Nice Ol' Bud: Seed Germination 101

Nice Ol Bud

Nice Ol Bud

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Nice Ol' Buds Seed Germination 101 Tutorial:weed:​

What's up RIU, today i'll be sharing how I germinate my seeds, works well and is really simple. Common procedue but I have a few add ons that keeps your seedling roots healthy.​

First off you will need these materials:
-Paper Towel(s)
-Paper Plates(x2)
-Glass or Party Cup
-Bottled Water
-Microwave
-Ziploc Baggy
-Rubber band(optional)​

Now to begin, thing you want to do is get your seeds. Make sure their the darker ones with patterns and dont have any cracks or are premature of any sort. Get your glass cup and fill it up with bottled water. Put it in a microwave for around 30-45 seconds. Now that its warm, and you have clean warm drinking water, its time to put your seeds in the cup. If they sink right away their not good, if they float then you have gotton somewhat farther(lol). After waiting for around 12-24 hours, you will see that your seeds have sinked(YOU MAY HAVE TO TAP THEM TO SINK!). Congratz!​

Take 5 :joint:​

Now that your seeds have absorbed that "One Drop of Life", you will need to get a paper towel, fold it nicely :). Wash your hands for this one! Now fill your cup again with fresh bottled-water and put in the microwave again to get it warm. Once you have that done, wet the paper-towel with it ofcourse, and lay your seeds on it and fold the paper-towel over them, make sure the seeds are spread apart so no root contact will occur. Place the paper-towel in the ziploc baggy and store between 2 paper plates! Wait for them to sprout and once they do, you can carry on from there! Thanks for reading the guide and take a look on helpful tips on how not to obtain any root rot during germination to lose valuable seeds. Doing it this way and following the tips will ensure a proper way of sprouts with no contamination. Germinated 7 old Reggie seeds and all 7 sprouted.​

TIPS:
---Every time you open your ziploc baggy and check on your young-lings, get bottled water again and warm it up in a cup, get a new paper-towel and put the warm water on it, re-do everytime you check up on your seeds. This way you keep them in warm conditions every now and then and are keeping them clean.​

---Pefer using tweezers and not your hands when dealing with seeds, roots are very delicate at this stage!​

---Try not to breathe on your sprouts if you like looking close at them, human breathe is very threatning to a sprout.​

Hope you all enjoyed, Any questions just ask.
If any have suggestions on future guides that I should make, just let me know!
Peace everyone! :peace:​

~Nice Ol' Bud​
 
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quixand

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I've been doing more research on this subject, and I was wondering why you choose this method over simply planting them in soaked rockwool, and allowing them to sprout naturally in there?
 
Nice Ol Bud

Nice Ol Bud

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quixand said:
I've been doing more research on this subject, and I was wondering why you choose this method over simply planting them in soaked rockwool, and allowing them to sprout naturally in there?
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Because my soil is limited and I hate planting duds and waiting for them to pop up forever.
Its defintly no problem to do it that way if you choose but I dont wish to throw supplys away when I can just use 1 paper towel :)
But then again, thats my view :D
 
rzza

rzza

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this is silly mate, i put my seeds in the pot of soil and water them. a couple days later i get a bunch of seedlings. usually about 100%. this is just a bunch of steps that are not only unnecessary and tedious but silly as well.
 
rzza

rzza

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if ya wanna take an additional step it would be getting the room warmer and more humid, perhaps putting plastic over the pot like a humidome ..
 
Nice Ol Bud

Nice Ol Bud

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This is just my way of doing it, I think the way you do it is silly.
I dont like to waste soil for seeds that dont sprout, and I hate waiting for a seed to come up that never does..
These steps ENSURE you that they sprout and are kept cleaned.
Lol :)
 
rzza

rzza

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i wont argue but they always sprout and if they dont you simply put another one in there...
 
bigbillyrocka

bigbillyrocka

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ICE in an aeroponic setup. still lttle. ones 1 inch ish the other about half inch and retarded. only two of 10 sprouted so nirvana is sending me another 10!
 
Poptart H3ro 420

Poptart H3ro 420

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thats a good strain. i had a nug from a friend the other day and it was a nice smoke. I am growing a little cheese autoflower under a combo of a 40 watt CFL and a single t5 in just soil. then i am growing a White Widow under the same conditions. i have been thinking about growing some autoflowers in a N.F.T system. also i am growing organicly. im not using any nuts because i dont live anywhere near a hydro store or whatnot. lol
 
bigbillyrocka

bigbillyrocka

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Ebay is your friend. Especially with the nutes. :) right now im using CFL but once things get rolling ill be using a MH then into a HPS 400 on each. I havent smoked any ice myself so i cant wait. looks delicious while growing. (pics ive seen). Nice and, well...ICY
 
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