My seeds

I don't know what is wrong either. The mention of Miracle Gro fills me with trepidation, but I am unfamiliar with that particular product. I do know from bitter experience that their soil is not an appropriate medium for cannabis.

There are lots of ways to start seeds. The paper towel method seems to be the most popular, but I have never used it. Here is what I do:

I soak the seed in a glass of aged tap water or distilled water for 8 to 12 hours. Supposedly, if the seed eventually sinks, that's a good sign. But I don't let it go longer than 12 hours. It is possible to drown the seed.

Then I plant it about half an inch deep in my medium of choice, coco coir, in a 1 quart container. The seeding usually emerges three days later, where "usually" means almost always. The medium was prepped and thoroughly hydrated the day before the planting. There is no need to water for several days.

I would not use Aquafina or any other bottled drinking water. There is no telling what's in it, what the pH is, where it came from. Distilled water is H2O with nothing else in it. Your tap water is what it is. You can get a TDS breakdown from your water company. They have to make this report available by law. To satisfy that requirement, they usually have it available online. If you let some tap water sit for 2 or 3 days then any chlorine it might have will boil off.

You need a way to monitor and adjust the pH of your medium.

Fox Farm makes soil that is good for cannabis grows. Steer clear of Miracle Gro.

 

Are you sure that the seed working it's way to the top wasn't just it sprouting? The seed shell will stay on for a little bit, I can see how someone might think it was just the seed floating to the top.

 

I'm thinking the same thing as Mosley^, I germinated my seeds for a night, planted them in miracle grow the next night, and 2 days later (today) they're sprouting!! It's like buying a puppy! Hahaha

But I personally think you should not water them so much... I watered mine twice since they've been in soil.

 

Germinating in soil can take longer then germinating outside of it.

MG Soil blows good luck with that. More kills associated with that soil then just about anything else.

 

blech....miracle grow....tsk tsk.....

but yeah like rhap said....it takes alot longer if you dont germ first

 

i would put them in paper towel.....and go pick up some better soil.....then throw that miracle grow over the fence to your neighbors yard

 

Just get a plastic container wet a towel put seed in fold put a top on the plastic container place in a dark spot.

How I germinate is I first put them in as hot glass for 24 hours then into the above.

 

If your seeds do not germinate in 5-7 days they probably never will. They will turn black and just rot.

 

you can do that....or check out my indoor grow in my signature....i did it with the rubbermaid container

 

I wouldnt go digging them out though.

 

How do you think nature germinates a seed? Also if there already started in the soil and have tap root there exceptionally fragile. Should you break a tap root its a goner.

Thats your problem your having...you already started germinating them in soil. Digging them up might ruin them altogether.

 

They may already be germinating thats what Im trying to say. Many people germinate in soil not outside of it. The whole reason to germinate outside the soil is to tell if you have duds which happens from time to time.

How deep did you plant them?

 

Shallows good. You dont want it more then about 1/4 inch deep usually.