How long do I have to wait after my plants are dry to start the seeds I got off them?

[Chuck Jägerschnitzel]

I've done this with as little as a 3 week rest between plants being dry and starting seed before, can I turn it around even quicker than that without getting a low percentage of seeds that sprout? I am hot to trot.

 

[Creeperpark]

I've done this with as little as a 3 week rest between plants being dry and starting seed before, can I turn it around even quicker than that without getting a low percentage of seeds that sprout? I am hot to trot.

Keep us posted.

 

[comfy markoth]

You don't 'need' to wait at all.... seeds will germinate inside the calyx sometimes, while the plant is still growing....

 

[yesum]

I think the drying thing is for storage. I know they will pop as soon as they are mature enough.

 

[DaEarl73]

I've done this with as little as a 3 week rest between plants being dry and starting seed before, can I turn it around even quicker than that without getting a low percentage of seeds that sprout? I am hot to trot.

The earlier the better, the seeds are mature, put them out and save the rest of the plant in the freezer and make hash out of it, the fresher, the more terps

 

[Chuck Jägerschnitzel]

I finally got around to pulling the seeds out of the dried plant and starting them last night. I should've started a week or two sooner, but didn't. Lets see what happens

 

[goingrey]

Just a couple weeks ago I took 3 seeds off a living plant, directly into a cup of water for a night and then into soil. 2 came up.

 

[Rocky Mtn Squid]

Some say seeds need time to cure, but I think that's bullshit. As soon as you find one, it's viable and good to go.

RMS

 

[Chuck Jägerschnitzel]

Just a couple weeks ago I took 3 seeds off a living plant, directly into a cup of water for a night and then into soil. 2 came up.

You beat me to the draw on that one for sure. Next time I say I'm hot to trot, I'm gonna mean it.

 

[Asentrouw]

As soon as your plants are dry, they will sprout within a few days. If they are ripe/developed enough that is.

 

[goingrey]

You beat me to the draw on that one for sure. Next time I say I'm hot to trot, I'm gonna mean it.

Was really a test to see if they were mature and if the plant could be chopped down more than anything (pollinated a little late).

I have them out now but seedlings put out mid-August... unrealistic to expect much. Though I would be happy even with a bit of pollen. That might be possible still, we'll see. It's an auto/photo F1 cross so I could chuck the pollen at an auto and get a 50% auto seed generation.

 

[bibi40]

put them in the fridge few days after dryin' and before germinate them really raise the germ rate from my side ( like x5 or more ) , i got some seeds who germinate in the pods on the plants last year , too , but was marginal ...

 

[Chuck Jägerschnitzel]

seedlings put out mid-August... unrealistic to expect much

Yeah, mine are F2 semi autos, so the plan is to grow them outdoors for the first couple weeks then bring them inside to find the autos, get them pollinated and maybe bring them back outside to finish when I put up my greenhouse mid October so I can start a different batch of F2 semi autos indoors or maybe just grow them out indoors the rest of the way

 

[DaEarl73]

Was really a test to see if they were mature and if the plant could be chopped down more than anything (pollinated a little late).

I have them out now but seedlings put out mid-August... unrealistic to expect much. Though I would be happy even with a bit of pollen. That might be possible still, we'll see. It's an auto/photo F1 cross so I could chuck the pollen at an auto and get a 50% auto seed generation.

I gave some clones that I had to much to a friend in August and she still harvested more than 20 g each plant. If you have space always worth it. Also I popped 100 fresh seeds to check germination and all popped. After you got the seeds, it’s important to store them well

 

[Chuck Jägerschnitzel]

The seeds floated long enough that they were all ready to sink, a few had even cracked, so I planted them all in these containers, turns out it was 47 seeds, so there should be 11.75 autoflowering plants in there.

 

[goingrey]

Just a couple weeks ago I took 3 seeds off a living plant, directly into a cup of water for a night and then into soil. 2 came up.

And unexpectedly even the third came up today. 3/3 on the straight off the vine seeds.

 

[Chuck Jägerschnitzel]

Nice, mine are mostly up too, one got eaten by a slug so far.

 

[goingrey]

Though I would be happy even with a bit of pollen.

In an ironic case of be careful what you wish for, all three are male and have started flowering really small. Will try to collect, dry, and freeze some dust for later.

 

[Chuck Jägerschnitzel]

My batch was really lucky, I got a much higher fraction of autos than what I was expecting, well over 25%