Germinating BF Cookies Kush HELP???

FLGROWN

FLGROWN

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Hey guys im totally new in the community. I really need someones input who knows a thing or two. I am not a total Newb. Lets just say its been about 10 years. Anyway i have decided to get back into it. Not a whole hydro setup with my homemade ebb and flow system. Just simple soil for the first run. I have a tent setup with a 400w HPS suntube which has an addict fan with tubing connected on one side and runs out the other side of tent with tubing. Thats just so you get an idea of what my conditions are. its 70 degrees constant in their. Now I got some seeds from Barneys Farm (Cookies Kush) ( If your here to tell me how shitty BF is please,,, thats an opinion guys i really just need help so if you want just forget me saying BF and think of it as bagseed then. just give me an answer please) As far as germinating goes I always used the paper towel method. Now I hear all these youngsters talking about putting it in water and not using paper towel method... my local hydro store ( while there was a grodan rep there) said best way to germinate is seed straight into rockwool cube. knuckle deep. low pH water (5.5-6.0) soak cubes. Poke hole with sterilized paper clip. Put seeds in. And cover with dome.

Now I did all that on the 28th and I have NEVER had it take this long for seeds to pop. Yesterday i took the paperclip (sterilized) and looked into the wholes (SUPER GENTLY). They are germinated and have a taproot for sure... I put them back put the dome over and told myself they should pop by today. Still nothing.... My idea is just putting them right into FF Light warrior and take them out of the cubes?

Whats going on please someone help me??????
 
nomofatum

nomofatum

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I gave up on rockwool for seed starting as well. At least 50% of my seeds would get stuck trying to escape the cube, seems the rockwool is too tough to push through, so if it misses the tunnel it's screwed. I would try to help free it before it's too late, I only saved a couple by gently removing wool with a tweasers until I found the sprout, most were too far gone by the time I attempted it.

I had more success in rockwool by sprouting in paper towel until tap root is long enough to prop the seed to just inside the rockwool "tunnel". But screw all that, my new favorite method is to germ in 100% vermiculite (finer vermiculite). It breaks up so well that you can transplant without keeping any vermiculite if you transplant before roots envelope all the medium. Just flood with water and the roots will release from the vermiculite.
 
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FLGROWN

FLGROWN

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nomofatum said:
I gave up on rockwool for seed starting as well. At least 50% of my seeds would get stuck trying to escape the cube, seems the rockwool is too tough to push through, so if it misses the tunnel it's screwed. I would try to help free it before it's too late, I only saved a couple by gently removing wool with a tweasers until I found the sprout, most were too far gone by the time I attempted it.

I had more success in rockwool by sprouting in paper towel until tap root is long enough to prop the seed to just inside the rockwool "tunnel". But screw all that, my new favorite method is to germ in 100% vermiculite (finer vermiculite). It breaks up so well that you can transplant without keeping any vermiculite if you transplant before roots envelope all the medium. Just flood with water and the roots will release from the vermiculite.
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Thanks for the input thats what im about to do... Please check this thread i also started to see what others said maybe you can add your opinion as well.

THanks
 
FLGROWN

FLGROWN

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nomofatum said:
I gave up on rockwool for seed starting as well. At least 50% of my seeds would get stuck trying to escape the cube, seems the rockwool is too tough to push through, so if it misses the tunnel it's screwed. I would try to help free it before it's too late, I only saved a couple by gently removing wool with a tweasers until I found the sprout, most were too far gone by the time I attempted it.

I had more success in rockwool by sprouting in paper towel until tap root is long enough to prop the seed to just inside the rockwool "tunnel". But screw all that, my new favorite method is to germ in 100% vermiculite (finer vermiculite). It breaks up so well that you can transplant without keeping any vermiculite if you transplant before roots envelope all the medium. Just flood with water and the roots will release from the vermiculite.
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https://www.rollitup.org/t/barneys-farm-cookies-kush-help.862767/#post-11372717
 
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