Do seeds prefer warm & wet in lit area? Or do they prefer damp cool & dark

Looking seeds for the first time, followed instructions from crop kings and they are on a wet paper towel on a plate that is on a heated pad ment for cloning and seedling tray warmer. But is that too warm to crack a seed? I put them in a shot glass pushed to the bottom for 15 hours that started at 4pm yesterday. So it's only been a day and a half so I don't expect them to crack yet but 48hrs to crack would be sweet.

They like humidity and temperature around 75. They require no light until they germinate

green217 said:

They like humidity and temperature around 75. They require no light until they germinate

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Thanks

So warm and dark then till they split

Alwayslearnin said:

So warm and dark then till they split

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yep you got it

Keep in mind from someone elses post a seedbank wont replace a seed that been in a cup of water. If yours was floating and you had to push it down to stay down it might not be viable anyway.
They should float and then sink of there own accord.

Lucky Luke said:

Keep in mind from someone elses post a seedbank wont replace a seed that been in a cup of water. If yours was floating and you had to push it down to stay down it might not be viable anyway.
They should float and then sink of there own accord.

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Really? I've had a bunch germinate in paper towels after having given them a slight nudge so that they would sink. Surface tension of water can be an incredible thing vs the weight of a soaked bean.

Xcoregamerskillz said:

Really? I've had a bunch germinate in paper towels after having given them a slight nudge so that they would sink. Surface tension of water can be an incredible thing vs the weight of a soaked bean.

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They dont always sink straight away, some may take a day to sink. Those left floating after a couple of day's are weaker or non viable.

Im a lazy grower so i dont do the glass of water thing (its to easy to forget about them). Either strait into soil/plugs or in a moist paper wrap, in a plastic bag and onto the top of my water heater.

I did the towel thing but came to a realization when transplanting them to cups. If I break the tap root Im screwed. So I did like mother nature intended. SOIL. So far 99% germination. 1% due to some seeds my buddy had and only a few popped. Otherwise every seed I bought has popped 100% in soil so far.

I kept the soil moist like a damp sponge and between 65 and 70 temp wise and boom my lovely ladies arose in between 2 and 5 days.

No presoak either

That's pretty cool miller, I'll have to try it. I've been having issues with my germinated seeds sprouting.

I was the exact opposite, would just throw my beans in soil or a RR. Worked fine for a while but I hit a string of bad germination rates so I switched to paper towels. I get wonderful germination rates since. miller is right in that that tap root is fragile, I accidently killed a triple purple couple days ago. This rarely happens to me but it hurts everytime a seed fails to make it when I spend my hard earned cash on them

I use solo cup full of soil and and pre soak. Then poke a hole about and inch down drop them in and lightly cover. Works everytime so far.

Well I did the glass of water thing they all floated after i dropped em in, but they all sank when they went in but all floated to the top. They all didn't just pop back up either they took a second. Then I just gave em all a tap and down they went left them for 15hrs then put them in paper towels. They all germinated one was kinda off your but I looked at it with my loop and she was well on her way so. Three of four are in Ocean forest fox farm, the other will join tomorrow no matter what she looks like a little extra nut may help or kill it either way 3/4 return on 4 seeds ain't bad in 2.5 days.

MasterMiller said:

I use solo cup full of soil and and pre soak. Then poke a hole about and inch down drop them in and lightly cover. Works everytime so far.

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That's is exactly what I did also glad to not have to wonder if I put then too deep or shallow

Game on, round 1 pm hermied disaster round two going a bit slower. Only gonna do what's germinated and survives, they are all feminized so that helps but you never know right.
But 3 or 4 if less than 8, at least this time i know what I have and I'm not in a rush. I have all the equipment and 90% of it was done before this time it's 100% and I'm ready to do it right.

Bubba's Gift last night. Fox Farms Happy Frog and pure coco 50/50 mix. I'll keep you updated.

Pointy end up is the rule.
http://www.amsterdammarijuanaseeds.info/how-to-position-sow-cannabis-seeds-in-soil.html

It's awesome to see the different techniques. I just think we'll for thousands of years cannabis grew by just dropping there seeds onto the ground with no assistance. I understand that we spent lots of cash on these beans but I realized nothing I nature is 100%. Just what I've come to realize.