How do you Germinate your seeds?

[IrocZ]

What methods you guys use to pop your seeds?

 

[IrocZ]

Maybe I should have added "I don't, I grow clone only's"...cough...Heisen...cough

 

[Turpman]

Cup of water for 24hrs. Then to napkin on a plate till root pops. Then to RW or rapid rooter.

 

[Evergreengardener]

Usually soak em till they start to crack or 12 hrs what ever comes first then straight into a rr style cube if I have them if not straight into the soil

 

[curious2garden]

I put mine in a Jiffy Pellet, less chance of damp off due to infection from handling.

 

[yimbeans]

Ga3 or urb soak first if old beans... if not just roit rooters heat dome n heatmat w thermostat..

 

[Heisen]

cup of water till it cracks and than straight to peat pellet.

 

[Hydro]

Paper towel in ziplock, then to rapid rooter.

 

[Boybelue]

Paper towel when im concerned with germinating. If i know theres no germination issues i go straight into a peat pellet and not deep at all. I plant the seed pointed end down and just barely cover the seed. If you plant to deep they have trouble making there way up up through the peat, especially if the peat dries a little.

 

[Mr420NSO]

I soak 24 hours in a weak seaweed extract solution unless they crack sooner. After soak I put them in a damp paper towel and put that in a zip lock bag and check ever 10 to 12 hours till they crack. Then put them in a 50/50 mix of seed starting soil and promix hp.

 

[Blaze]

In damp paper towel in a tupperware. Have not tried the water soak yet.

 

[Highsince76]

Beer cup with water till tails, then dirt.

 

[Dope Heffalump]

I plant my seeds like any other garden seed.
I make a little hole in some potting soil, drop seed in and water.
I'm kinda heavy handed.
I'm not steady enough to mess with sprouted seeds in paper towels.

Been using this stuff for a couple years now.

 

[Goats]

12-24 hrs in water then another 12-24 hrs between paper towels in a tupperware or ziplock bag somewhere warm and then into coco. they're usually above ground within 2-3 days max.

 

[JamesBodhin]

water in little small glass.. until tails and then in coco. I just dont have any space for seeds that wont pop

 

[Dope Heffalump]

I've used sunshine #4 with seeds and it definitely doesn't work well for sprouting.
Probably dries out too quickly for them to become established -- unless you want to sprinkle a little water on them every day or leave them under a dome after they sprout (risky).

I would say I water it once and usually have a 100% germination within day 5.
I'd say that works pretty good.
I sprout a couple of hundred seeds a year and I go through about 2 bales of this.
I end up keeping them in their little party cups, that I sprout them in, for a couple of weeks, until they move to their final coco home under the big lights.

 

[Dope Heffalump]

I would say I water it once and usually have a 100% germination within day 5.
I'd say that works pretty good.
I sprout a couple of hundred seeds a year and I go through about 2 bales of this.
I end up keeping them in their little party cups, that I sprout them in, for a couple of weeks, until they move to their final coco home under the big lights.

Ps. I don't put holes in the bottom of my cups anymore. I give each cup enough water without over or under saturating the media. It's sort of a "feel" based skill, that I've developed.

 

[Genuity]

I would say I water it once and usually have a 100% germination within day 5.
I'd say that works pretty good.
I sprout a couple of hundred seeds a year and I go through about 2 bales of this.
I end up keeping them in their little party cups, that I sprout them in, for a couple of weeks, until they move to their final coco home under the big lights.

I use the (ss#4 advanced mix) with the same results as you..

 

[Hydro]

Im glad to know Im not the only one who "cracks em with their ass cheeks". For a minute there I was feeling like a freak or something

 

[SEBUD]

Soak for 12-24 then straight to dirt. I like mother natures tried and tested method.