New Grower Water germination

[Arry 89]

Hi I have tried water germinate for 1st time it’s now been 24h and while side of seed is split and it looks like the leaves are coming out rather that the little white root is this normal? Should I pot into soil now? Tia

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[bad dragon bzzz]

for me its 24hr in water 48hr in tissue then pot.sinks or not,tail in/out dont matter to me i just batter on.
good luck n keep er lit.

 

[MickJ]

Either, paper towel or soil. I think they drown otherwise. Poor things.

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[Arry 89]

It’s now in tissue


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[flyboy1256]

Yeah I always do 24 hours to 48 hours in a paper towel and they always seem to work just fine and then go right into soil

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[bushmasterar15]

I do the 24hr soak and they crack normally before the 24hr period then placed into pot.

 

[Simplicio]

Rapid Rooters have worked the best for me.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I try to control myself here because so many people use the drown and paper towel root hair stripping method here. The proof it is the "Best Method" is the fact that many plants manage to live. In reality the microscopic root hairs that grow out of the tap root grow into the paper towel fibers and are ripped off every time the towel is moved. If you do not believe me get a 200x power microscope and look for yourself. I have! Then a tiny bump of the all important tap root tip during the transplant can cause permanent damage and/or death. All of this just so you can see the seed germinate? I do not get it. Just put the seed 1/2" deep in a rapid rooter or rock wool cube or similar, keep it moist and warm and it will grow.

As for soaking a seed, unless it is old or has been poorly stored that is totally unnecessary. Seeds from valuable old stock 7 years or more old may need some special treatment to coax them to life. This man germinated 40 year old seeds with this method:

"Old TimingMan

I wish there was a easier way but so far my best luck has been scuffing them in a sandpaper tube, letting them set in a H2O2 bath for an hour while plunking them down every 15 minutes, and then using the GA3 at a rate of 500 PPM in distilled water with temps at the 80 degree mark from soak to sprout."

 

[Slater]

I try to control myself here because so many people use the drown and paper towel root hair stripping method here. The proof it is the "Best Method" is the fact that many plants manage to live. In reality the microscopic root hairs that grow out of the tap root grow into the paper towel fibers and are ripped off every time the towel is moved. If you do not believe me get a 200x power microscope and look for yourself. I have! Then a tiny bump of the all important tap root tip during the transplant can cause permanent damage and/or death. All of this just so you can see the seed germinate? I do not get it. Just put the seed 1/2" deep in a rapid rooter or rock wool cube or similar, keep it moist and warm and it will grow.

As for soaking a seed, unless it is old or has been poorly stored that is totally unnecessary. Seeds from valuable old stock 7 years or more old may need some special treatment to coax them to life. This man germinated 40 year old seeds with this method:

"Old TimingMan

I wish there was a easier way but so far my best luck has been scuffing them in a sandpaper tube, letting them set in a H2O2 bath for an hour while plunking them down every 15 minutes, and then using the GA3 at a rate of 500 PPM in distilled water with temps at the 80 degree mark from soak to sprout."

nice one @Mañ'O'Green that's some really useful info , I did not know that about the tap rot. Made complete sense once I read it... I shall be going back to the root riot plugs... dam better stock up