How many days to germinate?

[wil2279]

Ok, so popping seeds has always been easy for me. I typically get 95%-100% germination rates. But this year what I normally do isn't working. How many days does it normally take for your seeds to pop? The last 7 seeds i planted 7 days ago and I have 1 sprout as of a few days ago and so far that has been it.

 

[MariJan]

Ok, so popping seeds has always been easy for me. I typically get 95%-100% germination rates. But this year what I normally do isn't working. How many days does it normally take for your seeds to pop? The last 7 seeds i planted 7 days ago and I have 1 sprout as of a few days ago and so far that has been it.

What is your process?

 

[wil2279]

What is your process?

I usually soak the seeds overnight in water, about 12 hours. Then they go in the larger peat pellets from jiffy that are meant for tomato's. From there they go in a propagation try with humidity dome and then they go on a heat mat. I have a small bar style 14 watt aquarium led that goes on the dome to provide light to the seedlings when they sprout.

 

[wil2279]

Critical Orange Punch is in the big tent all by itself for now. Temps in mid 70s humidity around 70%.

 

[wil2279]

I dug down a little and I can see that all my seeds have at least split open a little... if they dont break the surface in the next few days I may have to resort to desperate measures

 

[Oscarzuma]

I had a similar issue this year. I figured out that my heat mat was too warm. After waiting 6 days with similar problems as yours, the second batch of seeds germinated in less than 48 hours on a cooled heating pad. I set it to 72°F.