mandala seeds question.

ok i kno i kno mandala suggests their OWN style of germination because their "seeds are so fresh" or w/e.

but my question is this...if i buy mandala seeds...and instead save them for a year before germination is it safe to use the regular ol paper towel method? or should their directions still be followed to a T????

just use any tried and tested germ method. i cracked some mandala beans by just placing them in moist rockwool with no issues.

Even when i got my mandala seeds i did a paper towel germ of them with 100% success. Never read otherwise, cause they were just seeds, i did like i do with all other seeds.

if youre gonna keep seeds for that long keep em in the fridge. also mandala seeds are awesome!

Mandala is probably my favorite seed company.

Here is the thing really, from my perspective. There is no such thing as the "regular ol paper towel" method. When it comes to certain seeds (most seeds), including Cannabis seeds which really are not finicky at all and will sprout like nothing, if you ask me it is better to just start them directly in media. Mandala seeds are extremely viable and there is simply no advantage to starting them in paper towels. This is the case for most other seeds as well.

So really, this isn't Mandala's "own" style of germination (lol, where do you come up with that?) this is how many people germinate their seeds. IDK how paper towel method became so pervasive (High Times?), guess it is just another one of those things.

There is really no point trying to explain any further, if you don't get their explanation: http://www.mandalaseeds.com/Guides/Germination-Guide

themanwiththeplan said:

ok i kno i kno mandala suggests their OWN style of germination because their "seeds are so fresh" or w/e.

but my question is this...if i buy mandala seeds...and instead save them for a year before germination is it safe to use the regular ol paper towel method? or should their directions still be followed to a T????

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At most, put them in the fridge for two weeks, then pop them however you want.

themanwiththeplan said:

ok i kno i kno mandala suggests their OWN style of germination because their "seeds are so fresh" or w/e.

but my question is this...if i buy mandala seeds...and instead save them for a year before germination is it safe to use the regular ol paper towel method? or should their directions still be followed to a T????

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Hey, I did Satori last year after all the "10 Most Potent Strains" noise wound down. Awesome bud in every respect...I read the grow notes on Mandala's site too but decided to go with what I know and that is "Rapid Rooters"...I used to do the soil germ thing cause that was all I knew...Well, I knew the paper towel thing too but that never appealed to me logically...I did, in the seventies & eighties, soak bag seed in a solution of water and "Adolph's Meat Tenderizer" before soil germ...It was a "Whole Earth Catalogue" thing; enzymes soften the ceed shell was the reasoning...60s Hippie, livin' in the NC mountains, out door pot growin, back to nature, make your own soap, everything vegan type, very close friends of mine still do a natural enzyme soak of large batches of ceeds to include all their garden veggies...But I digress..."Rapid Rooters" increased my germ rate by 10%...All 10 Satori sprouted...FWIW...Go with what you know reduces the number of folks you can blame...

Oh, my friends peddle their pollen chucked stash under the name Appalachian Outta Site...Anybody heard of it?...It's a limited production, NC thing...Pretty decent buz for $200 for an honest oz.

i call it the mandala method bcuz they suggest u germ their beans a certain way.

themanwiththeplan said:

i call it the mandala method bcuz they suggest u germ their beans a certain way.

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Just seems a bit daft. It's probably just how those dudes at mandala like to germinate their stock. Like someone said before, "seeds are seeds" that come into the world on the same basis as any other. It's as stupid as saying a baby turns out screwed because it came out face down.

lol but it isn't a "certain way"... direct into substrate is like the golden standard. Mother nature has been using something a lot like it for millions of years, not to mention farmers from the ancient ("old old" old school) days.