Whats the easiest way to germinate seeds?

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ymirr

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I have tried many diffenent ways to germinate seeds. But it has always been hit or miss every time I do it. Does anyone have a sure fire way of germinating?
 
Serapis

Serapis

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There is no sure fire way, as far as obtaining a 100% rate. I dislike peat pellets and paper towels. The easiest way for me is to pour 3 oz distilled water with SuperThrive into 9oz Solo cups and place one seed in each cup. When the seed sinks to the bottom, I pour the water and seed into another Solo cup that has starter soil. Gently move seed to center and make small hole with pencil and nudge seed in and cover lightly. I never water again until I have leaves up. You can keep the starter soil moist with a sprayer. I consider this as assisting mother nature and starting the seed the way she intended. Imagine trying to start tomato or pepper seeds the way some people start MJ seeds....

You can also use Rock Wool cubes. pre-soak in 5.5 PH water for 20 minutes, then place your pre-soaked seed into the cube and gently press in the top to cover seed. This method works for both soil and water farms.
 
machnak

machnak

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Serapis said:
There is no sure fire way, as far as obtaining a 100% rate. I dislike peat pellets and paper towels. The easiest way for me is to pour 3 oz distilled water with SuperThrive into 9oz Solo cups and place one seed in each cup. When the seed sinks to the bottom, I pour the water and seed into another Solo cup that has starter soil. Gently move seed to center and make small hole with pencil and nudge seed in and cover lightly. I never water again until I have leaves up. You can keep the starter soil moist with a sprayer. I consider this as assisting mother nature and starting the seed the way she intended. Imagine trying to start tomato or pepper seeds the way some people start MJ seeds....

You can also use Rock Wool cubes. pre-soak in 5.5 PH water for 20 minutes, then place your pre-soaked seed into the cube and gently press in the top to cover seed. This method works for both soil and water farms.
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Couldn't agree more, I've lost only maybe 1 or 2 seeds to the cup method...and even that I feel was my own fault. +Rep for the info.
 
riddleme

riddleme

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one of the key factors most don't know is temp seeds like 85 to 95 degrees, but agree with the above except I use the peat pellets

just soak till they sink and plant em mother natures way is always best
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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Poke a hole in medium, drop it in, keep moist, bob's your uncles. Really don't like starting seeds in rockwool though.
 
Spanishfly

Spanishfly

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Seeds just need moisture and warmth (75 to 85F) to germinate. Otherwise doesn´t matter whether they are in soil, paper, rockwool or whatever.
 
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