Will 93 degrees kill my germinating seeds?

I started seeds with temp at 80 degrees, came back 8 hours later and temp dipped to 73, so I turned the heat up. Came back 8 hours later and temp was 93. Damn walmart heater sucks, thermostat does not work properly. Do you think I killed my seeds?

This is my first germinating experience. I bought some Sannie seeds and am using rapid rooters, and one of Sannie's grow plugs (forgot what they're called). I soaked the seeds in RO water for 4 hours, also I soaked the rooters then sqeezed out the excess water, Made a little bigger hole in the rooters, about 1/2 inch down. Then I put the seeds in the hole and covered the hole with a little bit of the rooter material. Then I added a little bit of the Sannie's solution in water to the plugs, I know I should have done this before putting the seeds in and squeezed out the excess. The plugs are definable on the moist side, but not really soaked. Left the room at 80 degrees and like I said when I came back after 16 hours it was 93 degrees. I'm prayer I did not kill them.

Man 73 is fine. Probably didn't kill em. Just leave it in the 70s

Temps irrelevant, stick the seeds in ur cabinet ina wet paper towel in a zip lock bag and check them every.day or two, wetting the paper towel if needed. All the other shit is unnecessary

Temps and germination rates go hand in hand.

well, could be quite wrong here but I would say I am 99.9999999% sure they will be ok.

Depending on how long they actually were at 90 Degrees, you have may helped yourself in speeding up the process. I germinate at roughly 84 ^ , so you be patient and you might have create a boost per say.

Kswisss said:

Temps irrelevant, stick the seeds in ur cabinet ina wet paper towel in a zip lock bag and check them every.day or two, wetting the paper towel if needed. All the other shit is unnecessary

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No, that is unnecessary. You know o KY pot growers and fifth grade science student use paper towels to germ seeds.

The tap root has many hair like roots in it. Not visible to the named eye. The more steps and handling in the sprouting process increases the chance of damage. Bacteria that causes damping off loves the same conditions as a sprouting seed.

I know it works but why take the chance. It is a seed and will sprout just fine.

I'm not knocking you for doing it. Do what floats your boat.

So, I've read mixed information on this, but what is the optimum temperature for germination?

Well let's just think about this for a moment..........a seed no matter how it's germed loves lots of heat and humidity....I agree with 240 also the paper towel method come on guy's it's 2016,some soil(plug or wot ever)a wee bit of water,small amount of light and then let it do its own thing........KISS........Imo a jiffy plug is best for starting a seed in,right size,right content,easily handled........simple......

There was a study done a few years go with germination with various temps the hypothesis was that temps lower then 70 and higher the 80 would not germination the Germ rates under 70 were expected but the rates of the temps higher then 80 were better then the rates of thoes within the 70-80 range there for the hypothesis was null and rejected

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When the cotyledon emerges from the soil, the root is already roughly four inches long, so you want a substrate that is capable of providing ample space for the rootzone (18oz solo cups are great, just put plenty of drainage holes in the bottom. One night I was extremely stoned and turned the central heating on to max, woke up and it was over 100 degrees, the seeds I had germining emerged two days later lol.

Also four hours is a bit short of a time to soak them in water, try twelve hours with 1 Tablespoon of bleach per gallon mixed into the water, soak em in that for half an hour then dump the solution, add regular tap water or RO back in, shouldnt matter. This longer soak should get them rooting faster.

What are you growing from Sannie? Just recently germinated some jackberry F4 form them and I'm waiting for Eskobars chocolate rain to come back in stock, seems they have been out for months...

It's probably fine, but they are correct, the paper towel thing is the best. I put mine in a Baggie, on a saucer, and cover it with another saucer, and keep it on top of the cable box for heat. Works every time.

Your seeds will be fine. Keep them moist and they will come up in just about anything. I do a little of everything, including a couple of days in a wet paper towel, peat moss pucks in a pan with a little water in the bottom and putting the seeds right into potting soil. They all work. I do like the pucks best though. Pretty cheap too.

