ya thts the one an only downside to growing its soooo fucking stressfull at times
ya, just gotta stick with what you know..so explain more how this rooting shindig works?
ya, theyre like peat pellets right? when i used peat pellets none came up
o well once again good luck and i hope they germ so i can see a bush fest! Could you still take em out and do the paper towel or too late you think?
Good luck on this current grow... ive been using rapid rooters since 2004, and ive never
turned back. ive always used them for clones, and have about a 95-100% success rate.
three months ago i germed a LaWoman and 10 Easy Ryder fems, and all but one rooted. the one that didnt was my fault, as i was impatient and tried to help it along and ended up crushing the seed. it only took 36 hrs for the first to pop, and the longest took 4 days.i had multiple roots on the first to pop after 3 days.
my method is simple. i use RO water ph'd to 6.0(ish) and add 1/4tsp of thrive alive per gallon. i soak the plugs in the solution, then squeeze about 75% of water out. i put the seed about 1/4 inch into the RR, then break a tiny piece off the bottom and plug the hole loosely. i put about 1/8th inch of solution in the prop tray, making sure the water doesnt youch the plugs. i place the dome on and within 6 hrs it is nice and humid in there.
after 24 hrs i checked the seed by pulling up the torn off piece and observed no change. when i woke up the next day i checked again and two of the eleven had popped. i left the little piece i used to plug the hole off to lighten the amount of work the seedling had to get to the surface. 72 hrs and all but 3 of the 11 had cotyladon leaves. i used a 2 bulb 2ft t5 about 2 inches from the top of the propagator dome.
i dont even bother trying anything else. ive converted at least 5 people to rapid rooters over the last 6 years. theyre on the expensive side, but well worth the 15$ for the 50 replacement plugs.
till next time,
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i've gotten some dud seeds from .... i think they either carry old stock or just don't store them right. only going through the boo now.
Sometimes you can take a scapel and help crack a stubborn seed shell. I had some trainwrecks from ... that sat in towel for three days and nothing.....After the seed is nice and moist take the side of the seed without out the circle(very important) and at the seam attempt to chip a small portion of the seed away.
I got a 100% germ rate on 12 seeds from ... 5 Big bud NL 5 Train wreck 2 Skunks. Granted I had to help the train wrecks along a bit. They all then went into Rapid Rooters and placed in an areo cloner. About 2-3 days later when the tap root pokes out the bottom I split the plug in half removing the seedling and transplanting to 3" net pots and neoprene collars wtih an expossed root system.
I'll work from mothers for awhile but when it comes time to sprout....paper towel, to plug, to net pot works well for me running areo!
Good luck on the Grow!
Sounds good look forward to the updates.
wow im going to check cl right now.