Germinating old seed stock can depend on how it's stored.. Mine stay in the freezer to mimic being in the frozen ground.. seeds are designed to awaken when the ground stays above 55F and get moist with rain.
2015 Gabagoo, not really that old.. seeds sank in 8hrs, stayed down and then ready for next step. damp paper towels and baggie.. into the oven mitt to stay dark and warm at room temp.
2 days later.
next step... potting them little babies.
One of the mistakes people make is not watering in properly.. you want to fill the pot halfway and then, water in lightly so water just barely drips out the bottom.. this settles the soil so when you do water after putting the seedling in, it doesn't sink and sometimes, gets lost and never shows up to play...
Finish filling soil, water in again very light, poke a 1" deep hole and drop germinated seedling in tail down and lightly cover with soil.. the moisture should be just right now. place your marker in the plant
and walla.. a trick I do, on the backside of the markers I put.. DOB.. DOS... DOSC
Date of Birth, Date of Sexing, Date of Supercropping. these things are nice to keep track of and this makes it very easy.
Mephisto included these cool plant markers with an order so thought I'd put them to use. Oink Oink
Sour Stomper Feminized to also get pollen from my Gabagoo F3
6 - Gabagoo F3. 2 single potted, 4 double potted.. a trick I do only during breeding usually...
4 - Blue Vangoo F2, all 4 double potted.
2 - 24kt x Man Bear Alien Pig. 1 failed to germinate, the other was dropped in one of the above pots?
2 - Replacing the 2 above, Sour Stomper also by Mephisto Genetics, one of my fav breeders of autos.
