I’m having the worst time trying too germinate

[Auto melt]

From everyone’s advice I’ve gathered

Getting some jiffy pellets or riot root cubes

Placing them, in a egg carton in a propergator, or on there own

Once they grow into the jiffy’s I’ll place it in a solo cup with holes cut on the sides like green skell has suggested and place it in another cup so the ligh doesn’t attack the roots. Also will use a light mix of bio bizz seedling soil.

After 13 days in a propergator they will be transplanted in a larger pot with humidifier full blast.


I’ve tried most ideas guys, burying the whole seed.. failed
Germinating the seed than placing it in the soil and placing a plastic cup over it and I failed .

So all I can do is wait too see if my current thing will pull through. If not guys it’s 20 seeds fucked and all in the bin, not too say they were some the new releases from Mephisto like forgotten cookies and strawberry nuggets which needle like crying.

 

[Tyler_Durden88]

First or this is a advise forum not a debate and my statement was that bigger pots are harder to maintain while in seedling stage since the top soil dries out while the rest of it stays damp where the roots cant reach yet and most begineers overwater with big pots. If he is a new to growing he has a better chance of transplanting at least once other than putting them into final pots. But thats just my advise from my own exsperience but im not a expert like most claim to be on here just go around looking to debate and argue and talk shit. both have advantages and disadvantages its up to you to figure what works best for you. And its proven fact that transplanting gives way faster growth ecspecially in seedling stage and as long as your carefull and not a idiot transplanting is not a hard thing to do Ive gown both ways and the transplanted plants always grow much faster, sturdier and stronger.

 

[Auto melt]

First or this is a advise forum not a debate and my statement was that bigger pots are harder to maintain while in seedling stage since the top soil dries out while the rest of it stays damp where the roots cant reach yet and most begineers overwater with big pots. If he is a new to growing he has a better chance of transplanting at least once other than putting them into final pots. But thats just my advise from my own exsperience but im not a expert like most claim to be on here just go around looking to debate and argue and talk shit. both have advantages and disadvantages its up to you to figure what works best for you. And its proven fact that transplanting gives way faster growth ecspecially in seedling stage and as long as your carefull and not a idiot transplanting is not a hard thing to do Ive gown both ways and the transplanted plants always grow much faster, sturdier and stronger.

I don’t get it, who you exactly referring too. Nobody’s claimed too be an expert and ypu know what some seniors are experts. We we all debate and argue and talk shit were fucking humans not robots. Transplanting does not not speed growth or improve speeds of plant growth, neither do they grow any stronger or sturdier. Instead Autoflowers hate transplanting. As green skell has mentioned his theory is spot on. My biggest problem was getting the humidity right at a young stage which I’ve conqured and my overall worry was transplanting. Which has been addressed perfectly.

 

[Waira]

@Auto melt -- As you see, there's more than one way crack a nut! ...germ'ing, transplanting, as long as you get the basics right (T, RH%, no root damage), there's flexibility in how things get done,.. and no small amount of skill! My man Skelly has great no-trauma methods for transplanting if that's how you want to go,.. GA6's advise on going KISS is also wise,... personally, I like the half-day or so soak, or until they crack, then sow directly in to avoid potential damage to the radical tip as it's shooting,... handling very early seedlings is a skill no doubt! As for transplants, it comes down to the size of the starter pot, how long it stays in there... you don't want cramping (in too long), nor do you want it to have little rooting to hold things together (moved too soon),...
If I want to run things with a transplant planned, personally I like 24-32 oz styro' cups, as they have good drop length (height), and volume for the seedling to stay in for enough time to make nice roots, 3-4 nodes worth very generally,... Getting them out can go the more risky higher skill way (invert with seedling between fingers, and pray you judged the root mass and soil structure right! Too loose, not enough roots, too wet or dry, and it can crumble away and fuck things up), or using a trick like Skelly does (double cup with no bottom on inner one)... I do another trick, which I'll demonstrate in a thread soon,.. basically when they're ready to go into final pots, fill them up with media with an identical size cup nested in the center (flush with top of new pot); fill around it completely, then remove--voila'! A perfect size pocket to slip into ... when ready, get everything close together....Carefully, gently, with blade or scissors (fine point, nothing fat/heavy), cut the base of seedling cup nearly off, just barely hanging on to keep stuff in for the moment; then slice the sides (into halves) leaving a small attachment point still at the very top, same reason,... next, snip free the base, and handling carefully, slip cup into that pocket; settle it flush if needed, then snip the top attachments clear, and gently remove each half,... zero trauma! ... It's when the soil shifts, sheers and shreds those super fine tender roots that you get shock, potential stunting,... a root tonic is always good, make sure it's low NPK...
If you're doing fem'ed seeds, and running 3gal or smaller pots, I'd say just sow directly into them, no real need to do transplanting,... for larger pots, there's merit to what Tyler said about maintaining even moisture,.. and small auto's won't need that much volume, which makes feeding a bit more tricky because of residuals that potentially build up in untapped soil making it too hot and/or off pH,... As for transplanting alone being a reason for increased vigor, that's not correct,....

