NOT SURE IF THIS THREAD STILL BELONGS IN THE MOTA MILITIA FORUM... but I have an update.
So far, I only got 2 out of 5 to pop. I'll give the other three at least another week to see if they show signs of life. I used purified water to germinate them, with a minute nutrient blend of
Great White,
Superthrive, and AquaShield. Nute solution = 100 ppm. pH = 5.95
This has been a tried and true germ method for me for years. I rarely have a bean that doesn't pop. However, this is the first time I've used
Great White instead of the
Earth Juice mycorrhizal blend.
The seeds that did germinate have HELLA roots; The
Great White is some amazing stuff; especially if you get your beneficial micro-organisms established as early as possible in the plant's life cycle.
Now they sit in
Happy Frog about 3" under t5 lights. Now all that's left to do is crank up some chick bands (the Donnas, Blondie, L7, Veruca Salt, TLC, etc) to get these buggers thinking female thoughts. You go girls! LOL