I think I’m defective: germination issues

[melbarbiee]

This was supposed to be my first grow I got 5 feminized Tangie seeds from drseeds.net. I have had one in water for 9 or 10 days (which I’ve posted about in the past) it didn’t take and is likely dead nothing has happened. I have a second on in water coming up on 48 hours and nothing has happened. They’re sunk to the bottom also. What am I doing wrong.

 

[Preston9mm]

This was supposed to be my first grow I got 5 feminized Tangie seeds from drseeds.net. I have had one in water for 9 or 10 days (which I’ve posted about in the past) it didn’t take and is likely dead nothing has happened. I have a second on in water coming up on 48 hours and nothing has happened. They’re sunk to the bottom also. What am I doing wrong.

Once they sink, take them out of the water & place in a wet paper towel.

Put that paper towel in a plastic baggie in a dark/warm place. Check back a day or 2 later, you should have a root.

 

[Backlipslide]

Like Preston said. I always leave in water for 12 hours. Tap the seed down to the bottom of the water. Leave for another 12 hours. Then go into pt like Preston said, then into a sandwich baggy. Skip the water soaking and put into pt. You want to soak the pt then rung it out half way so the pt is wet but not soaking.

 

[Canachris]

I skip the soaking altogether. I Just put em in a wet paper towel then a Ziploc sandwich bag . then I place it on a sunny window sill. in an hour or so the baggie warms up and in a couple of days they will open

 

[TurboBucket]

I do a soak in cold water for 24-48 hours. After they sink I plant them in solo cups, and place them on a heat mat. I don't like to handle seeds after they have germinated..

 

[melbarbiee]

Like Preston said. I always leave in water for 12 hours. Tap the seed down to the bottom of the water. Leave for another 12 hours. Then go into pt like Preston said, then into a sandwich baggy. Skip the water soaking and put into pt. You want to soak the pt then rung it out half way so the pt is wet but not soaking.

The one that’s been in there longer actually started in paper towel and it didn’t work so that’s why I put it right into a cup of water. Not sure if I did something wrong with the first one or it was just defective but it going to switch them both to paper towel now. Thank you

 

[melbarbiee]

I do a soak in cold water for 24-48 hours. After they sink I plant them in solo cups, and place them on a heat mat. I don't like to handle seeds after they have germinated..

So if they sink you plant them in soil in solo cups? What if there’s no tap root? The first one has been planted and dug up and re soaked

 

[TurboBucket]

Correct, I don't wait for a tap root. Seeds contain a finite amount of energy. I prefer they have all that energy to use underground, rather than using part of it trying to grow in paper towel. It also removes humans and their fat fingers from the equation. Plenty of growers with tales of killing seeds after gemination by handling the Taproot. Seeds need a temperature difference to begin gemination, going from below room temperature (cold water) to above room temp (heat mat) is an easy way to get a big temp difference and help get them going.