do i really need to germinate seeds ?
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racerboy71
bud bootlegger
you don't need to germ them first in say a paper towel at all .. in fact, lots of people think it's a bad idea to start them in towels as tender root hairs can grow into the fibers of the towel and when you remove the seed you rip off young root hairs, causing damage to the roots..
but on the other hand, people have been doing the pt method for years, same as just putting a seed into a pot of soil... six of one, half dozen of the other really..
but on the other hand, people have been doing the pt method for years, same as just putting a seed into a pot of soil... six of one, half dozen of the other really..
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
it's usually better to start seedlings indoors and give them a pretty good root system and get them established before moving them outdoors.. this is pretty much true of any plant really..
just gives them a better chance of making it before going outside against the big bad world full of buds and animals wanting to eat them and stuffs..
just gives them a better chance of making it before going outside against the big bad world full of buds and animals wanting to eat them and stuffs..
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
edit, bugs, not buds.. that was a great freudian slip though ..
Brother Numsi
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Sig would be proud of that one...being Freud he'd prolly say Lady Buds or Lady Bugs...in which both cases he'd be mistaken because they are both good and not the sources of our problemsedit, bugs, not buds.. that was a great freudian slip though ..
smokejoint
Active Member
No you do not need to germinate ,i use to but don't anymore as i have got a 100% sucess rate with just putting the seed in the soil .This is how i do it.
1 fill pot with soil
2 water the soil with luke warm water
3 get a pen and make a hole in the soil to the depth of the metal nib of the pen
4 drop seed in, any way it falls is ok
5 lightly back fill the hole,covering the seed
6 spray the soil with water to wet it down
7 put in a warm place.I grow in my closet so i just fire my hps on for 18 hours a day ,i live in a cold climate so i need to do this ,it's cheaper for me to run the 250 watt light to heat the closet up than it is for me to leave my heating on all day.You may be fine depending where you live..20 degrees or above is probably fine...i think i read 25 is optimal
seeds normally show up on the 3rd or 4th day ,like plant on monday sprout on thursday or wednesday.. yet to have a failure doing this.When you think about it ,this is how shit goes down in nature.No paper towel fairies in the wild.. i don't think ,i could be wrong.
it also eliminates the chance of you damaging the taproot when planting ,It is a weed of course so both ways work.but i find it easier doing it like this now.
1 fill pot with soil
2 water the soil with luke warm water
3 get a pen and make a hole in the soil to the depth of the metal nib of the pen
4 drop seed in, any way it falls is ok
5 lightly back fill the hole,covering the seed
6 spray the soil with water to wet it down
7 put in a warm place.I grow in my closet so i just fire my hps on for 18 hours a day ,i live in a cold climate so i need to do this ,it's cheaper for me to run the 250 watt light to heat the closet up than it is for me to leave my heating on all day.You may be fine depending where you live..20 degrees or above is probably fine...i think i read 25 is optimal
seeds normally show up on the 3rd or 4th day ,like plant on monday sprout on thursday or wednesday.. yet to have a failure doing this.When you think about it ,this is how shit goes down in nature.No paper towel fairies in the wild.. i don't think ,i could be wrong.
it also eliminates the chance of you damaging the taproot when planting ,It is a weed of course so both ways work.but i find it easier doing it like this now.
smokejoint
Active Member
sorry to hear that man, keep your grow small and don;t tell anyone what your doing ,not even friends.. you will get through it to the end
dimebong
Well-Known Member
That is completely out of context.
smokejoint
Active Member
Yeah growing is simple,but there is some things you need to get right.Apart from keeping your grow a total secret the other best advice i can give is this.follow these steps for dankness.
* - PH is really really important.I learned the hard way as a noob ,messed up about 10 plants before i realised my soil had wrong ph.Make absolutley sure to get a soil with a ph of 6 -6.5 .If you can go to a hydro shop get biobizz or similar soil..Soil you get in the garden centre may have too much bark in it ,too acidic soil will kill your plant.
* then Get yourself a ph meter .If you are feeding your plant nutrients ,it will lower the ph of the water down way too low ,so you need to read your ph of what you are putting in and add some baking soda or ph up solution to make it 6-6.5 ph
* if you neglect your ph duties, your soil will eventually get to acidic and the nutrients will get locked out and your leaves will die and your plant and yeild will suck ..keep your ph on target for a nice green plant...
*apart from the common mistake of overwatering overlooking ph is the biggest mistake you will make.( only water when your soil surface is really dry ,its about every 3 days for me)
good luck
* - PH is really really important.I learned the hard way as a noob ,messed up about 10 plants before i realised my soil had wrong ph.Make absolutley sure to get a soil with a ph of 6 -6.5 .If you can go to a hydro shop get biobizz or similar soil..Soil you get in the garden centre may have too much bark in it ,too acidic soil will kill your plant.
* then Get yourself a ph meter .If you are feeding your plant nutrients ,it will lower the ph of the water down way too low ,so you need to read your ph of what you are putting in and add some baking soda or ph up solution to make it 6-6.5 ph
* if you neglect your ph duties, your soil will eventually get to acidic and the nutrients will get locked out and your leaves will die and your plant and yeild will suck ..keep your ph on target for a nice green plant...
*apart from the common mistake of overwatering overlooking ph is the biggest mistake you will make.( only water when your soil surface is really dry ,its about every 3 days for me)
good luck