outwest
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Hello Farm,
I know germination is 101 shit for growers, but after recently fucking up a bunch of good genetics, I've done my homework, and found a successful method. I welcome comments, criticisms, and feedback if you've got it. If you think this is the stupidest germination method ever, I'm all ears. You can tell me if you love it, too. :rolleyes:
As with everything I approach in cannabis cultivation K.I.S.S. is the overriding mindset. With that in mind, I use an approach that skips the wet paper towel step and puts the beans right in the dirt.
Here is everything I use.
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Light Warrior
Caps Bennies (Root/Nute/Foliar)
Earth Recharge (super mild N boost with more microbial content)
Water
5g Bucket
Keg cups
Spray bottle
de-chlorinated water
A friend made a nice description for prepping your cup and soil for fresh seed. You are basically making a home for it, and when it arrives in it's new home you want to make the seed feel welcome and provide it with the food, water, and microbes that it needs. Have everything ready for the seed to it can focus on what's supposed to. Growing.
I'll scoop out however many cups of soil I'll need into the 5g bucket.
Then I'll put in all the other ingredients (my measurements are variable and imprecise)
Then here is a very important step: WET THE SOIL IN THE BUCKET
Why is this so important? Because if you wet the soil once in the cup with a seed in it, the seed will drown. Yes, you can use something gentle like a spray bottle, but that takes a really long fucking time!
Here is the wet soil in the bucket.
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Then I poke a nice hole in the bottom of a keg cup and fill it with the wet soil making a little dent in the top soil no more then a 1/4 inch deep.
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The another important step, scuffing the seed. With fresh new seeds this may not be as necessary, but it doesn't hurt.
I take a grow stone and seizing the seed GENTLY with a pair of tweezers (read: seize it with a TWEEZER) scor the ridge if the seed very lightly against the grows tone. This helps the seed split open and melt.
Lastly, I place the seed in it's comfy new home, cover it with a thin dirt blanket, give it a little mist of water, and place it right under the fluoros. 3-6 days later their poking their heads out and saying hello.
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Hope some farmers find this helpful.
outwest
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