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I agree, I've used Rapid Rooters ever since I started and I have had 100% success. Very simple to use.If it ain't broke........don't fix it.
I use rapid rooters.........no soaking and no paper towels.
I agree, I've used Rapid Rooters ever since I started and I have had 100% success. Very simple to use.If it ain't broke........don't fix it.
I use rapid rooters.........no soaking and no paper towels.
Or stick them straight in the medium. Even more simple. Cheaper too.I agree, I've used Rapid Rooters ever since I started and I have had 100% success. Very simple to use.
Yes Sir, I intend to continue this method.Or stick them straight in the medium. Even more simple. Cheaper too.
Yes Sir, I intend to continue this method.
Yeah, I read conflicting things on the floating/sinking.....I tried a method I saw here where you let the seed float in water without pushing it down. Worked like a charm taproot was an inch or two long within 3 days. No paper towel needed.
A bit like after a priest or nuns talk..
gets more complicated each year. Like said before, just gonna pretty much do it the way I have been
That's a good plan. Soaking seeds is just to help soften the shell, moist soil will do the same thing. Seeds dont need to sink to accomplish that. It is true that If left sunk you can kill the seed as they do need oxygen. You can go to paper towel or straight into medium. I use the soak and paper towel method just because I like to see the process happening but in the end it's just extra steps that are really not needed.Yeah, I read conflicting things on the floating/sinking.....
One said make the seed sink.
another said if it sinks, it will drown, so put it in a paper towel....
gets more complicated each year. Like said before, just gonna pretty much do it the way I have been
I do exactly the same.That's a good plan. Soaking seeds is just to help soften the shell, moist soil will do the same thing. Seeds dont need to sink to accomplish that. It is true that If left sunk you can kill the seed as they do need oxygen. You can go to paper towel or straight into medium. I use the soak and paper towel method just because I like to see the process happening but in the end it's just extra steps that are really not needed.
I just tried glass of water trick with 2 year-old bagseed a friend gave (read: not super concerned with how it does).Hi all,
I’ve germinated seeds for years & have been steadily growing good strains now for the last three years. Today, I’m wanting to start germinating my 2021 seeds. So, I thought I’d refresh my old memory on germinating. I used to always do it in a damp paper towel. It worked very well. Last year, I did it in the glasses of water.....Again, they did well (makes me wonder why I’m asking ).
So, when I searched today & was reading, I saw a ‘new’ way I was unaware of & am wondering why it would work better:
they are saying to:
Put in water (I’ve seen different times)
then, put in damp paper towels.
Why do it twice? Wouldn’t just one way work better? What makes this way better and..
while I’m at it.......opinions on putting in water or using paper towels.....which do you prefer?
thanks!
Rapid rooters are the shit!If it ain't broke........don't fix it.
I use rapid rooters.........no soaking and no paper towels.
True and I don't disagree, straight into medium is the most natural way to do it. That said mother nature has a low germ rate and uses way more seeds The only reason I soak and go into paper towel is because I like to see the seed crack and see the tap root. It is totally unnecessary, just do it for my own enjoyment.Last time I looked, Mother Nature didn't place glasses of water or paper towels in the forest for seed germination.
Mother nature aint growin that fiyaLast time I looked, Mother Nature didn't place glasses of water or paper towels in the forest for seed germination.