seeds stopped growing

nuera59

nuera59

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Hello peeps, okay a few weeks ago i bought 5 big buddha seeds (bubble cheese).
i soaked them for a few days, fine.
I then put them into the paper towel method, all good
About a week ago i planted them into the seed tray with bnq cutting compost, one has sprouted and another is just sitting on the surface. They seem to have completly stopped?
They sit in a heated propagator lid off during the day, lid on at night.
help..
:o
 
moash

moash

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nuera59 said:
Hello peeps, okay a few weeks ago i bought 5 big buddha seeds (bubble cheese).
i soaked them for a few days, fine.
I then put them into the paper towel method, all good
About a week ago i planted them into the seed tray with bnq cutting compost, one has sprouted and another is just sitting on the surface. They seem to have completly stopped?
They sit in a heated propagator lid off during the day, lid on at night.
help..
:o
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they dont need the lid
isit possible that u damaged the tap root when planting
 
nuera59

nuera59

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it's funny because two have sprouted but have now stopped completly. The other 3 haven't moved at all.
I've germed seeds this way before with no problem.
I'm starting to worry, I feel like they are deff going to die. it's been about a week since the soil.
should I keep the soil wet/moist? should I mist the two? they also still have the seed on top.
 
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ROBINBANKS

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keep them in the dark, or have a small ultra violet on them, as you know all seeds strains etc are different but when it comes to the start of life there is NO rules, ive had seeds show and grow after 3 days, and just when ive gave up on the rest they have showed sometimes as much as 9/12 days later, just keep them moist and warm and dont feck about with them, hope they come good for you, id also have the dome lid ''ON'' and the vents open.

Also in the future id just soak for 24hrs then go straight to soil and your dome, i get 100% with this method each time, when you place your seed in the water at the start make sure the water has been standing for a few days and try not to handle the beans ok.
use tweasers


 
nuera59

nuera59

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nice one fellas, unfortunatly I don't have a camara.
sweet banks, so your saying let them b.To be honest they soaked right up untill they split (with no root poking out), then for about 2/3 days in the kitchen roll, which let the tap root to grow to about half a little fingernail.
Then strait into the bnq cutting compost.
The cutting compost is about 6 months old (still smells pretty fresh).
They are under a 40w twin tube flouresent for 17/18 hours light a day.
The propagator is heated, and gets pretty hot.
The last 30 odd seeds I've done at separate intervals have succeeded.
DAM!
 
Legal Ize

Legal Ize

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could be gnat larva in soil eating on your babies, had it happen b4. or could be lack of moisture(they got dried out overnight) or tap root might not be correctly in soil and has some air space around it so it cant really suck up moisture or dig into the dirt. ive also had seeds that the tap root just kept diggin down and down then days later i saw the seed pop up n days after that the seed finally split open to reveal itself.
 
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ROBINBANKS

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nuera59 said:
nice one fellas, unfortunatly I don't have a camara.
sweet banks, so your saying let them b.To be honest they soaked right up untill they split (with no root poking out), then for about 2/3 days in the kitchen roll, which let the tap root to grow to about half a little fingernail.
Then strait into the bnq cutting compost.
The cutting compost is about 6 months old (still smells pretty fresh).
They are under a 40w twin tube flouresent for 17/18 hours light a day.
The propagator is heated, and gets pretty hot.
The last 30 odd seeds I've done at separate intervals have succeeded.
DAM!
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I just soak for 24hrs then straight to the soil, place down just under the surface give them a nice spray into prop lid closed vents closed till its misty then open vents, place in the dark, anything else they need they will get from the soil, keep the soil moist NEVER let dry out and they will all come good with just a little time and patients. start them off in a pot around the size of a coffee mug for about the 1st 2 weeks then pot on to 5ltr pots, then up to 10/15 ltr pots to finish.
 
nuera59

nuera59

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nice one ice, what are you thinking about lighting period? dark/norm/24 ?.
gnat larva could be an issue, can these gnats be seen or killed.
air space! should I lightly press the soil down to help the root?
I just need these seeds, and I really don't wanna spend another 40£.
cheers
 
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ROBINBANKS

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Your soil should be loose enough for your fingers to go through it, thus making it easy for roots to go through it, just keep them warm and moist, and in the dark give them something to look for, ie light.
 
nuera59

nuera59

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banks I got the growing piece.
I'm was dreading losing them. Seemed like they was taking too long!
cheers mate.
 
nuera59

nuera59

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I've got an led bulb somewhere in hiding. bought of ebay.
how long should I have this on?, and at a height or near to the lid?
 
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ROBINBANKS

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nuera59 said:
banks I got the growing piece.
I'm was dreading losing them. Seemed like they was taking too long!
cheers mate.
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How long have you been waiting on them ? its always good to mark the date so you know the exact time, even i find this stage a drag but when they show you forget about the time you worried, and worried for nothing, but how long would you say ?
 
nuera59

nuera59

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I'm absulutely a mug for not writing the date.
8/11 days! and that's start from the soaking.
 
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ROBINBANKS

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nuera59 said:
I've got an led bulb somewhere in hiding. bought of ebay.
how long should I have this on?, and at a height or near to the lid?
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Id have them in the dark, thats the way i was taught, people will differ i know, i just put 17 blue cheese into soil last week, pre soaked for 24 ish hrs then to soil then into prop and then into the dark, i keep an eye on them daily not hourly, all 17 up looking for light.
same set up but with LSD & sweet tooth but in rockwool, 9 lsd up looking for light, and 4 sweet tooth came up the same day, and 2 more came up 2 days later,
37 seeds with 32 results.
 
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ROBINBANKS

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nuera59 said:
I'm absulutely a mug for not writing the date.
8/11 days! and that's start from the soaking.
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MMMMmmmm is long why did you soak for 2 days ? why dont you look at one pot and see what its like, if you are defo on the 11 days its pretty long.
were you touching the seed with your fingers ? and be honest.
 
nuera59

nuera59

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so your bcheese is up after 7/8 days!
mine 2 are up 3 aint.
the shells are on. I should leave them alone.
 
nuera59

nuera59

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okay I've put them in the dark, left the heat on vent open.
gave them water to the soil.
I can see them dying, but I still hope.
cheers banks great help
 
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