Greetings to each and all! Apologies for posting a bit OT for forum section. I did not find 'proper/ accurate' section for germination and seedling phase techniques.
I have read the basic damp paper towel in tuperware box / plastic bag; direct to soil; to jiffy pellet techniques.
While my experience is limited, I have tried different method. Still my success rate kinda sucks. While part might be due to old seeds .. too many failures indicate that it is me/ my techniques/ execution of techniques.
Issues I have:
1) Seed dose not open/ opens only slightly but dose not push tap root out.
2) cotyledons pushing out/ opening/ opened and stem gets thin and wastes away.
3) between cotyledons pushing out and first leaf pair pushing out . stem gets a brown spot (last time was where stem and cotyledons join) forms and rots the plant.
I would like to open up discussion for steps one can incorporate to germination inorder to improve success rate. Also looking into dialing in on specifics of each step. By this I mean I try to nail down flexible terminology like 'moist'.
I suspect that my seeds have been in too humid condition as 2) and 3) have been issues.
I do have a bag of cheap non-thc seed I can use on testing different techniques.
Looking forward to hearing about your techniques and trying to get my own house in order.
Just now testing how short/long soaking in tap water / tap water + chlorine affects germination rates.
Current understanding:
Temp: from 21C or 70F to 27C or 80F is good.
Seed likes to be in (moist to very moist) conditions before germination and moist but not very moist when cotyledons push out. (yes.. dialing these down is tricky). What would be good air humidity level for seeds and for cotyledons ?
I guess some airflow is better than non/ limited airflow.
Light .. I do not think that light makes that much difference in germination phase one way or another. On many techniques the seed is in fact more or less 'in dark' due to mechanics of technique. Once cotyledon leaves are present - light should be provided.
On wards and up wards .. step by step!
I have read the basic damp paper towel in tuperware box / plastic bag; direct to soil; to jiffy pellet techniques.
While my experience is limited, I have tried different method. Still my success rate kinda sucks. While part might be due to old seeds .. too many failures indicate that it is me/ my techniques/ execution of techniques.
Issues I have:
1) Seed dose not open/ opens only slightly but dose not push tap root out.
2) cotyledons pushing out/ opening/ opened and stem gets thin and wastes away.
3) between cotyledons pushing out and first leaf pair pushing out . stem gets a brown spot (last time was where stem and cotyledons join) forms and rots the plant.
I would like to open up discussion for steps one can incorporate to germination inorder to improve success rate. Also looking into dialing in on specifics of each step. By this I mean I try to nail down flexible terminology like 'moist'.
I suspect that my seeds have been in too humid condition as 2) and 3) have been issues.
I do have a bag of cheap non-thc seed I can use on testing different techniques.
Looking forward to hearing about your techniques and trying to get my own house in order.
Just now testing how short/long soaking in tap water / tap water + chlorine affects germination rates.
Current understanding:
Temp: from 21C or 70F to 27C or 80F is good.
Seed likes to be in (moist to very moist) conditions before germination and moist but not very moist when cotyledons push out. (yes.. dialing these down is tricky). What would be good air humidity level for seeds and for cotyledons ?
I guess some airflow is better than non/ limited airflow.
Light .. I do not think that light makes that much difference in germination phase one way or another. On many techniques the seed is in fact more or less 'in dark' due to mechanics of technique. Once cotyledon leaves are present - light should be provided.
On wards and up wards .. step by step!