Germinate PETA pucks.

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Herb potman

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I have some autoflower seeds and want to germinate them then use peta pods or jiffy pucks or whatever there called. Hydro store guy said germinate in paper towel method then drop in jiffy pucks. And he said I don’t need a done aslong as I keep moist and at temperature in tent. I Wud do without paper towel Anyone have any guidance in this.
 
pulpoinspace

pulpoinspace

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i also skip the paper towels. i don't pop seeds very often but when i do i have used the rapid rooter peat pellets. soaked em in 6-6.5 pH tap water, dropped a seed in and a plant has popped out 24-48 hours later. probably 90% success rate with ~100 or so seeds.
 
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Herb potman

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pulpoinspace said:
i also skip the paper towels. i don't pop seeds very often but when i do i have used the rapid rooter peat pellets. soaked em in 6-6.5 pH tap water, dropped a seed in and a plant has popped out 24-48 hours later. probably 90% success rate with ~100 or so seeds.
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Where do you store them after I have no dome. Any suggestions
 
Doug Dawson

Doug Dawson

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Herb potman said:
I have some autoflower seeds and want to germinate them then use peta pods or jiffy pucks or whatever there called. Hydro store guy said germinate in paper towel method then drop in jiffy pucks. And he said I don’t need a done aslong as I keep moist and at temperature in tent. I Wud do without paper towel Anyone have any guidance in this.
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I can here wondering how you got one of those malnutritioned peta folk into a puck shape but since I am here, I use the paper towel method. Some use Jiffy pellets or Rapid Rooters and some just put the seeds straight into their soil or coco. Really just up to you. I like the paper towel method because I know when it cracks but any of those methods work fine. Is there a particular method you want guidance on?
 
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Herb potman

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Doug Dawson said:
I can here wondering how you got one of those malnutritioned peta folk into a puck shape but since I am here, I use the paper towel method. Some use Jiffy pellets or Rapid Rooters and some just put the seeds straight into their soil or coco. Really just up to you. I like the paper towel method because I know when it cracks but any of those methods work fine. Is there a particular method you want guidance on?
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PETA puck. Wanted to drop seed straight into it. But was told to paper towel it first. Then drop into peta puck
 
athlete

athlete

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I drop them in water for 12 hours or so, then I plant. I just adopted this method recently as I re-embarked on the cannabis grow boat after a several year hiatus.

My veg room is warmer at least 80F (using LED so leaf-surface-temp is lower than ambient room temp) and humid around 60%. No need for dome. The last 5 I sprouted: ~20hour soak, planted day one at 1300hrs, sprouted the morning of day 3.
 
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Jimbo the Gael

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Do you have an empty margarine container? Put that over them upside down. Some people skip the dome entirely, but I find it helps keep the Jiffy pods moist and warm all the way through.

If you're going to use Jiffy pods I would definitely not use the paper towel method. I would just put them into the pod to germinate. If you're going to use the paper towel method, I would then go straight to the medium. Trying to get a germinated seed into a Jiffy pod is a recipe for a broken tap root, especially for a newbie.
 
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Jimbo the Gael

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I would just lightly scrape the side of the seed so a little dust comes off, then put it in the Jiffy pod. Try to put it in so the crack on the seed faces up, makes it easier for the shell to come off.

BTW, it's peat, not PETA.
 
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Herb potman

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athlete said:
I drop them in water for 12 hours or so, then I plant. I just adopted this method recently as I re-embarked on the cannabis grow boat after a several year hiatus.

My veg room is warmer at least 80F (using LED so leaf-surface-temp is lower than ambient room temp) and humid around 60%. No need for dome. The last 5 I sprouted: ~20hour soak, planted day one at 1300hrs, sprouted the morning of day 3.
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What did u soak for 20 hours. The seed in the peta puck. Or seed in glass of water
 
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Herb potman

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Jimbo the Gael said:
Do you have an empty margarine container? Put that over them upside down. Some people skip the dome entirely, but I find it helps keep the Jiffy pods moist and warm all the way through.

If you're going to use Jiffy pods I would definitely not use the paper towel method. I would just put them into the pod to germinate. If you're going to use the paper towel method, I would then go straight to the medium. Trying to get a germinated seed into a Jiffy pod is a recipe for a broken tap root, especially for a newbie.
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Thansk jimbo
 
Doug Dawson

Doug Dawson

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Herb potman said:
PETA puck. Wanted to drop seed straight into it. But was told to paper towel it first. Then drop into peta puck
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It's really just preference. You can drop the seeds right into the puck, you can presoak in water for 24 hours or you can put in paper towel until a tap root grows and pot that into the puck. You could also just put the seed right into coco or soil and it will do it's thing. All those methods work.

EDIT: Jimbo has a point about paper towel and puck, tap root is very delicate so if using a puck I would not paper towel first. Personally I soak in water over night, than into paper towel. Once I have a tap root I put into a coco pellet but that's just what I do.
 
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Herb potman

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Doug Dawson said:
It's really just preference. You can drop the seeds right into the puck, you can presoak in water for 24 hours or you can put in paper towel until a tap root grows and pot that into the puck. You could also just put the seed right into coco or soil and it will do it's thing. All those methods work.

EDIT: Jimbo has a point about paper towel and puck, tap root is very delicate so if using a puck I would not paper towel first. Personally I soak in water over night, than into paper towel. Once I have a tap root I put into a coco pellet but that's just what I do.
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How wet do u suggest I keep Pete puck when germinate process
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Lockedin

Lockedin

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Doug Dawson said:
I can here wondering how you got one of those malnutritioned peta folk into a puck shape but since I am here, I use the paper towel method. Some use Jiffy pellets or Rapid Rooters and some just put the seeds straight into their soil or coco. Really just up to you. I like the paper towel method because I know when it cracks but any of those methods work fine. Is there a particular method you want guidance on?
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I like the thought of this - might try it next round instead of paper towels.

Almost the same as Doug - I just thought they'd come up with a new way to pay Sarah Mclachlan.
 
Lockedin

Lockedin

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Jimbo the Gael said:
You want the pucks damp, but not waterlogged. You don't want to drown the seeds. Moist to the touch but not dripping.
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I'm in soil.

Could I just sit the puck in the soil and let it go? edit - after rooting has begun.
I haven't jacked up a sprout in paper towels - yet - but I'm always looking for better methods.

Bong load I took a few minutes ago seems to have come up to full effect... bongsmilie
 
kovidkough

kovidkough

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Doug Dawson said:
I can here wondering how you got one of those malnutritioned peta folk into a puck shape but since I am here, I use the paper towel method. Some use Jiffy pellets or Rapid Rooters and some just put the seeds straight into their soil or coco. Really just up to you. I like the paper towel method because I know when it cracks but any of those methods work fine. Is there a particular method you want guidance on?
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