mawasmada
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Maybe that's part of it here. I'm in a fairly cool home in the winter, and while soaking on paper towel they'd be on the top shelf of the pantry, dark and dry, but it stays low 60°'s in there through the winter.
bodhi seeds
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Nutbag Poster
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That's a problem for sure... get them up into the eighties at least and keep them fully humid.
mawasmada
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I'm going to put them on top of the fridge. It's always warm there.
Perfect
MustangStudFarm
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One problem that many people overlook is high sodium in the soil. High sodium will give you bad germination rates! For example, look at this soil test that I had done for Happy Frog straight out of the bag. I almost planted seeds in it, but I had it tested first. I have irreplaceable seeds and I don't want to squander them away with bad soil.
Make sure the room your germinating in is over 70 degrees and humidity high
I usually germ in my basement bathroom and I’ll stick a humidifier in there too
I soak the beans in a cup of tap water for 24 hours then in paper towel for another 24-36 hours and all seeds usually have atleast an inch long tail by then
for older/harder to germ seeds I follow the same steps except i add a little Urb Natural to the water in the cup and paper towel
i get damn near 100% germ rate doing this
the only beans that haven’t popped were the duds i got from the scammers over at CGC collectables
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MustangStudFarm
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I like this. In the winter, I'll put root cubes/seeds in my clone box with a heat mat. However, I changed brands of heating mats and I think that I cooked a pack of seeds in there.
Diesel0889
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Well its day 72 or 73 and I've decided to empty out the 5x5. The 2 left standing are dynasty's huckleberry diesel and the ecsd x wcsd old girl I have. Here is the huckleberry diesel coming down in a few hours. Will be searching rest of pack and possibly buy another to hunt. Very pretty in person. Pic is kinda yellow. In person like normal daylight..
This pic is from yesterday but is more clear than todays.
Also got the new 5x5 set up. Got a cut of the space monkey from this last run and from seed/ (2) more cowbell ogkb remix and (1) laplata labs Colorado clementine. Each in a 15 gallon GR living soil pot. Should be badass...
My other 5x5 I'm emptying later will have the following added to it. Dynasty- honey badger haze. Red eye BBIC cut from last run, d-tang keeper from laplata labs. Apollo 11 keeper from brothers grimm. 4 and 4 baby no more 6 plants per 5x5 nonsense lol. Depending on how new tent goes I'm considering swapping to 15-30 gallon GR pots. (Only for mobility reasons) I LOVE MY 4X4 BED BUT PUMICE AND DIRT IS HEAVY!
I am very excited to see what I can do with a little more room and what fire awaits me! Happy growing bodhi family, may your buds be big and clean and safely harvested!
This pic is from yesterday but is more clear than todays.
Also got the new 5x5 set up. Got a cut of the space monkey from this last run and from seed/ (2) more cowbell ogkb remix and (1) laplata labs Colorado clementine. Each in a 15 gallon GR living soil pot. Should be badass...
My other 5x5 I'm emptying later will have the following added to it. Dynasty- honey badger haze. Red eye BBIC cut from last run, d-tang keeper from laplata labs. Apollo 11 keeper from brothers grimm. 4 and 4 baby no more 6 plants per 5x5 nonsense lol. Depending on how new tent goes I'm considering swapping to 15-30 gallon GR pots. (Only for mobility reasons) I LOVE MY 4X4 BED BUT PUMICE AND DIRT IS HEAVY!
I am very excited to see what I can do with a little more room and what fire awaits me! Happy growing bodhi family, may your buds be big and clean and safely harvested!
thenasty1
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i dont even heat them or use a dome. my vegs spaces usually sit around 78 degrees 55-65% rh, they seem pretty content with it
GreenHighlander
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I really am digging your bed
I use to do my outdoor like that. Build a log bed box out in the woods. Sometimes they even only had two sides. I am guessing it is clover and possibly some vetch planted as a cover along with the straw? Great job man
Nothing to be embarrassed about. Shit happens.
