Germinating seeds how long should you wait?
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churchhaze
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Until the inside becomes mushy, which is a little over a week.
Dr. Who
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Soaking is popular BUT!
There are several HIGH end seed breeders who will NOT honor any implied or stated guarantee if you do soak them!
They state that most are simply drowning their seeds from too long or low dissolved o2 water used.
What does this mean?
DO NOT USE distilled water to pop beans - ever! No dissolved O2 - No bottled water! again, low to no dissolved O2! - No tap water that has been sat out to get rid of the chlorine! Little to no dissolved O2!
DO, add a few drops of 3% hydrogen peroxide to water that has been bubbled or is fresh from the tap to boost the dissolved O2!
Soak less then 24 hrs!
Strive to get good at the paper towel method and use good water for that too!
This issue is even a problem for soaked seeds that may be older and do pop. Then they die out with little to no growth after popping.
The root has drowned from needing more O2 then is available in the water!
Once that tap is 1/8 long - Time to put it in a media!
Mine is 3%
And nothing happens to a root. Tried it on about 30 seeds and almost all germinated. Picked up randomly 8 from 30 and all grew into nice plants, they have been harvested already(2-3 ounces per plant) . Actually all but one which was just hard to flower. For some reason similar seeds(the same batch) did not want to germinate at all with just tap water(may be 1 only out of 20).
3rd Monkey
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Alright, cool.
I tried three methods with water + peroxide and all produced the same result. I will call it water below but keep in mind it has had peroxide added to it.
1. Putting seeds in a cup with water and leaving them on a window seal
2. Putting seeds in a wet with water paper towel(between layers) and zip them into a zip bag. Once again on a window seal
3. Putting a bit of perlite in a zip bag, then adding a bit of water , dropping seeds inside and zipping. Kept on the same window seal to germinate.
I actually did all three in one go not believing it's going to help. That why I ended up with 30 while I only needed 8.
1. Putting seeds in a cup with water and leaving them on a window seal
2. Putting seeds in a wet with water paper towel(between layers) and zip them into a zip bag. Once again on a window seal
3. Putting a bit of perlite in a zip bag, then adding a bit of water , dropping seeds inside and zipping. Kept on the same window seal to germinate.
I actually did all three in one go not believing it's going to help. That why I ended up with 30 while I only needed 8.
3rd Monkey
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Coffee filters work better in my opinion. Ever had a seed or root stick to a paper towel. Fucking aggravating lol. Never sticks with filters.
Totally.
I forgot some seeds in the paper towel once. The tap root was about 1” long and was buried into the paper.