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.

 

[greenmobster440]

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.

Good point. I was gonna ask him how hot it was getting

@wil2279 ya know a seedling doesn't really need all that moisture. Ya up the chances of it dampening off with that dome and heat.

I crack beans on a towel like most. After a soak in h2O2 water. At room temperature which is usually 70 in my house. They crack within a day usually and get put in small pouches of medium to pop up.

 

[wil2279]

Good point. I was gonna ask him how hot it was getting

@wil2279 ya know a seedling doesn't really need all that moisture. Ya up the chances of it dampening off with that dome and heat.

I crack beans on a towel like most. After a soak in h2O2 water. At room temperature which is usually 70 in my house. They crack within a day usually and get put in small pouches of medium to pop up.

Ok i haven't given up on the other seeds just yet, but I'm going to plant B. I just put another blackberry Kush, cookies kush, and red gorilla girl in water. And i put 2 sweet seeds purple Punch og as well as 2 sweet seeds runts xl in water. This is 1 more seed than I actually need to fill out these tents, but to be honest, I have more seeds than I could ever grow. The runts xl is from my seed stash. I didn't have any more zkittles og seeds and I only had 1 cookies kush left. If 1 of my seeds doesn't pop or dies, I will have an extra 1 to take its place. I need to decide if i want to grow 2 Purple Punch OG XL or 2 Runts XL...

 

[MariJan]

Ok i haven't given up on the other seeds just yet, but I'm going to plant B. I just put another blackberry Kush, cookies kush, and red gorilla girl in water. And i put 2 sweet seeds purple Punch og as well as 2 sweet seeds runts xl in water. This is 1 more seed than I actually need to fill out these tents, but to be honest, I have more seeds than I could ever grow. The runts xl is from my seed stash. I didn't have any more zkittles og seeds and I only had 1 cookies kush left. If 1 of my seeds doesn't pop or dies, I will have an extra 1 to take its place. I need to decide if i want to grow 2 Purple Punch OG XL or 2 Runts XL...

Decisions decisions…