Will seeds still germinate if they are 15- 40 years old?

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growone

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one hell of a sack of seeds
the 40 year old ones would be the 'lost gold' for me, there are some special genetics from the old times
lot of crap too, but with seeds it's usually a crap shoot anyways
 
kushhound187

kushhound187

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If the shell is waxy give it a shot. and try presoaking in a cup of water with peroxide. i never presoak but ive heard from a few guys the peroxide helps the old seeds.

and grown properly, that dope could be strong as anything else. landraces can produce amazing dope. some good old world aisian sativas prove it. like mandalas satori shows with nepalese weed
 
applepoop1984

applepoop1984

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brotherjericho said:
It is, I think. I soak my seeds in water for at least a few hours, sometimes as long as 24 (if I somehow forget!). I typically soak them long enough to see the start of a tap root, which can be as slight as a widening whitish crack on the seed. I then drop the seed into moistened soil.

I think the first part simply comes from our desire to micromanage the grows, particularly if we are small time gardeners and can't afford the time for failed seeds or the space of popping several at a time.
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this is wrong. if you see a tap root youve already stressed the plant. roots are nto meant to see light. seeds should be scuffed slightly and soaked in water for a few hours and planted. the root has to adjust itself to gravity and planting with the tap root showing is terrible advice. any handing of a seed with a tap root emerging is going to damage it.
 
HamSaze330

HamSaze330

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applepoop1984 said:
this is wrong. if you see a tap root youve already stressed the plant. roots are nto meant to see light. seeds should be scuffed slightly and soaked in water for a few hours and planted. the root has to adjust itself to gravity and planting with the tap root showing is terrible advice. any handing of a seed with a tap root emerging is going to damage it.
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Sorry but THIS is wrong, Ive never planted a seed any other way except paper towel then moving it to a medium of some kind.
Ive never broken a single tap root and so far the only thing I cant keep alive are clones.
 
ThorGanjason

ThorGanjason

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HamSaze330 said:
Sorry but THIS is wrong, Ive never planted a seed any other way except paper towel then moving it to a medium of some kind.
Ive never broken a single tap root and so far the only thing I cant keep alive are clones.
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Yeah, I put them in wet paper towel/bag with air, wait for the taproot to show, then point that thing south and plant.

Sometimes they are just barely cracked, sometimes long. Hell, one time I left some too long and one of them ejected the seed casing and everything, it was like three inches long. I left it sitting out for like an hour while I potted a bunch right in front of a window during the day time, and it did fine.

Well, until I used the seedling to experiment.

I can't wait to see what happens with these things. We should get in touch with a research firm, carbon date these things or whatever and see how old they are, lol. It would be nice to know if/when they crack which ones were 15 years and which ones were 40.

So you're sure the youngest ones are 15 years?
 
hbbum

hbbum

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I remember getting all that ditch weed loaded with seeds as well. I don't think there was much 25 years ago I would care to waste my lights on to be honest.
 
amgprb

amgprb

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My uncle gave me seeds that were over 30 years old. I planted em and was quite surprised! Great old school genetics! Wish i would have kept the rest, gave em to my buddy.
 
kinetic

kinetic

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I would Love love love to access to pops' old seeds. I would have to have a setup for perpetual, mothers, clones, veg and flower. Too much to be had.

edit: and ceiling height. I would definetly need good ceiling height.
 
ILoveYouSweetLeaf

ILoveYouSweetLeaf

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i'm looking at an 8" inch plant that's doing ok I grew from seed that was between 15-25 years old, I had about 100 seeds, two of them sprouted, one died, but i'm a complete newb, and the seeds were kept in horrible conditions. so its worth a shot.
 
brotherjericho

brotherjericho

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applepoop1984 said:
this is wrong. if you see a tap root youve already stressed the plant. roots are nto meant to see light. seeds should be scuffed slightly and soaked in water for a few hours and planted. the root has to adjust itself to gravity and planting with the tap root showing is terrible advice. any handing of a seed with a tap root emerging is going to damage it.
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So wrong that I'm batting 1.0 with this method. But I understand that I am your new obsession, so I hope I can provide you some entertainment.

HamSaze330 said:
Sorry but THIS is wrong, Ive never planted a seed any other way except paper towel then moving it to a medium of some kind.
Ive never broken a single tap root and so far the only thing I cant keep alive are clones.
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F'get about it. Apple is simply stalking me all over the forum and contending things I say, sometimes with some logic, most of the time with simple insults. He's pissed because I had the audacity of disagreeing with him in his precious little thread.
 
Jimdamick

Jimdamick

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Theoretically, they should be OK if they were kept in a dry and cool environment. You germination rate will decrease, but you probably would get a few winners out of that bag. Why not become a Johnny Appleseed with pot and find a site and throw the whole bag out there. Come back in the fall and see if any made it. That would be funny it was full of dense weed. LOL
 
Highlowazupkush

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brotherjericho said:
Just don't expect many of them to be as good as today's stuff (or so I've heard).
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for someone who hasn't ever smoked weed, or hasn't smoked it in years, I think that weed with less thc content is fine. Though that probably depends on other things apart from thc content I imagine; Personal preference too.

It all depends. Basically what I think is that you don't necessarily need to smoke extremely potent weed in order to relax/ get high or just enjoy your self.

ALSO, I read somewhere that todays strains are often bred in such a way that the THC content is increased at the cost of the CBD content, and apparently that's not good because thc makes people go crazy, and the cbd normalises us.
 
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~Dankster~420

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I have a few strains that my Dad had breed back in the 70's & 80's that has thc content of 22 to 23% and as high as 25% content for the Hubba Bubba Bomb he had created back then. And I still have to say to this day that still makes me higher then hell, and have to lay down!! And mind you this after smoking for years, and years!! Lol. I agree though, the thc content is getting stronger in some strains, and I do believe it comes from year after year growing out the same strains, and they just keep getting more potent each cycle! Mine do.. ;)


Highlowazupkush said:
for someone who hasn't ever smoked weed, or hasn't smoked it in years, I think that weed with less thc content is fine. Though that probably depends on other things apart from thc content I imagine; Personal preference too.

It all depends. Basically what I think is that you don't necessarily need to smoke extremely potent weed in order to relax/ get high or just enjoy your self.

ALSO, I read somewhere that todays strains are often bred in such a way that the THC content is increased at the cost of the CBD content, and apparently that's not good because thc makes people go crazy, and the cbd normalises us.
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kushhound187

kushhound187

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HamSaze330 said:
Sorry but THIS is wrong, Ive never planted a seed any other way except paper towel then moving it to a medium of some kind.
Ive never broken a single tap root and so far the only thing I cant keep alive are clones.
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Theres no real right and wrong in growing. some shit works better than other things. if it works it works.

now i personally plant seeds direct in soil. i donrt see any need for things. if it works in nature it works for me
 
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