Starting seeds in coco?

[opt1c]

i like to pasteurize my coco in a 5gal bucket... get a bunch of coco in a paint strainer bag and tie it off; toss 4 gals of boiling water in bucket on top of bag; cover and let sit for 90mins... take bag out and drain... let coco come to the temp of the room you're gonna keep em in and away you go and no worry of gnats or bugs; tap roots are delicate

 

[Granger2]

This works like a chahm for me. Jiffy pellets hydrated with grow nutes w/trace 1/15th, yes 1/15th, strength. No paper towels. This is an unnecessary step that adds risk to the babies. At the same time I charge the coco/perlite 80/20% in beer cups with 1/2 strength grow nutes, heavy on the Ca, Mg, and trace. Let sit till ready to transplant seedlings [when first true leaves start to show]. Water with pH'd water till 25%+ runoff. Transplant, water with pH'd water till 25%+ runoff.

First watering after transplant give root stimulator full strength and grow nutes with trace at 1/4. Raise concentration from there. BTW, 1/4" is proper depth for seed. Also make sure seed is either on its side or pointed side down. Dribble water on pellet after seed is planted.

Totally green fast growth and rooting. Good luck. -granger

 

[Able Mind]

helpful...thanks fellas..

 

[al70]

give em a little nute, it won't do em any harm

 

[The Vermonster]

This is my simple as a pimple method.

I use those disk shaped jiffy pellets.
Soak them in room temperature water.
Put the seeds straight in. No soaking the seeds or anything.
Then the jiffy pellet with seed, straight into coco.
In a beer cup or 1 litre airpot. Then about 3 feet away from a 250mh.

33/34 survived this last time. Always get 95%+

I think sometimes people make sprouting seeds or cloning much more complicated than need be.

^^^^ This guy gets it! ^^^^

 

[KCnMOJO]

I just take the coco out of the bag, pack it into pots, and then mist the surface until its wet.
I then push the seed into the coco 2cm or so with my thumb. Just wait a few days and mist the surface if it starts to get dry.
Havn't lost a seed in a long while.
Only lost a seed when i tried to get fancy and germ them in napkins, rapid rooters, rockwool, etc.

Keep it simple

I'm with you, coco from jump. It seems like it's more forgiving than rockwool also. I had some shitty starts with rockwool combined with my crazy work schedule.