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I've tried to germinate two seeds by placing them in damp paper towels. Both times they've sprouted. However, after I placed them in the dirt, they failed to break through. What's happening?
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What are you using for dirt? Toxic mill tailings? (Kidding )
I'm gonna guess that your seeds are at room temperature, so that's OK.
I'm gonna assume you're treating them very gently, so OK there.
That leaves depth and soil.
Depth: I personally plant mine so the seed head is just barely under the soil. Everyone seems to say to plant deeper, but that works for me.
Soil: Soil should be excellent quality, drain well (mix in 20% perlite or add some vermiculite), and kept damp but not wet. Beginners tend to overwater, but as some guru told me here, "Cannabis doesn't like wet feet." A plastic dome or even a little Saran Wrap during the first few days can help.
If I had to guess based on what I've seen around here, you're planting too deep. Have you dug up the bodies for a post mortem?
Hang in there. It will happen.
Hi -- Well do your digging gently. Maybe they're still viable down there?
You can drown a seed by giving it too much water and cutting off the oxygen, but it takes a LOT of water (and poorly draining soil).
The Saran Wrap is just a vapor barrier to provide a little extra humidity during the first few days. It's sometimes called a humidity dome. You can cover the pot or (what I usually do) leave a little air gap.
Good luck and have fun.
I'm the opposite and after being convinced to try it by my flytying friend I planted mine directly into my final pot this time around. His reasoning was.....as the seed sprout its first taproot out and into a papertowel , it's throwing out teeny tiny hairs from it's main root in order to start uptaking water. When you (us) sees the little taproot we remove it from the papertowel and place it in soil, essentially ripping the tiniest of root systems apart. So, this time I decided to soak my seeds til they dropped, then plant directly into soil......my final pot. Here I am week 5 and these 3 are the healthiest of all 3 runs so far. I'm in Fox Farm Ocean forest soil and haven't used any salt based fertilizers at all.
Soak them until they drop as in until they sink to the bottom other container.
What do you mean soak them until they drop? Do you literally place them in water until they sprout?
Until they sprout a taproot not a seedling. It's just a white root that emerges from the seed... That's how I used to germinate was just toss em in water for a few days. I personally just plant everything straight in jiffy pellets or rapid rooters now though. But again water method does work just soak them until you see a taproot or others just soak for 24-48 hours then plant regardless of taproot showing or not... I've kept beans in the water for 3-4 days no problem before so I know some will claim they will drown after that much time but I wouldn't worry.
I'm assuming then that this was a step that was missed on your initial go? If that's the case, then the seeds may still be viable.....just slower. I'd keep at keeping that soil moist but not soaked for the next couple of days to see if they make an appearance? No harm in trying......try saran over the cup to increase humidity.What do you mean soak them until they drop? Do you literally place them in water until they sprout?
I'm assuming then that this was a step that was missed on your initial go? If that's the case, then the seeds may still be viable.....just slower. I'd keep at keeping that soil moist but not soaked for the next couple of days to see if they make an appearance? No harm in trying......try saran over the cup to increase humidity.
I’d never heard of soaking the seed in water, only placing in the damp paper towel or directly in the dirt. At this point the seeds have been in the dirt for at least a week. Is it possible for them to still be viable?
Items neededI had 5 seeds from CropKing, followed their instructions for germinating 3 of them.
All 3 produced a tap root, but rotted away after planting...
The last 2 seeds, I just put them into wet jiffy Pellets, into a tray with a humidity dome, and on a heated seedling mat.
Once they sprouted, I moved them to their permanent home in big pots...