Seed planting orientation

[MAM]

I want to place seeds directly into seed starting mix. Which end of the the seed do I place down? What position should the seed be in the seed starting mix?

 

[macdadyabc]

put it a 1/4 to a 1/2 inch under, and then water them in a little. read the growfaq

 

[MAM]

I heard somewhere to place the seed "point down". Is this correct or should the"round" end face downward?

 

[macdadyabc]

i have never once worried about what you are worrying about. Look to nature when you want great advice. Does a plant take the time to determine how it should drop its seeds into the soil? no, it just drops it. If you plant it 1/4" to a 1/2" deep, the seed will turn any which way it has to, in order to reach the surface and the sun, 99.9% of the time.

 

[MAM]

That makes good sense. Thanks. Guess there are a lot of "misinformed" growers out there.

 

[haze2]

Dude the taproot has to face down or the root starts to grow upward and can cause a hermie. face that down and you have a better cahnce of getting her to be female (supposedly)

 

[macdadyabc]

Dude the taproot has to face down or the root starts to grow upward and can cause a hermie. face that down and you have a better cahnce of getting her to be female (supposedly)

Yah, if you germinate them first. I beleive he was talking about placing an un-germinated seed in soil. In my experience, the plant will always reach for the sun, and its roots grow towards moisture. I think there is maybe one instance were the seed grows wrong in the soil, on this whole site.
And that instance could have just been a retarded seed.