Germinated out of seed

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Quarterdak quarterdank

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I've recently germinated a couple seeds using paper towel method , and one had completely separated from it's seed shell, any tips for transplanting safely ? (Autoflower)
 
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Quarterdak quarterdank

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Perfect. Wasn't sure if I needed to plant a little bit more shallow so it could get more light. Also wanted to know my odds of success/ is it a waste to go ahead and try to run it ?

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Ganjamandan77

Ganjamandan77

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Its ok if you choose the paper towel method. Whatever cracks that seed open is what works for you. Just make sure you plant it so just the tiny little leafs are sticking out of the dirt. But like 2hearts said, its gonna grow, or not.
 
Attikus112

Attikus112

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Get as much of the plant in the ground as you can but keep the leaves exposed and you should be fine. Water lightly until established.
 
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Wattzzup

Wattzzup

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2Hearts said:
Why the paper towel method is crap for beginners. Just plant it normally, it either grows or dosent.
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Listen OP I was a paper towel junkie. Because I could see if the seed had popped and if the tail had came out before planting.

If I’m honest with myself it’s just my impatience and need to control. Here’s what happens when you’re impatient and decide to “check” on your seed. I must have moved it and couldn’t find it. I gave up left it alone and one day here it was. Doing nothing is the hardest part sometimes image.jpg
 
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xtsho

xtsho

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All the paper towel method does is let the grower see if the seed sprouted at the risk of damaging the germinated seed when they handle it. Also, the seed contains stored energy for the seedling to break the surface of the soil and grow a tap root. That energy is better used starting a root in the soil rather than in a wet paper towel.

If a seed is going to sprout in a moist paper towel then it's going to sprout in moist soil. You'll just have to wait another day or two to see it emerging from the soil.
 
Wattzzup

Wattzzup

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xtsho said:
All the paper towel method does is let the grower see if the seed sprouted at the risk of damaging the germinated seed when they handle it. Also, the seed contains stored energy for the seedling to break the surface of the soil and grow a tap root. That energy is better used starting a root in the soil rather than in a wet paper towel.

If a seed is going to sprout in a moist paper towel then it's going to sprout in moist soil. You'll just have to wait another day or two to see it emerging from the soil.
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Exactly and I would think the more that seed has to work to push through the soil the better chance it comes out without the seed attached. To an extent obviously you can go too deep.

I water my soil till small run off. Poke my finger in to first knuckle, drop the seed, cover with dry dirt and mist. I cover with a bottle 3-5 days it should be out.
 
2Hearts

2Hearts

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Too many start here with the pointless and hard methods, they go from wet towels to ph to calmag to flushing then jarring early with boveda.

Do whatever but its easy to see a complete pitfall and steer you clear from killing stuff which starts by avoiding paper towel germination and just plant to a small pot of soil or coco and hope you get the watering right when it pops.



Ganjamandan77 said:
Its ok if you choose the paper towel method. Whatever cracks that seed open is what works for you. Just make sure you plant it so just the tiny little leafs are sticking out of the dirt. But like 2hearts said, its gonna grow, or not.
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Ganjamandan77

Ganjamandan77

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I use paper towels and do just fine. The beans are only in there for about two days before they crack. Lots of growers say its a bad thing but lots of growers are very successful with the method as well. I dont understand why growers say its a hard method. Like Bill W. Said, if it works don't fix it. Lol
 
Wattzzup

Wattzzup

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Ganjamandan77 said:
I use paper towels and do just fine. The beans are only in there for about two days before they crack. Lots of growers say its a bad thing but lots of growers are very successful with the method as well. I dont understand why growers say its a hard method. Like Bill W. Said, if it works don't fix it. Lol
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It’s not that it’s hard it’s one more thing for new growers to worry about or mess up.

Dropping your seed and waiting isn’t as exciting! but works.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Ganjamandan77 said:
I use paper towels and do just fine. The beans are only in there for about two days before they crack. Lots of growers say its a bad thing but lots of growers are very successful with the method as well. I dont understand why growers say its a hard method. Like Bill W. Said, if it works don't fix it. Lol
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It's not hard but it's unnecessary.

Like you said if it works don't fix it. Seeds have been sprouting in soil for thousands of years so it works. It was some cannabis growers that thought it needed to be fixed. It didn't.

You can germinate a seed in a paper towel. It does work. The problem is the growers letting it use all its energy growing a 2 inch taproot in a paper towel and then burying a seedling that has already expended it's stored energy and has none left to emerge from the soil. Or they damage it transferring it from the paper towel to the soil. There is a plethora of posts from people that planted their germed seed and it never came up but when they dug it out of the soil it's root was brown and dead. Maybe you only wait for it to crack before planting but some people post pictures of 2 inch seedlings still in paper towels. Some people don't understand what they're doing like you do. It's like the guys with a scrog net in their tent and plants just growing straight up through it and an uneven canopy. All they know is someone else did it so they do it without even understanding why. They don't even know what SCROG is but the net looks cool and others are doing it.

For many of these new growers that have never grown anything in their life and there is a bunch of them, planting directly in soil is the easiest way to start viable seeds. I have hundreds of vegetable and flower starts all started from seed and not one was germinated in paper towels. Cannabis seeds are no different and don't require paper towels. I've germinated thousands of cannabis seeds without paper towels. In fact paper towels were not introduced until 1931. Cannabis cultivation history goes back 10,000 years. Long before The Scott Paper Company introduced paper towels to the world.
 
Ganjamandan77

Ganjamandan77

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xtsho said:
It's not hard but it's unnecessary.

Like you said if it works don't fix it. Seeds have been sprouting in soil for thousands of years so it works. It was some cannabis growers that thought it needed to be fixed. It didn't.

You can germinate a seed in a paper towel. It does work. The problem is the growers letting it use all its energy growing a 2 inch taproot in a paper towel and then burying a seedling that has already expended it's stored energy and has none left to emerge from the soil. Or they damage it transferring it from the paper towel to the soil. There is a plethora of posts from people that planted their germed seed and it never came up but when they dug it out of the soil it's root was brown and dead. Maybe you only wait for it to crack before planting but some people post pictures of 2 inch seedlings still in paper towels. Some people don't understand what they're doing like you do. It's like the guys with a scrog net in their tent and plants just growing straight up through it and an uneven canopy. All they know is someone else did it so they do it without even understanding why. They don't even know what SCROG is but the net looks cool and others are doing it.

For many of these new growers that have never grown anything in their life and there is a bunch of them, planting directly in soil is the easiest way to start viable seeds. I have hundreds of vegetable and flower starts all started from seed and not one was germinated in paper towels. Cannabis seeds are no different and don't require paper towels. I've germinated thousands of cannabis seeds without paper towels. In fact paper towels were not introduced until 1931. Cannabis cultivation history goes back 10,000 years. Long before The Scott Paper Company introduced paper towels to the world.
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You make some very good points, like if some one has a 2inch seedling in a paper towel, that is wrong, and the grower did not do the proper research if any at all. Myself, i always try to tell people to plant as soon as it cracks open.
 
2Hearts

2Hearts

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So you see we get a lot of people messing up the paper towel and if thats the first method everyone tries thats a lot of threads like this.
 
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