buckeyebonger
Active Member
i have been growing for somewhere between 40 and 50 years in the last ten years i started getting seeds from seed banks. i also produce my own seeds by ordering regular seeds and doing my own pollination. in the last two weeks i started a new grow using seeds from three breeders from a seed bank. ( i don't want to give any names because i do respect their business). my own seeds have at least a 75% germination rate. of course i know they are fresh. the ones from seed banks appear to be going downhill. i'm lucky to get a 10% germination. as my seeds get older they also get a lower germination rate. on my last three or four grows i don't think i had fresh seeds. i germinate them together so it is the same soil, water heat, light etc. i simply don't think they are fresh. i think they have been sitting around looking for a good home for too long. any ideas or banks or breeders that get better results? i read the reviews and people talk about great germination rates. i get it from my own, but not the others.