More Questions about Signs of Seed Maturity, bio-chemistry etc.

[RoadRash]

There seems to be a connection between the viability of new seeds, and their color.

You can have a seed that is 4 weeks old (4 weeks since pollination), but lighter colored, and a test sprout doesn't sprout after 5 days.

But a darker seed, from the same patch, about the same size - and it sprouts.

It's not any bigger. Perhaps it's older.


But - why does the dark seed sprout, and not the lighter-colored seed hatch ? (In the case of some strains, I will add, because I don't know if this applies to all Cannabis strains.)


What are the chemical and biological changes that occur in a seed in the last days of its life in a seed brach on the mother plant that seem to be related to seed viability and color ?

Feel free to get as technical as you want, chemistry wise.


On the side, I am experimenting with putting the new lighter-colored seeds in the freezer, to see if that improves viability.

 

[trichrider]

lighter colored ones are immature, imo.

 

[Only Ornamental]

Apply ethylene to green fruits to make them ripen (faster).
It's about the same with ANY seed not only cannabis... look at an immature apple seed and a mature one; one is green and does not sprout the other is brown (and likely does not sprout either because of the hybrid and Monsanto stuff etc....).

Don't know the exact mechanisms; get yourself a good botany book.