how long does it take germinated seeds to sprout?

on average how long does it take for a germinated seed to sprout?

a few days if its moist and good temp, 70 degrees or warmer

yea I use put my seeds in a cup for 24 hours, the next day (after 24hrs) plant them in some good growing medium source and in 2-3 days you'll have awsome sprouts my friend

Mine have been in the soil for 4 days, and I haven't seen any green yet thats why I was asking... I did water by spaying the top of the soil where the seed was at but after the 3rd day I poured some water in from a water bottle not alot, probably about 1/6 of the bottle.

I like the paper towel method. Fold a paper towel in half, then half again, moisten it, stick the seeds in the fold and put it in a zip lock bag. Put the bag someplace dark and warm. In 2 - 7 days your seeds will be sprouted. Don't touch the seeds when you take em out, use a pair of tweezers. I use yogurt cups filled with moist sterilized soil, poke a small hole in the dirt with a pencil and drop the seeds in then brush a little dirt over em with your finger.

I did the paper towel method and when i saw the white root coming out I put the seed into the soil. Now it's 4 days gone by and I haven't seen anything.

Its hard to put an exact time on nature , ive tried a few germ methods - some with faster results than others , funny thing is that a seed i prettymuch gave up on ends up being the best grower so far ( and that was put straight into garden soil )
Had some friends who let sprout roots chill for a while longer after germing also who ended up with sum bushy babies , think ill give that a try at somepoint . . . eventually

How deep in the soil did you put it? The deeper it's planted the longer it takes to sprout out. I usually barely cover mine.

A few days with the papertowel method, I personally like a plastic bag with wet cotton.

nathan76296 said:

Mine have been in the soil for 4 days, and I haven't seen any green yet thats why I was asking... I did water by spaying the top of the soil where the seed was at but after the 3rd day I poured some water in from a water bottle not alot, probably about 1/6 of the bottle.

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how warm is the spot they're in ? I've had seeds sprout out after 18 hours DIRECT SEEDED, no pregermination, but that was in a very warm spot. Some strains need the heat to coaxe them to grow.

Try not to worry. Some seeds I planted didn't sprout til about 10 days after germinating

This is my first grow so.... I didn't know if that was normal or not. This is day 5 and still not sprouts

Still nothing... I am trying to sprout White Rhino's...do you think they need to be warm? If so how would I do this?

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Still nothing... I am trying to sprout White Rhino's...do you think they need to be warm? If so how would I do this?

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put them on top of a hot water tank and cover them with a towel to hold the heat in. A medical heat pad on low with a piece of cardboard on top of it, to cut the heat back a bit, will work too

yeh , be carefull with the heat , think of just warm - twat turned up my heater while i was germin and ended up cookin a half dozen fem'd of a few strains. was a sad day , luckily salvaged 1 of the big buddha cheeses whos just been popped into rockwool n pebs - ( but yeh that 1 seed cracked within a literal hour or 2 )
wotevers wet with seeds in it tho , id say bag it up - has been best for me

Well i always heard you can put the seed in a cup of water and it'll sprout within a day or 2, but that didn't work out for me, it usually take's a few day's for it to sprout, hang in there though.

one of mine took forever to sprout out. like 7 or 8 days.
now its growing sooo slow. its been like 5 days since it first popped out, and it still only has those first two cotydelons (sp?)
this isnt normal is it?

I have some that have been doing nothing for about 5 days now. Their 3 friends are already up and have the first true leaves. They're 5 different strains though. Come on last 2 lets go, go, go !!!

I've had them come up as late as two weeks which shocked me but they grew just fine after they popped thru the soil.