vnbenny
Well-Known Member
I always see people say about putting the seeds between 2 paper towels with water then putting in the pot, this is not the most effective way, my way i put the seed straight in the pot and 5 days later they are 3 inches tall its the most effective way ive seen so far and puts aside the chance of transplanting stress.
Try this and you wont be dissapointed:
-Get a 5L pot and fill it with soil about 3/5 of the way so you have a bout 2-3 inches from the top of the pot left to work with.
-Make the soil wet and move it around, not to much, just so you can feel that the hole soil is moisty.
-Tap it all down and make its smooth, then get the seeds and put them in facing upwards (This will stop the seed from popping out with seeds shell still on top of it and prevent a possible burn when taking shell off) about half to and inch then cover it up just so you cant see it, make sure no light can get to the seed or it wont germinate good, burn or take to long.
-now get cling film (a very thin sheet of plastic) and wrap it over the top then seal it with seletape around the base to make sure its air tight and put straight under lights.
-Make sure you wait till the plant has opened his leafes before taking off the plastic, to see so you might have to tap it at the SIDE because of the codensation wont be able to see through (If you tap in the middle you might just let a drop of water fall onto the plant and burn it)
And there you go, all good to go, i have done this several times and ALWAYS have all seeds germinated and grown good bcs of no stress.
Try this and you wont be dissapointed:
-Get a 5L pot and fill it with soil about 3/5 of the way so you have a bout 2-3 inches from the top of the pot left to work with.
-Make the soil wet and move it around, not to much, just so you can feel that the hole soil is moisty.
-Tap it all down and make its smooth, then get the seeds and put them in facing upwards (This will stop the seed from popping out with seeds shell still on top of it and prevent a possible burn when taking shell off) about half to and inch then cover it up just so you cant see it, make sure no light can get to the seed or it wont germinate good, burn or take to long.
-now get cling film (a very thin sheet of plastic) and wrap it over the top then seal it with seletape around the base to make sure its air tight and put straight under lights.
-Make sure you wait till the plant has opened his leafes before taking off the plastic, to see so you might have to tap it at the SIDE because of the codensation wont be able to see through (If you tap in the middle you might just let a drop of water fall onto the plant and burn it)
And there you go, all good to go, i have done this several times and ALWAYS have all seeds germinated and grown good bcs of no stress.
----I use a method similar----I soak the beans in water for 24 hours(they have not cracked at this time----I then move them into clear 16 ounce cups---I put the clear cups in the colored one so no light can hit the lower part of soil---I place the seed on 1/8" deep and lightly cover with soil---I put all the cups in a germ tray with a mondo humidity tent---I then set my heat mat to 82 deg and set the tray of #20-----16ounce cups on the heat mat and wait---the seeds pop in 3 to 5 days.
but it must have been good because I kept it!!!