seed harvest

[Akornpatch]

Originally Posted by vintner

What do rep points get you?

Rumor has it for every 100 points you get a sexual favor from a 420 Girl. Could be a load of crap tho.

[vintner]

LOL. I don't even know where to look. Not that I would anyway. Couldn't really care less. If I had any, they'd probably be in the negative number though LOL.

[MadameCrash]

As a general guideline.. it takes 4-6 weeks from the time the female is pollinated for the seeds to be mature. If you leave the seeds longer it won't hurt - only help make them viable sooner. (Fresh seeds have a very low germ rate - only 2/10 will crack within the first 2 weeks of being harvested off the mother plant)

Peace
MC

[RangerDanger]

Originally Posted by madamecrash

(Fresh seeds have a very low germ rate - only 2/10 will crack within the first 2 weeks of being harvested off the mother plant)

The reason that is-
Seeds are "born" with a tiny bit of moisture inside. The seed won't sprout as long as that moisture remains.
This is a survival technique.
When cannabis exists in the wild, the plants dies and falls over around Nov./Dec., which causes some of the seeds to spill onto the ground.
If they sprouted right away, the plants would die because it's December. They need a way to prevent germination for 4 or so months.
This moisture in the seed prevents the seeds from germinating.
It's not hard however to draw this moisture out. Put them in a tight sealing container with a couple of those silica sacks you find in medicine.

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Seeds are very interesting. The seeds of some plants won't germinate until exposed to a heat source of over 150F, which only occurs during a fire. When the authorities decieded to let the forest fires rage in Yellowstone about a dozen years ago, the next spring they saw plants no one could recall ever seeing before. Because they only occur after a fire, and people have been fighting fires there for a long time. The seeds for those plants lay dormant on the ground for 50 years. Still alive with that spark of life inside.
When I first started hiking, I wondered how yucca's, which has seeds to large to be carried around by wind, could grow near the top of ridges. When yucca's die they fall over and spill their seeds on the ground, Many yucca's grow on slopes and all those seeds wash down in the winter rains.
Animals bring them up there, in their gut. Animals eat the yucca seeds and they pass through the animal unharmed. When the animal craps, the seed come out and already have a source of nutrition--the animals' shit.
There are other seeds that will not sprout unless passed through an animal.
Like banana's. Banana's have seeds and when a monkey or other mammal eats them, they often germinate inside the animal. When they come out in the animals shit, they're already sprouting and again they have a souce of nutrition. The more bananas that are eaten, the more banana's there will be the next year.
The most expensive, rarest coffee in the world comes from somewhere in Indonesia. The coffee seeds are eaten by animals that resemble weasels. The now husked beans come out the other end. The native's collect these seeds and after washing them use them to make coffee for themselves.
One day an outsider tasted this coffee and judged it the best coffee he ever had. Word spread and this coffee, understandably in limited supply, goes for up to $500/pound.

[abstractOmind]

wow thanks ranger thats some really good info. Ill have to try heating some of my seeds that don't sprout.