Producing, harvesting,and planting homemade seeds

[kushdaddy1980]

ive been making my own seeds by pollinating a few buds on my plants, but im wondering what the optimal times to wait after the seeds have been plucked from the plant is. should I wait a few months and "winterize" them? or just stick them in the ground? I had a hard time germinating even a few of them last go round, out of about 200 only six sprouted. I have far less seeds this time maybe about 20,so I need to do it right and have better luck with germination, any suggestions on the best methods for homemade seeds?

 

[qwizoking]

You have to wait a few months yes..

 

[kushdaddy1980]

You have to wait a few months yes..

ok ive heard of guys sticking them in the fridge to simulate winter, would that tend to help or hinder the process? I just wonder if it could get too cold and freeze the seeds, or if that would hurt them at all.

 

[qwizoking]

It wont hurt them to get cold, but the idea here is they have to dry. Some plants need to go through a simulated winter, weed doesnt have too..

 

[althor]

My routine is, I let the seeds dry for the first 30 days, whether from leaving them in the buds during the cure, or popping them out and just putting them up until the buds have finished curing. At that point I put them in the fridge for atleast 2 weeks. Anytime after 2 weeks they pop at a very, very high rate. If I try to pop them before the 2wks in fridge I get much lower germ rates.