 

[Auto melt]

There’s me thinking, the world has ended lol yes I totally agree with ypu transplanting and handling the roots are on a skill of there own, being heavy handed I might leave this procedure for the wife next time. Some times it might be another minor but crucial like using a hot soil.

It takes a whole a lot of thinking and yes skellys way seems perfect for me, I didn’t realise I had too cut the bottom off, which thankfully you pointed out too me,

Id love too see ypur way off transplanting aswell waira, post a link here so we can all have a good look.

 

[G.Leave]

It takes a whole a lot of thinking and yes skellys way seems perfect for me, I didn’t realise I had too cut the bottom off, which thankfully you pointed out too me,

I drill a bunch of holes in my insta transplant pots...they have been fully tested by many, many people over the last year and only heard positive feedback.

 

[Waira]

My bad! ..forgot Don Skelly does major open portals for the roots, with a bottom still intact...

 

[G.Leave]

My bad! ..forgot Don Skelly does major open portals for the roots, with a bottom still intact...

I do drill a series of holes in the bottoms of solo cups...in bigger deeper pots that are destined for a shovelful deep of worked soil outdoors, i don't bother, as i focus on trying to send roots out the sides of the pots, forcing them through easily penetrated light topsoil, an expansive rootbase is a happy root base, right?

6"pot that housed an autoultimate

 

[Waira]

:smoking: that's it! Proof positive....

 

[G.Leave]

@Auto melt -- As you see, there's more than one way crack a nut! ...germ'ing, transplanting, as long as you get the basics right (T, RH%, no root damage), there's flexibility in how things get done,.. and no small amount of skill! My man Skelly has great no-trauma methods for transplanting if that's how you want to go,.. GA6's advise on going KISS is also wise,... personally, I like the half-day or so soak, or until they crack, then sow directly in to avoid potential damage to the radical tip as it's shooting,... handling very early seedlings is a skill no doubt! As for transplants, it comes down to the size of the starter pot, how long it stays in there... you don't want cramping (in too long), nor do you want it to have little rooting to hold things together (moved too soon),...
If I want to run things with a transplant planned, personally I like 24-32 oz styro' cups, as they have good drop length (height), and volume for the seedling to stay in for enough time to make nice roots, 3-4 nodes worth very generally,... Getting them out can go the more risky higher skill way (invert with seedling between fingers, and pray you judged the root mass and soil structure right! Too loose, not enough roots, too wet or dry, and it can crumble away and fuck things up), or using a trick like Skelly does (double cup with no bottom on inner one)... I do another trick, which I'll demonstrate in a thread soon,.. basically when they're ready to go into final pots, fill them up with media with an identical size cup nested in the center (flush with top of new pot); fill around it completely, then remove--voila'! A perfect size pocket to slip into ... when ready, get everything close together....Carefully, gently, with blade or scissors (fine point, nothing fat/heavy), cut the base of seedling cup nearly off, just barely hanging on to keep stuff in for the moment; then slice the sides (into halves) leaving a small attachment point still at the very top, same reason,... next, snip free the base, and handling carefully, slip cup into that pocket; settle it flush if needed, then snip the top attachments clear, and gently remove each half,... zero trauma! ... It's when the soil shifts, sheers and shreds those super fine tender roots that you get shock, potential stunting,... a root tonic is always good, make sure it's low NPK...
If you're doing fem'ed seeds, and running 3gal or smaller pots, I'd say just sow directly into them, no real need to do transplanting,... for larger pots, there's merit to what Tyler said about maintaining even moisture,.. and small auto's won't need that much volume, which makes feeding a bit more tricky because of residuals that potentially build up in untapped soil making it too hot and/or off pH,... As for transplanting alone being a reason for increased vigor, that's not correct,....

A pic of two of the steps