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This is a sure fire way to germinate tough to germ seeds:
http://youtu.be/dpKYEIt84qo
I put the sand paper inside a roll of pennies paper. That way its handy to reuse next time.
The timing on this method is critical. I only soak for 8 hours and then when I put the strainer wrapped with the face cloth under the slow dripping warm facuet I check after 24 hours and every couple of hours after that. You dont want them growing shoots as they can then be very delicate and easy to damage planting.
Yeah Man! Im 52, so I remember Colombian Gold. Great stuff!
Im subbed and Hopping a few of those beans still have life in em for ya!
i'm 62 and the last we had colombian was the late 70's
i have reproduced the 80's [smcg] sanamarta colombian gold in the last year
it was the only strain that didn't herm or give me all females
i did panama red,lambsbread,colombian red[long flower strain]
the col gold was manageable fairly dense for a mostly if not all sativa
and was more potent than ssh.
all the best on the germing
Do you have any pictures posted of the SanaMarta CG..?? I'd like to check em out.
Test Master
A few years ago I germinated some Purple Michoacan seeds that were collected in 1978 or 79
I germinated them in damp paper towels and used bottom heat and was able to get about 14 sprouted and growing
I had about 900 of these seeds to start with so you may not get
good germination rates but you may still get lucky and get a few to pop..
some of mine would germinate but didn't have enough energy to
grow....
good luck!
Santa Marta Gold was definitely impressive herb for it's time!
+1 gotta agree! the SMCG is where its at! im so happy to have these genes, the smoke is the best up motivational happy, yet still relaxed, no paranoi...its what's gunna be the backbone to my PTSD strain...good luck on your germination and remember these bitches get HUGE so save alota space for em
Part of the reason the colombian gold was gold, was because it was cured in the sun.
when i was down there in the 70's i also heard it was because of
Lady Clairol in big pits
then there is the girdling technique
...this was from another thread about seeds not germinating... the video is pretty cool, kind of an elongated process but the results could be good....
:passingjoint:
Good luck man, hoping to see some CG flowers in a few months.
Try soaking the beans in a light seaweed and fulvic solution, instead of just water. This should give them some life. Right around 100ppms total in your soak solution should be great.
here's a good research report on the use of hormones to increase seed germ:http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/0505/10_0901_growth_hormones_am0505.pdf
The good thing is there are alot! Not just for luck but one seed, by itself, will dry relatively quickly, hopefully the bulk retained the internal moisture. I had some seeds, at the time were 20 years old, there were about 30... every one I planted popped. At the time I had no clue as how to grow and only brought 3 small plants to flower... all identical, all surprisingly really frosty yielded a massive ⅛ each.. lol.
Good luck I know you'll get some to pop... ;)
heres a couple i put up a little while ago
...Tetrazolium provides a quick, but destructive test of viability.
The seed needs to be cut in half and soaked in a tetraxolium solution.
Inspection of the seed tissue will show pink in the areas where life still exists.
This will give an indication of how easily you can expect a full germination.
Inspection of a few seeds could tell if there was any hope.
100ppm of a giberrelic acid solution would probably give the beset results. Also try cracking the seem with your teeth if they dont open in 48 hours.
i'm 62 and the last we had colombian was the late 70's
i have reproduced the 80's [smcg] sanamarta colombian gold in the last year
it was the only strain that didn't herm or give me all females
i did panama red,lambsbread,colombian red[long flower strain]
the col gold was manageable fairly dense for a mostly if not all sativa
and was more potent than ssh.
all the best on the germing
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