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Everything I've read says to use the seeds once they have roots about 1/4" long. I soaked them for 12ish hours, then rinsed them every 12 hours for a few days, they now have roots from 3/4" to over an inch, are these still usable?
How are your babies doing?Everything I've read says to use the seeds once they have roots about 1/4" long. I soaked them for 12ish hours, then rinsed them every 12 hours for a few days, they now have roots from 3/4" to over an inch, are these still usable?
They should be, but if you've waited several days you're probably missing out on some of the growth hormones most people are after. That said, I was using malted barley extract before anyone was talking about using barley for SSTs and it worked a treat. If you know what malting barley is then I think you'd be as surprised as I was.Everything I've read says to use the seeds once they have roots about 1/4" long. I soaked them for 12ish hours, then rinsed them every 12 hours for a few days, they now have roots from 3/4" to over an inch, are these still usable?
SST = sprouted seed tea. He's not going to plant them, he's going to harness the goodies held in the seed for other plants. :)Plant them and find out. I would make a little deeper hole so the taproot can go in straight and the seed about quarter inch under the soil. Hope all works out for ya
Thanks seamaiden, I realized after I posted that I was thinking he was talking about cannabis seeds, somehow I totally over looked the barley references:):smoking:ooops. Thanks for the sst definition, i was in the dark on that one, and now I'm in the light!They should be, but if you've waited several days you're probably missing out on some of the growth hormones most people are after. That said, I was using malted barley extract before anyone was talking about using barley for SSTs and it worked a treat. If you know what malting barley is then I think you'd be as surprised as I was.
SST = sprouted seed tea. He's not going to plant them, he's going to harness the goodies held in the seed for other plants. :)
They should be, but if you've waited several days you're probably missing out on some of the growth hormones most people are after. That said, I was using malted barley extract before anyone was talking about using barley for SSTs and it worked a treat. If you know what malting barley is then I think you'd be as surprised as I was.
SST = sprouted seed tea. He's not going to plant them, he's going to harness the goodies held in the seed for other plants. :)
Lift the pot, if it feels bottom heavy dont water, if it feels light then its time to water.
Maybe if you can, put a heating pad or seedling mat underneath. That should help them dry out.
No I haven't ever done that, but I don't see why it wouldn't work given what I've observed with the malted barley extract. It was even this 3 year old stuff my husband had left over from brewing, wouldn't use it to make another wort and there was a whole quart there, so I figured, Hey, might it work like molasses? And it pretty much does. It's tasty, too!
Anyway, if the old MBE helped in similar ways to using molasses and SST, I don't see why you can't freeze part of the batch and still get good effects. I certainly could be wrong, I don't know enough about the actual enzymes and such and how they may be affected by freezing. But being cooked didn't seem to do 'em in. So... yeah.