New Grower Gorilla Glue Autos in a 4x4 tent. New grower. Advice welcomed.

[hairyman]

Take a length of toilet tissue of nice quality -6 sheets together is enough, - Take a spray bottle and mist your tissue. - Add seeds, Fold over, and mist your tissue package of seeds until it is soaked through. - Place in a plastic bag .- Place this somewhere warm with stable temperatures Eg top of a warm router or lap top transformer .i cover with a paper back book- After 24-36 hours you can unwrap to check on the progress, re-wet the tissue if necessary, . got a tail - Ready to plant!

other methods work ,,best way to do this .is keep it simple ,,read the threads ,,,,,and ,no real problems you will only be a week behind ,,,

And just coz they don't recommend this method ,,,,,ille post it anyway :smoking: and remember you can also just put them straight in the ground , water them and even that works

i have tried this method below and it works well ,,but why more stuff when you can use bog roll

https://www.autoflower.org/threads/germination-the-ronin-way.33891/unread

 

[Olderfart]

Warm is good. Too cool and failure rate goes up. I like to get them started at ~30C. IMO, anything less than 25C is not a good idea.

As to putting them in water for more than four hours or so, I never do that, but if I did, I would keep the water very shallow to make sure that it stays oxygenated. I find a three hour soak in 1/3 peroxide 2/3 distilled water works well. Then into wet towel at ~30C until I see a tap started. I rarely wait more than 36 hours to see taps. I usually write them off after three days if they have not shown healthy taps - but note well that this is at my temperatures. Seeds can be a lot slower at lower temps.

Good luck with it.

 

[Suki]

I'll try that with the next 5.
Could you explain your germ process, please?

Will I have any issues planting these autos at different times?

I run perpetual, meaning that I drop beans once a month or so. The beauty in autos is that the light cycle stays the same throughout, so you can have plants of different ages all growing together. I like variety, and I like being able to only have to trim one plant at a time. As long as you have space and can maintain an acceptable RH and temp, they should be fine.

 

[Suki]

I like to just stick them straight into the dirt, personally. If they don't show in a few days I might poke around to see what's up. Usually they end up popping out the next day

 

[ItzSticky]

Take a length of toilet tissue of nice quality -6 sheets together is enough, - Take a spray bottle and mist your tissue. - Add seeds, Fold over, and mist your tissue package of seeds until it is soaked through. - Place in a plastic bag .- Place this somewhere warm with stable temperatures Eg top of a warm router or lap top transformer .i cover with a paper back book- After 24-36 hours you can unwrap to check on the progress, re-wet the tissue if necessary, . got a tail - Ready to plant!

other methods work ,,best way to do this .is keep it simple ,,read the threads ,,,,,and ,no real problems you will only be a week behind ,,,

And just coz they don't recommend this method ,,,,,ille post it anyway :smoking: and remember you can also just put them straight in the ground , water them and even that works

i have tried this method below and it works well ,,but why more stuff when you can use bog roll

https://www.autoflower.org/threads/germination-the-ronin-way.33891/unread

Thanks for running through your process I'll try this with a mix of @Olderfart advice of peroxide w/ distilled water. (Is spring water okay?)
So as long as it has a small tail its good to go into soil? They say 1/2in tail, which is what I was waiting on but I don't want the other seed to brown.

I like to just stick them straight into the dirt, personally. If they don't show in a few days I might poke around to see what's up. Usually they end up popping out the next day

The only reason I didn't plant straight into dirt was because CropKing only warrants your seeds if you follow their directions (But they really don't know)

 

[Olderfart]

Thanks for running through your process I'll try this with a mix of @Olderfart advice of peroxide w/ distilled water. (Is spring water okay?)
So as long as it has a small tail its good to go into soil? They say 1/2in tail, which is what I was waiting on but I don't want the other seed to brown.



The only reason I didn't plant straight into dirt was because CropKing only warrants your seeds if you follow their directions (But they really don't know)

Spring water might be fine, or not. Depends what's in it, and unless it has been tested, you don't know. Some ground water is pretty heavily loaded with dissolved stuff.

For getting seeds started, I would definitely go for some distilled or RO, not spring water. Get them started with water you know will not cause a problem, then you can see how they do on the spring water once they are growing happily. The small cost of a few gallons to get things going is worth it IMO.

Good luck with it.

 

[ItzSticky]

Spring water might be fine, or not. Depends what's in it, and unless it has been tested, you don't know. Some ground water is pretty heavily loaded with dissolved stuff.

For getting seeds started, I would definitely go for some distilled or RO, not spring water. Get them started with water you know will not cause a problem, then you can see how they do on the spring water once they are growing happily. The small cost of a few gallons to get things going is worth it IMO.

Good luck with it.

Thanks again, I'll get some distilled water for the next batch of seeds coming.

I'll be putting the two seeds that have taps in pots today, I'll give the brownish one a chance, see if anything happens.

As a last attempt I put the other three seeds in a shot glass for a couple of hours. Two of them sunk, while one other floated.
The two that sunk I took out and followed @hairyman method.

If they get taps today I'll also put them in pots.

 

[narnia420]

Hello! You have some nice setup, everything should be smooth and easy. As for germination i would suggest throwing them straight into the soil as @Suki813 said, i usually keep them in glass of water for 24hrs prior to it but keep it in really warm płace as water goes cold quickly. Might even skip that whole step, straight into the soil is safe and good method. I’m on mine first grow too, come check my thread mate and best advice from newbie to newbie is to not overthink and don’t stress yourself too much, these plants are really resistance and would even grow when snapped in half or placed upside down. also, what techniques you going to be using? good luck with your grow mate! i’ll keep my eye on it

 

[Peacefulgarden]

If you plant on growing for a long time a humidity dome with a heat mat that has a thermostat pays for itself after not to many failed seeds. I keep my seeds from 70f-75f (tad warmer maybe 'better', 100% so far though), start in solo cups 3/4 full of moist soil. Best investment for me, love mine. I haven't had a cannibus seed not sprout since having.

I'm not sure if your ph could be so far off to mess with the seeds, or if ppm of tap water over 300, I don't know anything about that.

Aside from something wrong with water, all they care about is temp and moisture, imo. I just had a seed sprout on it's own in my back yard not to long ago and temps in the 40s (f), at night, I think that is pretty rare though lol and no idea how long it took

 

[ItzSticky]

Two seeds are planted.
Added about 15-20% of perlite to the Ocean forest soil.

this is how it came out. Imo looks like a lot?

I made pockets and topped it off with Happy Frog soil
(without happy frog soil. Stick was for depth reference lol)

(Topped with Happy Frog)

Made my first rookie mistake and forgot to water the first pot before placing seed in. Dont want to disturb the seed after being placed in the hole, So every couple of hours i’m just going to use a spray bottle to keep it damp. Once i see the first leaves i’ll actually water it.

Suggestions?

(Sizes of the hole for seeds)