How to start seeds

Just a quick update. All seeds (10) have germinated well and are a good few inches tall now. They are mainly even in height as I transplanted them (bar two) on the same day.

I hope my method will be helpful/interesting to you.

This is a great way to make sure you don't bury seeds and also to make sure that they were not faulty when u bought them.

lokie said:

too much fuss.

dirt, hole, seed, little dirt, water, few days, leaves. cant get much simpler than that.

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Give this man a cigar...without a doubt the best way to germ a bean, just as nature intended.......

lahadaextranjera said:

Just a quick update. All seeds (10) have germinated well and are a good few inches tall now. They are mainly even in height as I transplanted them (bar two) on the same day.

I hope my method will be helpful/interesting to you.

This is a great way to make sure you don't bury seeds and also to make sure that they were not faulty when u bought them.

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I would get the lights closer, they are really stretching...when you transplant them you can bury all that extra stem.....

Alexander Supertramp said:

I would get the lights closer, they are really stretching...when you transplant them you can bury all that extra stem.....

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Exodus Cheese is Sativa based seeds always stretch more than Indica based. Sativa plants are usually taller anyway and I tend to put my Sat based clones into flower quicker. They have only gone under the lights directly today, when I took the pic. I had them on the perimeter for a day or so which is why they are tilting.

I put half the dirt in my solo cups so she. They stretch I can add soil. Check out my grow log. My plants are short and fat. It is great.

Ever had a strain of seeds that just will not get anybigger than a pen head. This is my third advanced bioDiesl all three seeds just sit there after they sprot....the other two finally drown or dried out but this thing is tiny....The two round leaves have dropped off but the jagged are new just tiny......9 days old...any advice?

Without pictures it's hard to say but as u said the others drowned then I expect overwatering and root suffocation, followed by other probs. It could#ve been a faulty seed even. If they sprouted tho I suspect the seeds were ok.

I haven't watered mine and prob won't for a week or so more.

Had to water some of them yesterday as they were drying up - the pots were light. Started to move the light closer now (after a couple of days )

i soak in water with a drop of seaweed extract til they sink, then i plant 1/2" deep.

scroglodyte said:

i soak in water with a drop of seaweed extract til they sink, then i plant 1/2" deep.

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soak mine in water overnight then into jiffy pots my beans pop in less than 48 hours. But yous look good ihadaextra

BBbubblegum said:

I put half the dirt in my solo cups so she. They stretch I can add soil. Check out my grow log. My plants are short and fat. It is great.

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Awesome idea BB I am going to leave room in my cups like you just suggested

now let me get this straight..............
you put the lime in the coconut, an' mix'em bote together,
you put the lime in the coconut, an' mix'em all up................

scroglodyte said:

now let me get this straight..............
you put the lime in the coconut, an' mix'em bote together,
you put the lime in the coconut, an' mix'em all up................

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I hear it causes horrible belly aches.

Said " Doctor, ain't there nothing' I can take?"

I know Green House Seeds Co recommends doing the paper towel method and this method works for a lot of people. However, some times people will lose their seedlings during the transplant process. I even see a lot of people have great success with soaking the seeds overnight in water.

My favorite way, which isn't any better then any other method, is to simply soak for 10-15 minutes in tap water, and then sow them directly into a seed starting mix that I watered earlier in the day. I also put them under the lights and set the light's timer for 18/6 right at this time. The reason I do the lights right now is so I don't have to constantly look over my seeds and rush them to the light as soon as they sprout.

I sow them and ignore them for five days. If they haven't already popped by the fifth day, I use a toothpick to turn over the soil and help the little guys out. The light also serves double duty by warming the soil.

Doing it this way avoids even the slightest chance of transplant shock and more importantly, I never get a lanky plant that needs to be repotted. But like I said, my way is just one way. Everyone needs to find out which way works best for them. Just like with cloning. I can never clone in potting mix. I always do better using a fast food cup & lid with tap water.

My friends soak them in water before putting them in Jiffys and then into clear bags. It seemed like the roots had a lot of resistance. Don't the jiffys go into a cloning box ?
So that the roots are in the dark?

the jiffy coins i use come with those seed starter domes.

I am not a big fan of the paper towel method. I have done it many times in the past, but on more than one occasion ended up with my beans becoming all soggy or drying out. Then you have to transplant the seed and sometimes long taproot at great risk to the fragile seedling. Personally, it's much easier to put a seed in the ground first and let it do it's own thing and it's probably a lot easier for the tap root to gain a foot hold too. With this method you will have to remove the shell off of almost all the seedlings manually, or you could just wait for it to shed it's shell inside the paper towel and plant up to the leaves. It's really no faster than planting right in the soil, I have had sprouts in as little as 24 hours after direct planting.

i traded the family cow for some seeds, but my mom threw them out

scroglodyte said:

i traded the family cow for some seeds, but my mom threw them out

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If they grow I hope you do find a giant at the top.