pls need help germinating and sprouting

do this take a couple of paper tower and put the seed on it fold in half... now wet the towel and place it in a cd case and close it put it in a dresser or some where dark dont use no heating pads or nothin keep it simple.

some times it take a week to 5 days be patient

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you might be over watering

 

thats very true too i wasnt soaking mine i waited till it was all the way dry before adding more water to paper towels



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ok dude i had the exact same problem and it took me a long time to get started.

but so here is how i do it now and i get very very good germ rates.

first off, skrew the paper towels. that is a horible method, ive found.


so ok. take a cup of water. use bottled water cuz tap has clorine in it. then let it sit till it gets to room temperature. then drop your seeds in. put the cup in a dark place that wont get cold.

wait about 12 hours and check them. poke them very gently with a CLEAN finger. most of them should sink. let it sit another say 2 hours to see if more sink.

then take out the sank ones and leave the others in there to try and get them to sink. if they dont sink within another like 5 hours, they are prolly bad ones. you could plant them, but dont expect much out of them.

now take a small cup (i use solo red cups to start) and drill drain holes in the bottom. fill it with some potting soil (NO MIRACLE GROW) and BEFORE putting the seeds in, soak the soil thouroughly with good, nonclorine water. let it drain for like 10 minutes.

then plant your seed pointy end down about 1/4 inch or so below the surface. it doesnt need to be deeper than that at all. one seed per cup.

put the cups in a nice warm place (around 80-85 farenheit) and wait.

the soil shouldnt need any watering until after they sprout. mine normally sprout within like 3-5 days or so, but i had one take like 2 weeks.


this is the way i do it and i normally have very very very good germ rates with this. just keep it simple.

hope this is helpful.

 

ok.. um i think you could just do the same but with the cubes instead of the solo cups.

i only grow outdoors as it is right now, but i know a thing or 2 about indoors.

 

Try oasis cubes - they have a hole already, are ph neutral and after you drop them in just pinch the top slightly leaving a small space for plant. Of course this is all done after the cube has been whetted first.
BTW - there is nothing wrong with the paper towel method. Just be careful of the roots when moving to the new media.

Peace to all.

 

i think you should cover it up. but im not 100% sure on that one...

i dont think it makes a big difference either way.

 

ive had a lot of problems with the paper towel method. it just doesnt even work that well. you dont get good germ rates, its weird and unecessary.

and after all, does nature use paper towels? no. and its a plant so it tends to favor natural methods.

 

Don't complicate it - do as nature intended!

Soak the beans in distilled water for 24 to 36 hours if you want (I do because I am nosy)

Then transplant them, pointy end down, about 1/4" deep in to your growing medium and keep moist, not wet.

Keep all of the above within decent temperatures such as 75 to 80F+

 

this is exactly what ive been trying to tell them man.

 

No heatmat

Just put the seeds in a cup of luke-warm water in a dark place for 24 hours, then in a damp paper towel for 3 days once again in a dark place, then all or your viable seeds will show and be ready to be planted.