[Ed Borg]

Greetings All, I would first like to thank the many folks who continue to support us and contact us with kind words and congrats on setting the highest standards.
I would like to discuss how you can possibly revive an old seed even though Delta-9 Labs thrives on having the freshest stock in the industry.
First, you will need a long soaking since most seeds have dried out and turned to mush if the seed is quite old. Soak the seed in distilled water for 24 hours.
After this period, soak in hormones. A few hours of soaking will facilitate with this. An old seed may need a jump start in order to grow a root and a shoot.
Then, soak in some fertilizer. At first, every seed has food but the nutrients go bad over time.
After the next day, put it in a container with sterile soil so that the seed ha a clean start. Keep it safe and use screening to keep away bug-borne diseases. Keep in a warm environment(+25 degrees C) and away from interference.

Then, Let It Grow! and transplant accordingly.

Success to All,

Ed at Delta-9 Labs

[Cannaisseur.]

Thanks for this information. I have had some issues with some seeds, and I am going to try this method for germinating them. I was thinking they may have needed a longer soaking period, but never even considered hormones.

[Nugz]

What kind of hormones would they be? are they easily available?

Thanks,

Nugz

[unclefishstick]

Would a little Hydrogen Peroxide(h2o2) be ok in the distilled water soak?

[Ed Borg]

Greetings All,
Plant hormones affect seed germination and dormancy by affecting different parts of the seed. Plant hormones, also known as phytohormones are chemicals that regulate plant growth. Plant hormones are signal molecules produced within the plant, and occur in extremely low concentrations. Hormones regulate cellular processes in targeted cells locally and when moved to other locations, in other locations of the plant. Hormones also determine the formation of flowers, stems, leaves, the shedding of leaves, and the development and ripening of fruit.
There are synthetic plant hormones available which are commonly used in a number of different techniques involving plant propagation from cuttings, grafting, micropropagation, and tissue culture. It is generally accepted that there are five major classes of plant hormones, some of which are made up of many different chemicals that can vary in structure from one plant to the next.
Since most of our testing involves fresh seed stock we have yet to experiment further with the various hormones. A small amount(a pinch!) of a rooting stimulator dissolved in the secondary stage may facilitate with this process as it had proved successful for us in the past when we needed to jump start an old Skunk #1 which was later used to cross with the NL5 Haze, that became the F.O.G(Fruit of the Gods).
Success to All. Ed at Delta-9 Labs

PS- We have not tried hydrogen peroxide. Filtered water may suffice also rather than distilled water. More experiments are coming.

I have found that by spraying colloidal silver onto the paper towel your germinating in works very well for germing what regularly wouldnt germ from old age.

[Ed Borg]

Hi Uncle_shorty, Good idea, perhaps Soma would like that idea as I know him personally and he is a advocate of colloidal silver. Perhaps try putting the colloidal silver in the distilled water then and see what happens. I prefer not to use the "paper towel" method because the tap root may get damaged when you pull the seedling away from the paper. Highest regards, Ed

well if you dont leave them in the paper way too long they wont grow thru it, if you watch them and pull em out as soon as they pop everything will be fine.

paper towel in the ziplock with silver will pop those seeds when nothing else will.

Originally Posted by uncle_shorty

well if you dont leave them in the paper way too long they wont grow thru it, if you watch them and pull em out as soon as they pop everything will be fine.

paper towel in the ziplock with silver will pop those seeds when nothing else will.

i use a coffee filters in ziplocs and since i switched to this method, i have only had one seed not crack,,, a seed we found in a bag of afgooey,,,i didn't know about cracking them like a sunflower seed i wish i had because i would have tried it,,,peace

[mischa]

I have some old seeds that I want to try this technique on. When you say "soak in fertilizer" what do you mean? Pure fertilizer or what kind of dilution mix? Same for rooting hormone, what kind of mix do you soak it in?

So far in my previous attempts I have gotten some to pop but what comes out is white goo and not a root like normal. Needless to say, they didn't grow. Any ideas? And thanks dudes!