starting seeds? dont wanna ruin again!!!

hello fans, i seemed to run in to a problem so for those vet's out there try and respond for def. + points. explain step for step the process for the most succ. seedling growing method. i put in water 24 hours. waited till most of them popped, planted them in to a root sock and they just like didnt go. so what is the correct tempature, humidity, everything. i have since made another multi-hundred dollar order and dont wanna waste these too. please help.

damn 100's of dallors??? start small and cheap my buddy, but put your bean in the dark in a wet paper towel in a zip lock bag, works every time

what type of lights u using for your babies?

I just toss my beans in a bear cup,fill with tap water.Pull them out with a tweezer, when I see a white root popped out.I then put then in a seed flat,on top of a seedling mat,under some fluoros.

Are you growing with soil.if so just put tat bean a 1/4 inch down in some soil just like mother nature intended.What type of lights?temps below 80f,easy to do with cfls.Humidity isnt as important with seeds as they are with clones. 40% to 60% humidity during veg is a safe range.I'm no vet,nor do you need to be to grow beautiful plants. Just keep it simple and ask more ?'s

One good place to start is knowing what you did wrong last time.

thats what i wanna know, what i did wrong. i bought a fluro t5 8 bulb setup from my local store for 169.99. good bulbs. eventually 600w. temps are at 75-80

i use these jiffy pellets and the cheap little greenhouse thing ,they come together from the garden center, by the instructions on the package then place them on my sat box that keeps them right at 80 degrees, no soaking the seeds for me , keep an eye on the temp and get them under your lights as soon as they break through ,one seed per pellet...rob

SHOTTY6868 said:

hello fans, i seemed to run in to a problem so for those vet's out there try and respond for def. + points. explain step for step the process for the most succ. seedling growing method. i put in water 24 hours. waited till most of them popped, planted them in to a root sock and they just like didnt go. so what is the correct tempature, humidity, everything. i have since made another multi-hundred dollar order and dont wanna waste these too. please help.

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There are various methods, the following have worked really,really well for me...

The paper towel method

Items Needed:

• Kitchen Roll
• Air Tight Container
• Luke Warm Water

Get 6 Pieces of kitchen towel, split in half so 3 rolls are joined together.

Boil Your Kettle, pour boiling water in a cup of some sort, leave on a window sill till luke warm (Just test with your finger)

Then once the cup of water is luke warm, dip in 1 of the 3 joined kitch roll sheets and then squeeze gently, so it's moist not soaken & then do the same with the other 3 kitchen roll sheets.

Place 1 of the kitchen sheets witch you pre-soaked previously into the bottom of an air tight container, place seeds into the towel & then put the other kitchen towel on top of seeds.

Then close container & place on a warm radiator..

I usually get the air tight container and wrap it in a tea towel, then place on a hot radiator.

Other method

Pre-Soak soil, get a pencil measure of 1/4 inch and mark with a knife.

Then put pencil in the pre-soaked soil, drop seed in, dust soil over top, give a final mist.. leave it somewhere warm or at least room temp.

I usually see the seeds up within 24-72 hours some times lil more but most of time within hours stated, as it's not uncommon for seeds to take a tad longer.


Best of luck..

most seedlings die from over watering.

then heat.

then fert.

then ph.

pot doesnt live in a swamp.

and before you order another couple $$$ worth of seeds.

just try regular bagseed, any old shitty seed.

would you learn to drive in a formula 1 racer
learn to fly in the space shuttle
learn how to juggle with 1 baby 1 chainsaw and 1 chicken egg full of HCL acid

baby steps brah baby step

this is not my 1st. grow here guys. plenty before and no problems for me at all. just this time was worse than any before.

I've just started my new year grow with seeds (had to bud mom out befor the holidays)
I put 5 seeds in 5.8 ph (Not sure if that is really important) water, for 18-24 hours, then between paper towels and small plates, keep em really moist but not soaking in water. Within 24 hours all had pooped out their tails. Carefully planted in rockwool and 2 in peat pellets. It's been 36ish hours and all 5 have broke the surface and looking good. Oh yeah they are all sitting in a humid dome under a couple of cfl's right now till they are big enough for "the other room"
This has been working for me. Good luck man.