When are new seeds ready for germination?

HashSmoke420

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The title says it, I just received a batch of OG Kush seeds, but they were harvested about 3 weeks ago. When I can germinate them? I really hope I can do it now, 'cause I'm just at the time to start the next vegetation.
 

tekdc911

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at 3 weeks i would think they would germ with ok results ....... for some reason the longer they dry the better the germ rate usually get's......
ill take them out after cure most the time and they are fine
 

scarecrow77

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3-4 weeks is fine...if there dry ..they will lose the dark colour they had when wet and will turn a lighter colour....u can germ fresh seeds aswell but the germ rate won't be good...about 30-40% will germ and the rest won't.....as tekdc911 said the longer there drying the better the germ rate...hope this helps
 

HashSmoke420

Active Member
They look very ripe and has fallen off the plan by them selves, I guess that's signs of healthy germination?
In fact, I got other seeds too, these are about twice if not maybe triple in size in comparison and look super dope, haha. :P
 

althor

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I would put them in the fridge for atleast two weeks. I always have much, much better germ rates with fresh seeds after they have had some fridge time. When I say much much better, I mean much much better. Like 5 out of 10 before compared to 9 out of 10 after.
 

vostok

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I would put them in the fridge for atleast two weeks. I always have much, much better germ rates with fresh seeds after they have had some fridge time. When I say much much better, I mean much much better. Like 5 out of 10 before compared to 9 out of 10 after.
This I like...sure I've heard of guys firing off, quick as ...but the germ results were pitiful, I can't prove it, but IMHO,I do think they need some space, like a rest.. implying in human eyes that the drier the seeds are before germination, the further from the mother plant they are or should read the more dead the previous generation is...the less crowded the grow are is, the more food waiting ..but thats human thinking for you? ..lol

besides you can busy yourself getting the site ready as theres always improvements to be made?
 

Uzzi

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This I like...sure I've heard of guys firing off, quick as ...but the germ results were pitiful, I can't prove it, but IMHO,I do think they need some space, like a rest.. implying in human eyes that the drier the seeds are before germination, the further from the mother plant they are or should read the more dead the previous generation is...the less crowded the grow are is, the more food waiting ..but thats human thinking for you? ..lol

besides you can busy yourself getting the site ready as theres always improvements to be made?
How come you question your thinking at the end? It makes perfect sense. Plants etc have evolved to survive and propagate...
 

vostok

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How come you question your thinking at the end? It makes perfect sense. Plants etc have evolved to survive and propagate...
Hamlet:
Swear by my sword
Never to speak of this that you have heard.

Ghost:
[Beneath] Swear by his sword.

Hamlet:
Well said, old mole, canst work i' th' earth so fast?
A worthy pioner! Once more remove, good friends.

Horatio:
O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!

Hamlet:
And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy
.
Hamlet Act 1, scene 5, 159–167

Forgive this pitiful human dear plant, for I and him are but human, our need to please your grace
comes from our enlightened mages, who care not for your welfare but to there own greed they desire

never trust a human, even if your were born one yourself?
 

scarecrow77

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I would put them in the fridge for atleast two weeks. I always have much, much better germ rates with fresh seeds after they have had some fridge time. When I say much much better, I mean much much better. Like 5 out of 10 before compared to 9 out of 10 after.
putting them in the fridge will not dry your seeds...if anything your stopping them from drying......seeds should only be kept in cold storage after there dry properly and preserving them for long periods of time....
 

LoRd MeGaTR0N31

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I harvest over 1000 beans my last run of crosses I made and I let my beans dry for over 3 months in a dark attic. During that time I tried to germ around the 1st month of them being dry and I had about 1 out of every 6 pop then after 3 months I tried again and now I have about a 98-99% germ rate now. I have not the slightest clue why the beans do that.
 
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