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Feijao

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Big Green Thumb said:
So I have been buying GP seeds the last few weeks to try them out. I am very excited about the different kinds of seeds I have received: Cookie Wreck, Triple Nova, Cookies N Chem, Ace High, The Deputy, and Golden Nugget. These will hopefully be awesome boutique type buds when harvested.

Now on to my issue. Upon receiving the first order, I immediately put 2 Triple Nova and 2 Cookie Wreck into Jiffy peat pellet puck "thingies". Imagine how excited I was the next morning when both TN and 1 CW had already sprouted! This was about 10 days ago or so. The second CW still hasn't sprouted. I dug it out in fact and it looks exactly like it did when I planted it. About 5 days ago I planted 5 Cookies N Chem seeds. 1 of the CNC seeds sprouted yesterday. So, out of 9 seeds, only 4 have sprouted.

I have had the Jiffy peat in the Jiffy sprouting chamber and it is in a warm place. The peat has never dried out.

Is this a problem with the seeds, or the grower? I see a lot of people freezing the seeds then soaking them in water to get them to crack, but I honestly haven't ever tried it. Is it too late to do that now with the seeds that are planted in the Jiffy pucks? Any ideas? Hopefully @Gu will see this.
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I always place my seeds in a cup of water for 12 to 24 hours. Then they go to wet paper towels for another 24 to 48 hours. Once I see the developed tap root protruding for the shell I plant them carefully in the medium of my choice. Usually rock wool, sometimes peat pucks.

You can get a pretty good idea of what you are working with if they are not cracking open in the cups of water in several days. I have done it this way for years and have always had pretty great results.

If you have any specific questions let me know, I'd love to help, if I can.
 
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Nubia

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Big Green Thumb said:
So I have been buying GP seeds the last few weeks to try them out. I am very excited about the different kinds of seeds I have received: Cookie Wreck, Triple Nova, Cookies N Chem, Ace High, The Deputy, and Golden Nugget. These will hopefully be awesome boutique type buds when harvested.

Now on to my issue. Upon receiving the first order, I immediately put 2 Triple Nova and 2 Cookie Wreck into Jiffy peat pellet puck "thingies". Imagine how excited I was the next morning when both TN and 1 CW had already sprouted! This was about 10 days ago or so. The second CW still hasn't sprouted. I dug it out in fact and it looks exactly like it did when I planted it. About 5 days ago I planted 5 Cookies N Chem seeds. 1 of the CNC seeds sprouted yesterday. So, out of 9 seeds, only 4 have sprouted.

I have had the Jiffy peat in the Jiffy sprouting chamber and it is in a warm place. The peat has never dried out.

Is this a problem with the seeds, or the grower? I see a lot of people freezing the seeds then soaking them in water to get them to crack, but I honestly haven't ever tried it. Is it too late to do that now with the seeds that are planted in the Jiffy pucks? Any ideas? Hopefully @Gu will see this.
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The only seeds I've seen people talking about freezing on this thread are the Lucky 7s. I have 100% germ rate on everything I've ordered so far from greenpoint though. If you're having that much trouble getting seeds to pop from more than one variety its most likely the environment or the grower unless @~Gu tried some new tech and accidentally sent out tons of premature beans somehow. Even though CW and TN are both from a different breeder, Gu just vends them through his website.
Edit: Also I always plant directly into jiffy peat pellets & I get roots poking through the bottoms within 72 hours with all my greenpoint gear so far.
 
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Legacy187

Legacy187

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the gnome said:
I put 1/2 pk of L7s into water and the other 1/2 in the freezer, no go on the 1st 6beans.
the ones in the freezer ht the bathtub 2 days ago, nothing yet?
I was looking forward to seeing those in bloom.
on the other hand 6 bodega and 6 purp badlands were put into action, all but 1 bedega are kicking it.
the trouble maker was purring along and at 3/8ths inch stalled with the helmet still on.
about the L7s duds.... no worries bruh were GPS familia :hump:
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That sucks Gnome. Maybe you should contact Gu. I put my two lucky sin a shot glass a few days ago. They sprouted small taproots like 1/8 th inch, I planted them in my started pots. We’ll see how it goes.
 
