg commercial grower would tell you to soak seeds that didnt need it if you were a new grower, they would give the same advice we all give.

They also operate dangerous machinery i wouldnt tell a new grower to just jump on and try not to loose an arm....

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( WE ) Looks like a 50/50 split but you reply with WE as it's a consensus that we all agree.