help, whats the story

[deefirl]

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Hi guys Im tring to grow Northern lights, I have tried to start the seeds for about a wk now, I have had them wrapped in tissue "WET" and placed in the hotpress at home, I just cant seem to get a go on them, I have now place them in warm water and left them beside the fire all night there now sittin on the rad in the water I have been told that they will sink in the water when they have cracked but still notting "FLOATING" this morn... Please someone must be able to help ? Can they be fauilty ?

 

[Dan42nepa]

My best results have been with soaking for 24 hours in distilled water then putting them between damp paper towels wrapped in foil and putting that on a warm place like my computer router.. check after 24 hours if not wait longer.... has to be dark also thats why the foil. Too much heat is no good.

 

[Guest]

maybe your just trying to make things complicated,whenever i get new seeds,they go straight under the soil about a half inch,most people hate this because they cant see whats going on,and they dont have patience.if theyre not up after 2 weeks i would say you got some faulty seeds dude.If they dont come up after a week ive always dug around the soil looking for them.then i would put them in a cup of warm water,and place them on my heater,for about 2 hours,then they would go on the heating pad for the rest of the night.Next time you get seeds man,have some patience and put them in some soil,ive had my best results that way.

 

[Lucky 7]

Everyone has their fav method. I have great results with the peat pellets. I soak seeds overnight, then place in center of soaked peat pellet under 1/4 inch of peat.

I place these pellets in a metal cake pan (type with a plastic top) & set it on a hot pad. I put top on and turn heat on/off in 2 to 4 hour intervals. They usually pop in 24 to 36 hours. Remember, they don't want to be too hot.

I've not had much luck with the wet towel method.

 

[deefirl]

cheers lads

 

[Guest]

I always use the paper towel method with expensive seeds,they all germinate if they are viable.First you want to refrigerate them the night before.Then use a good quality 2 ply paper towel no tissue paper.Double the paper towel by folding it over and cut it to fit the bottom of a square or rectangular tupperware.Wet the paper towels thoroughly and tilt the tupperware so ALL the standing water comes out.Insert seeds in the wet doubled over paper towel and with your fingertips,go around all the seeds pushing to get rid of all excess water all the while having the tupperware tilted so the standing water drains out.This is where folks make their mistake,they have the paper towel sopping wet with standing water,this will delay things or mess them up good.After making little "air pockets" around each seed with your fingertips and draining all standing water,put the top on and set in dark warm place like an oven.Check in 24 hours and every 12 hours thereafter.Planting directly into soil after a soak is also pretty reliable,but with expensive seeds I want to make sure they all germinate.

 

[sproutco]

Go ahead and plant them in some fluffy soil. You don't want them to drown.

 

[Guest]

WTF drown?Don't you suggest soaking for 24 hours before planting?How is using the paper towel method going to "drown" your seeds lol.Damn bro at least you didnt suggest some kind of industrial cleaner or some shit lol

 

[Guest]

I sand my seeds a little(Not to see white)and soak them in 70 to 80 degrees F water for a day.I have never "Drown" a seed. Sticking them in dirt is just fine.

 

[Guest]

BTW good seeds dont normally float.

 

[stretchpuppy]

Stir them.

Sometimes after an overnight soak (don't worry they had floaties on and didn't drown, sproutco) I find some of mine are still floating, but after a little twirl of water they sink.

Some don't sink, and still germ. Just because they didn't sink I wouldn't cross them off yet.

 

[sproutco]

WTF drown?Don't you suggest soaking for 24 hours before planting?How is using the paper towel method going to "drown" your seeds lol.Damn bro at least you didnt suggest some kind of industrial cleaner or some shit lol

If you read carefully, he put them in tissue and then decided to soak them in water. This was 24 hours or so ago. Time to try and plant don't you think?

 

[CaptJamesTKirk]

Go ahead and plant them in some fluffy soil. You don't want them to drown.

"fluffy soil"???? with Boron and Battery Acid maybe?
Or is it the STUMP REMOVER trick?

This advice from one that does NOT grow cannabis, btw sproutco - the doctor called your xray is back


about the seeds, I use a television or CRT monitor for heat and moist paper towels covered with plastic sandwich wrap- you may have hurt them bad on the radiator - much over 90F isn't healthy for ones so small - 80 - 85 is better

 

[Weedfarmer]

scrap the paper towels, micro roots grow into the towels, and when you remove them, you rip them off the main tap

 

[deefirl]

Sorted, they have cracked for me now, So there on there way now ya who lol ....



Cheers for all the replys lads.

 

[Guest]

scrap the paper towels, micro roots grow into the towels, and when you remove them, you rip them off the main tap

I agree that could happen if left in to long...I always use this method and never have a problem...check every day...2-3 days and you got a taproot

 

[Guest]

Thats why I check at 24 hours and every 12 hours afterwards,I like a relatively short taproot maybe 1/8 inch