Are Prophet Seeds Difficult to Germinate

[Frodobagins]

Well,

I got a pack of seeds off the Boo two weeks ago, last friday and went thru my normal process. I drop two seeds in DI water for about 14 hours. Both cracked and sank to the bottom, with exposed tap roots. Placed them in wet paper towels inside of a baggy on a heating mat, strangely the tap roots initially retracted. After about two days in the wet paper towels I carefully wrapped both seeds in a very tiny piece of toilet paper and buried them under an inch of hydroton in my rainforest 66, that was Sunday.

Its Thursday and no signs of seedlings yet, just wondering on a general time frame for the prophet babies take to stick thier head above ground.


Frodo

 

[zomboweed]

In my grow prophet was the last to sprout , after chemdog , ppp and sunshine. ... I hope this could help.

 

[Frodobagins]

Wow,

Thanks zomboweed, that certainly puts it in perspective - I will be patient,


Thanks
Frodo

 

[guest3854]

Frodo, I recommend germing seeds very similar, soaking to crack then transferring to paper towels. Heating mats are usually unnecessary unless cold. Go easy with tha bath tissue, I find it to be very heavy and ends up being a mess, possibly suffocating. After goin' to paper towels, I keep 'em moist but not wet, favoring more of a dry moistness..... I prefer to wait 'till tha tap is fully emerged till transplanting into media. An inch of hydroton is way to much to be buried under, (thats fine when they are a more established plant) bring 'em up.


Hope this helps,stay healthy an' grow HARD,
Steele

 

[Miss Blunted]

my prophets germed paper towel method with no presoak in about 36 hours all but one had popped there tail out..

had one very tough one that never cracked.... 13/14 aint bad.

 

[Frodobagins]

Thanks Steele,

I go very light on the Toilet paper, not even the corner of a finger tips worth. I probably have like 1/2 to 3/4 of inch of hydroton on top of them. I have had issues with seeds drying out before, so I keep them at this level and hand water twice a day. Once I see the sprout developing I will clear some of the hydroton away as usual.

Will be doing a grow log here, I'm very excited about these beans. Initially I was going for the MobBoss, but finally decided to get the prophet.


Frodo

 

[Frodobagins]

Zomboweed,



Do you remember how many days it took your prophets to germinate?


Thanks
Frodo

 

[zomboweed]

six or seven, if I remember. the others 3 or 4. but under a 400w mh.. I don't know why so many people say they sow without lights. in nature we don't have 3 or 4 days of darkness in the spring. I begin the cycle of light when I put seed in the ground. and besides the heat of the lamp may help.

I'm not a great connoisseur of prophet, perhaps.. I hope somebody other may help best .

 

[cornflake]

Thanks Steele,

I go very light on the Toilet paper, not even the corner of a finger tips worth. I probably have like 1/2 to 3/4 of inch of hydroton on top of them. I have had issues with seeds drying out before, so I keep them at this level and hand water twice a day. Once I see the sprout developing I will clear some of the hydroton away as usual.

Not even going near using hydroton for germination

you use a corner of a finger tip's worth of toilet paper to germ?

wtf does that mean?

use paper towel (like paper napkin) moistened, a whole paper towel, then put the pre-soaked/cracked beans into the towel, fold it over and then put that into another paper towel that is wet/moist not soaking, and put the whole shibang in a plastic bag to keep it from drying out lol

then put that into dark and warm environment

in a couple you'll see nice long tails and can happily transplant to medium of choice

a corner of a finger tip's worth of toilet paper rofl that's gonna work

 

[Frodobagins]

Cornflake,

did you read my initial post!!!! if not here goes!!

I drop two seeds in DI water for about 14 hours. Both cracked and sank to the bottom, with exposed tap roots. Placed them in wet paper towels inside of a baggy on a heating mat, strangely the tap roots initially retracted. After about two days in the wet paper towels I carefully wrapped both seeds in a very tiny piece of toilet paper and buried them under an inch of hydroton in my rainforest 66, that was Sunday.

So they only get wrapped in the tissue after a 14 hour soak and 2 days in paper towels, then they go in the hydroton.

I've never had an issue until now. I just dropped 2 more seeds so we will see what happens. First two didnt germ. This time they will go from the paper towels to oasis plugs instead of the hydroton.


FRodo

 

[captain kirk]

Lose the toilet paper...never heard of that and ive been at this for the past 15 years

 

[PoopyTeaBags]

ive never heard of tap roots going back into the shell... you sure the heating mat didnt fry them?

 

[Frodobagins]

poopeyteabags,


Thats what happened the heating mat is functioning properly, way higher then setting temp. Didnt use the mat on this second set!!!

So I should see some sprouts soon

 

[LAMBS-BREAD]

They were pretty easy for me, 4 on 5 Soaked in water for 24h then straight into soil.

 

[Frodobagins]

Well,

On monday I dropped 4 more prophet seeds into a glass of water, they cracked and sunk after 24 hours. On Tuesday I prepped 4 oasis starter cubes with ph'd water, and transferred the seeds to them.

Well its been four days the cubes have remained moist, and still no sprouts - I guess I'll have to give them 7 -10 days. Just in case someone wants to flame me I've been growing for several years and have had no problems germing seeds in the past.

Hoping I see something soon
Frodo

 

[cornflake]

I'm afraid you lost me with the hydroton and toilet paper method, didn't seem like you had 15 yrs experience germing

It's not looking good, sorry for your troubles.

 

[Frodobagins]

Cornflake,

I can post several links from other sites with owners of rainforest 66 units doing just that!!!




Frodo

 

[Miss Blunted]

I hope your beans are okay!!!! Our little seedlings are looking pretty good, except one....PTB fried him, then overwatered him/her. So sad, that was the more Bubba lookin' pheno.

PoopyTeaBags is the antichrist.


Kidding...I guess, hahahahaha. I couldn't have done any better.....they needed food, he fed them, but it was too much for that one pheno.

It's not totally dead yet, I still have hope!!!!

 

[cornflake]

I mean you no offense frodo, it's just an extremely odd method.

haha looks like poopy sleeps in the doghouse tonight

 

[Frodobagins]

No problem cornflake,

But yes some people with rainforest units place bare seeds under one layer of hydroton, some place the seed in a small net bag to keep it from falling into the spaces in the hydoton and going much deeper, others just take a very small piece of tissue paper and
wrap the seed and then place under a layer of hydroton.

I prefer soaking my seeds first.


Frodo