SensiPuff

SensiPuff

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naiveCon said:
I have had a hundred percent success rate with every one of my GP seeds, in fact all of my seeds.

I have a little plastic container with a cover,

PH the water to 5.9, dab of peroxide

I usually do this before I go to bed and most of the Times by morning seeds are showing tails.
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Peroxide to keep things sanitary or does it help crack seeds?
 
LubdaNugs

LubdaNugs

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SensiPuff said:
You gonna pull the males and hit the switch? Starting to look crowded in there haha
Btw whats your light source? Hps?
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600 w hps . Flipped the switch a week ago to help them show sex. I might put one male under another light to grab some pollen for chucking purposes.
 
Heisengrow

Heisengrow

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naiveCon said:
I'm not really sure but I think it helps to disinfect the seed, just a routine I've always used for hot pepper seeds.
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This is genious.9 times from 10 seeds will crack and harden off quick from bacteria.i think I'm gonna start doing this from now on.just put in water till they crack.
 
Big Green Thumb

Big Green Thumb

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Big Green Thumb said:
So I have been buying GP seeds the last few weeks to try them out. I am very excited about the different kinds of seeds I have received: Cookie Wreck, Triple Nova, Cookies N Chem, Ace High, The Deputy, and Golden Nugget. These will hopefully be awesome boutique type buds when harvested.

Now on to my issue. Upon receiving the first order, I immediately put 2 Triple Nova and 2 Cookie Wreck into Jiffy peat pellet puck "thingies". Imagine how excited I was the next morning when both TN and 1 CW had already sprouted! This was about 10 days ago or so. The second CW still hasn't sprouted. I dug it out in fact and it looks exactly like it did when I planted it. About 5 days ago I planted 5 Cookies N Chem seeds. 1 of the CNC seeds sprouted yesterday. So, out of 9 seeds, only 4 have sprouted.

I have had the Jiffy peat in the Jiffy sprouting chamber and it is in a warm place. The peat has never dried out.

Is this a problem with the seeds, or the grower? I see a lot of people freezing the seeds then soaking them in water to get them to crack, but I honestly haven't ever tried it. Is it too late to do that now with the seeds that are planted in the Jiffy pucks? Any ideas? Hopefully @Gu will see this.
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Today, I pulled the Cookie Wreck seed out of the Jiffy peat again and it looks exactly like it did when I first planted it so I dropped it in a shot glass of water. I was going to do that with the Cookies N Chem seeds, but when I started opening up the peat, I saw it was showing some white in there, so it is cracked and starting. All of the CNC seeds are cracked. This changes my success rate to almost perfect - only 1 CW seed hasn't cracked yet and hopefully it will in the shot glass.

WOOT!
 
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waterproof808

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Big Green Thumb said:
Today, I pulled the Cookie Wreck seed out of the Jiffy peat again and it looks exactly like it did when I first planted it so I dropped it in a shot glass of water. I was going to do that with the Cookies N Chem seeds, but when I started opening up the peat, I saw it was showing some white in there, so it is cracked and starting. All of the CNC seeds are cracked. This changes my success rate to almost perfect - only 1 CW seed hasn't cracked yet and hopefully it will in the shot glass.

WOOT!
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I have manually split shells on beans that didnt germinate after a few days and they grew just fine after that. Sometimes older seeds or certain strains have really hard shells and need some human assistance to get going. I just squeeze them a little near the pointy end till the shell splits.
 
Doc13

Doc13

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SensiPuff said:
Peroxide to keep things sanitary or does it help crack seeds?
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It's an old-school trick to help stubborn, old, or poorly stored seeds to germinate (by allowing more oxygen into the seed). It's also used to prevent damping off (which is one of the main reasons seedlings die). I use it 100% of the time for all seeds, and I too have 100% success rate since I started doing it. A capful of 3% peroxide into 20 ounces of distilled water (PHed if needed). Then do the paper towel method, and this treated water is the only thing that touches those seeds/seedlings until they go into their much larger veg pots (unless they need a mild fert and I add peroxide to that too). I had a serious issue with damping off, and it never happens now.

Long term use of peroxide can harm soil microbes, so don't use throughout the plant's entire life.
 
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