As you stated it may very well be the year in the cigar box. Especially if it was subject to even remotely high temps.
With germing , much like the rest of my growing I like to KISS.
I fold 2 paper towels and place inside a tupperware type container. I wet the paper towels with straight tap water so the towels are thoroughly moistened but not soaked. If there is any extra water I dump it out.
I then place the seeds between the folded paper towels and place the container in a place that stays relatively warm. Most seeds crack and sport tails within the 24 hr -48 hr mark. Any that don't I plant anyway and some of those end up sprouting. I have had some that did not crack, not break soil till up to 2 weeks after the others.
The two key things are proper moisture and temps and of course viable seeds.
Goodluck.
Cheers
GreenTools
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Put them in a pill bottle lined with 220 grit sandpaper...tumble for about 45 seconds...take out and soak/sow/pad in wet, clean washcloth until roots pop then transfer to your medium....if they are hard to crack, you will get better odds with this method...
Blueberry bref
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Jamaican Hashplant crossing day 40. Got two Timebandits going next to her that I'll get pics of later too. Kind of a bright but generic citrus smell at the moment.Got a veg tent full of Snow Leopard v2, some more JHP's, and a handful of clones from @The Mantis that are all on deck for the next round.
shellback1
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I along with most others use the wet paper towel method, however; mine is a little different. I use an old CD container. Remove the CD and keep in a safe place to use later. Clean the inside of the CD container with 97% alcohol and let dry. Using the CD as a pattern cut the paper towel into a circle the same size as the CD( you will need two circles). Place the first circle of paper towel on the bottom of the CD box. Wet paper with RO water ph'ed to 6.3 by spraying until paper is slightly wet. Place seeds in the wet cut paper towel and place the dry circular paper towel over the first, spray with the RO water. Close the CD cover and place on a warm surface. Within 24 to 36 hours the seeds should germ. I do this all the time and most of the time end up at close to 100% germ rate. Once in a while I may have one seed that doesn't pop with the others, I just leave it alone and 9 times out of ten it will pop in a couple of days.
That’s ingenious!
Nutbag Poster
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Get your seeds warm and wet when you want them pop. Keep them cool and DRY when you don't want them to pop (or slowly fizzle out). Find a way to achieve that. Grow amazing Bodhi plants!
mawasmada
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I'm pretty sure my biggest problem was the cigar box in the living room with the packs just laid in it. Temps likely went a little high. I know they were dry. It was a tight seal, heavy duty wood cigar box.
When I popped my Goldstar Lotus, all 4 I soaked opened healthy. I still killed 3 leaving them in solo cups outdoors with the elements, bur they opened. They(Goldstar Lotus) were fresh. All the stuff I'd soaked with them was from older(1-1.5 year old) packs in the box. From the other 8 seeds, I had 3 open. 1 of the 3, it just barely showed the point of the sprout and never fully opened.
When I popped my Goldstar Lotus, all 4 I soaked opened healthy. I still killed 3 leaving them in solo cups outdoors with the elements, bur they opened. They(Goldstar Lotus) were fresh. All the stuff I'd soaked with them was from older(1-1.5 year old) packs in the box. From the other 8 seeds, I had 3 open. 1 of the 3, it just barely showed the point of the sprout and never fully opened.
mawasmada
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I have been properly storing everything I've bought this last year. I've just still got a few older things I want to grow, and very few seeds of them left.
It's not Bodhi, but I can't find any Agent Orange to replace the couple of beans I have left and damn it, I still love that flavor!
I appreciate everyone's input on this.
Thanks!
It's not Bodhi, but I can't find any Agent Orange to replace the couple of beans I have left and damn it, I still love that flavor!
I appreciate everyone's input on this.
Thanks!
mindriot
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There were some Agent Orange x Goji OG freebies given out at JBC from Respect Genetics recently. I don't know of any other ways to get it.