[RESINvention]

I thought about this today, it's probably already thought of, but I couldn't find it anywhere?


It's pretty extreme, but Germinate your seeds in an aerated water solution to help supplement oxygen to the embryo.



To make my aerator, I took an air tube and plugged one end, and punched a bunch of holes with a thick needle through the vinyl tube to act as aerators. I don't know why people don't do this more often, it's the cheapest air stone solution I could think of, and it works great.



The bubbles cycle the water around just like a dryer, which helps submerge all the seeds and prevents unevenly exposed floaters.

[PetFlora]

Could work, but why go to ll that trouble? I soak my seeds in RO water with a few grains of sea salt + a few drops of food-grade H2O2. Pretty much 100% in ~ 24 hours

My first question is, Why?
My second is along the same lines, To what end?
What do you hope to achieve by going to all this extra trouble? A drop of liquid soap will help the floaters get past the water's surface tension.

Difficult to germinate seeds can be given a push in a few different ways. Scuffing the exterior, a few drops of bleach in a gallon of water, then use that water to germinate, H2O2 (not with the bleach, one or the other), seaweed extract, Superthrive (not my bag, but I hear it can work well), and so on and so on and so on.

Is this for difficult to germinate seeds, or just germination in general?

[Scottish Research]

Thanks for sharing RESINvention!

[RESINvention]

My primary thought for this was for germinating old seeds, to give them the best chance at survival. I'm also a fan of doing less and accomplishing more. The seeds will soak water much faster than traditional dunking, with no additives needed. I also believe the dissolved oxygen content would be much higher and constant than adding liquid h202.

For my records, after 24 hours of soak, 5 / 10 seeds showed tails in 12 hours, 10/10 in 24 hours (2 days total). These are autoflower beans so not sure if that's why, but I've never gotten seeds to germinate this quickly before, even autos.. I will have to experiment further, it's completely preliminary, but it's always good to question, or we would never grow, right?

Always! Will you continue experimenting with seeds of different ages, and keep this thread updated? I'll stay subscribed, I'd like to see the results, if there's a difference, etc.

[Scottish Research]

Have you thought about adding some H202? Besides killing bacteria, it acts as a debriding agent.


R.Fortune

[CannabisFox]

i was thinking about givin some drops h2o2 ... but i dont think its worse a try

Yes sir, that the only way I get my 20+ year old lumbo, pelo rojo, SSSC and Seed Bank seeds to germ.

[NOM.ZEB]

Seamaiden, does the surfacant help all the seeds sink immediately?!!