Looks like I fucked things up

So I had a bunch of seeds germinating in a pill bottle full of water. This pill bottle had a little weed dust in it still but was the only container I could find at the time. The seeds cracked and the roots started to extend. I didn't use distilled water, just simple tap water. When I took the cracked seeds out, I poured it into a bowl of water, I think I might have shocked the seeds with the temp. change, I dunno. I went to the hydro store and picked up some tree bark type cubes for seeds. The guy working there swore by them for all his plants. I tooks these and dipped them in a solution for rockwool cubes, also recommended. I figure soil has natural nutrients which a plant will need as it grows. I couldn't see what a rockwool cube would offer in that area. As of right now I'm still waiting to see any action from the seeds going right now. They are in a tray with a plastic cover in my closet. I don't have any heat source but my place is a nice 70 degrees most of the time.

My partner had some seeds going at his place. He had about 100 seeds in a pill bottle. He took some cold distilled water in the same method. When all the seeds were in the bowl I noticed the main roots had become tangled and some had broken off, I was thinking "fucking shit". I went over to his house yesterday to check up on them. All I saw was absolute shit. All of them were gone. They just had a bunch of fuzz over where the plant should be, total loss. They had been in those things for over a week and had been germinating for at least two weeks.

I realized that I need to be a hell of a lot more careful with this shit. I'm still waiting to see what happened with the stuff I personally have. I didn't wash my hands when I was handling the seeds, and I smoke cigarettes, could this have killed them off that easily that early? Given all of this do you guys think I need to start from scratch? I am currently in construction of a kick ass growbox, I'm sanitizing the shit out of that thing in the building process, this has gotta be crucial.

and your asking what question?

do you think my carelessness cost me all my seeds, my partner's seeds are a lost cause I know, but is there still hope for mine?

korvette1977 said:

and your asking what question?

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Yes what exactly are you asking? you jump from your seeds to a buddys seeds you lost me. As far as you worrying about touching your seeds. I've been growing almost 20 years and i always handly my seeds. It's a weed it will handle you touching them

FebreezeIt said:

do you think my carelessness cost me all my seeds, my partner's seeds are a lost cause I know, but is there still hope for mine?

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Only you can answer that question.. Start over and good luck ..

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