What is your go to sprouting tea/elixir? (for starting seeds)

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living gardening

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I've heard of sanding the edges. I've heard of cracking. What is your tea and process for sprouting new beans???
I just do the normal warm water for 12-24 hrs then a damp paper towel in a zip-lock in a warm dark place until she pops then into the warm moist soil she/he goes.

What is your process? How can I supercharge mine? I have fulvic acid in the hoose and other such sst products. any help is appreciated.
 
I wouldn't change how you do it. Keeping the seed in a dish that reads 80°-83°F. The shell will separate and the tap root nub will be showing. Within 12 hours. Kept warm, you have hours to plant it. The tap root will take off, quick.

Warming the soil before sticking the seed to it. Also speeds it up.
 
I stopped the paper towel step and have had no problems , I would ditch that step.

You can soak in a hydrogen peroxide / water mix which I think you want about 3% hydrogen peroxide /97% water for but I am not positive. This step will kill off any pathogens on the seedlings. You do this step after the initial soak for just few minutes before planting but I never do this step

Other than that I just use a dose of beneficial bacteria [I use tribus] for the first waterings in my fully prepped coco coir. I also use a seedlings heating mat to be sure the coir doesn't get too cold
 
living gardening said:
I've heard of sanding the edges. I've heard of cracking. What is your tea and process for sprouting new beans???
I just do the normal warm water for 12-24 hrs then a damp paper towel in a zip-lock in a warm dark place until she pops then into the warm moist soil she/he goes.

What is your process? How can I supercharge mine? I have fulvic acid in the hoose and other such sst products. any help is appreciated.
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For seed starting, you need to avoid anything with high sodium like kelp products. I've had HappyFrog and Malibu compost tested and they were both 3-4x too high in sodium. Just a thought... Also, I go straight into the soil with the taproot side of the seed down. I have large shaky hands, so I'm not so delicate with tiny taproots.
 
Beehive said:
I wouldn't change how you do it. Keeping the seed in a dish that reads 80°-83°F. The shell will separate and the tap root nub will be showing. Within 12 hours. Kept warm, you have hours to plant it. The tap root will take off, quick.

Warming the soil before sticking the seed to it. Also speeds it up.
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I'll agree with this! For the longest time, I couldn't figure out why I was having trouble germinating seeds in the middle of winter. Then, after a couple of years, I figured out that seeds don't like to germinate in freezing temps. Should have been a no brainer, but we can get stuck on simple stuff. I now use rooting cubes inside of my clone box for winter seed packs.
 
I make a SST out of soybean seeds for general foliar spray so since i have that laying around ill spritz the paper towel holding the beans im trying to germ.
 
I use a handful of potting soil to start each of my seeds. It's the way I do it in my pot. I keep the soil moist, and they're usually up within 3 days with cotyledons fully opened. I don't have to transplant. I don't know why anyone needs to do it faster. Better to worry about the rate of growth after it sprouts. lol
 
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