You might get a higher % of males from the elevated germination temps. So says Subcool, anyway.

whitebb2727 said:

No, that is unnecessary. You know o KY pot growers and fifth grade science student use paper towels to germ seeds.

The tap root has many hair like roots in it. Not visible to the named eye. The more steps and handling in the sprouting process increases the chance of damage. Bacteria that causes damping off loves the same conditions as a sprouting seed.

I know it works but why take the chance. It is a seed and will sprout just fine.

I'm not knocking you for doing it. Do what floats your boat.

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God I almost hit my head when I read his comment.

There is no fucken need for this zip lock, float seeds blah blah bullshit.

All this debate about how to germ a seed........it's simple.....probably the easiest part of the whole grow....

DesertGrow89 said:

When the cotyledon emerges from the soil, the root is already roughly four inches long, so you want a substrate that is capable of providing ample space for the rootzone (18oz solo cups are great, just put plenty of drainage holes in the bottom. One night I was extremely stoned and turned the central heating on to max, woke up and it was over 100 degrees, the seeds I had germining emerged two days later lol.

Also four hours is a bit short of a time to soak them in water, try twelve hours with 1 Tablespoon of bleach per gallon mixed into the water, soak em in that for half an hour then dump the solution, add regular tap water or RO back in, shouldnt matter. This longer soak should get them rooting faster.

What are you growing from Sannie? Just recently germinated some jackberry F4 form them and I'm waiting for Eskobars chocolate rain to come back in stock, seems they have been out for months...

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Hey desert I've just finished 8 of sannies j/b with a few of his herijuana and I've gotta say GREAT PLANTS lovely smoke and very nice on the eye as well.I've also done a few of his choc/cheese freebies and they totally blew me away.....in fact they were that good I emailed him to see if hey would sell them in packs but due to an agreement he has with his breeders he could not do wot I asked.....it's not so much that its like the old school cheese(that I love)it's not but wot it is is a VERY tasty bit of smoke I'm gutted I never kept a clone of it......have you tried his choc/rain I'm wondering if it's anything like the choc/cheese........

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Hey desert I've just finished 8 of sannies j/b with a few of his herijuana and I've gotta say GREAT PLANTS lovely smoke and very nice on the eye as well.I've also done a few of his choc/cheese freebies and they totally blew me away.....in fact they were that good I emailed him to see if hey would sell them in packs but due to an agreement he has with his breeders he could not do wot I asked.....it's not so much that its like the old school cheese(that I love)it's not but wot it is is a VERY tasty bit of smoke I'm gutted I never kept a clone of it......have you tried his choc/rain I'm wondering if it's anything like the choc/cheese........

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Great to hear that I'm looking forward to seeing some berry colors and smelling their terps in flower. He sent some jackberry x herijuana freebies with the jackberry, but jackberry is supposed to be good daytime smoke and herijuana from what I'm hearing is a heavy couch lock high? Haven't tried the chocolate rain yet, will pop them after some Dr. Greenthumb OG Kush I have in the freezer so it will be several months before the rain and cheese get popped. Need to order more and just make beans with colloidal silver.

Emailed Sannie about when the rain will be back in stock and he just said he didn't know, probably gets a lot of those emails..

whitebb2727 said:

No, that is unnecessary. You know o KY pot growers and fifth grade science student use paper towels to germ seeds.

The tap root has many hair like roots in it. Not visible to the named eye. The more steps and handling in the sprouting process increases the chance of damage. Bacteria that causes damping off loves the same conditions as a sprouting seed.

I know it works but why take the chance. It is a seed and will sprout just fine.

I'm not knocking you for doing it. Do what floats your boat.

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That is supposed to say "only pot growers and fifth graders." Hard to type on this phone sometimes, especially when stoned. Lol.

Kswisss said:

Temps irrelevant, stick the seeds in ur cabinet ina wet paper towel in a zip lock bag and check them every.day or two, wetting the paper towel if needed. All the other shit is unnecessary

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Interesting you say that, because your suggestion is not only unnecessary but potentially detrimental to the seeds.