Germinating in Hydro

[Smoke-a-lot]

This may sound dumb but it is happening. I had been growing in soil and never had any problems using the cup and paper towel methods of germinating.Now doing hydro I put the seed in the rapid rooter ,soak it. and put in in my system with the drip method of directly feeding my roots.Seems to take quite a few try and miss with seeds to get them to germinate. I have tried the paper towel then put the seeds in the rapid rooter after seeing the tap roo and never see anything out of them. I have had a few to grow. I am on my second grow now but I must be doing something wrong here.Seeds cost too much as you know.Any suggestions

[DoctorJohnson]

I'd suggest staying the paper towel method and then after she pops move her to the Rapid Rooter.

[Smoke-a-lot]

I have done that but for some reason they just die in the rooter. I take the rooter apart and see the dead tap root. I do the same with seeds and just find the seeds not broken in the rooter after a week.

[farmerjim]

Do you have the water level up to the bottom of the net pots or are you leaving an air gap?

[Smoke-a-lot]

Got an air gab. Have a 10 gallon container filled alittle more than 1/2 filled

[Locrian99]

Skip the paper towel. Place straight into a moist rapid rooted. Keep moist, not soaked keep around 75-80, 60-70% humidity. I find a humidity dome with a brooder lamp to work great. I also rip a corner of the roofer off and place it over the hole. Don’t jam it in there just to block light. 8/8 have germinated for me that way. The paper towel just seems like extra handling to further complicate it. Once roots are on the way out of the rooter place in your final spot.

[Locrian99]

Nice. Did you get pretty solid yields off the ones you grew?

[abadtrip]

10 oz from 2 plants of the most brick u in the face weed I have Eva smoked. Also made a pound of amazing butter from the trim.

[Locrian99]

Nice! 10 oz from two I’d be very happy, I’m hoping to average 3oz per this grow first grow I only got 1.5 per average, smoke was good but I made some big mistakes along the way.

[Grinder]

I use the cup of water method. Place the seed in a cup of room temperature water and cover for darkness. Check back in 24 hours. If it's cracked open and a root is exposed insert into rapid rooter. If not I give them 12 more hours in the cup o water. Works great for me. I keep them in a seed tray and cover them to keep a high humidity environment until they are a couple of weeks old. I don't insert them into a hydro system until they are well established. You may be water logging the seedling if you have it in a bubbleponics setup.

[abadtrip]

I place them in my hydro as soon as I see them pop out of the rr and give them all the light I got 24 on till the flip.but that is how I grow. I do not use a top feed system I have only had bad luck with them.

[Cali]

From what I’ve read you guys are doing too much atleast more than I’m willing to do. All I do is I put a seed about a quarter of an inch deep into my rockwool cube after soaking it in water of course then I put the cube in a ziplock bag and place it on top of my dvr yes my DVR and the warmth of the box keeps my cube warm and moist and every single time 3 days later maybe 4 the seeds sprout and bam I put light on it and it goes green from there on that’s it. Can’t get any simpler than that.

[Cali]

This may sound dumb but it is happening. I had been growing in soil and never had any problems using the cup and paper towel methods of germinating.Now doing hydro I put the seed in the rapid rooter ,soak it. and put in in my system with the drip method of directly feeding my roots.Seems to take quite a few try and miss with seeds to get them to germinate. I have tried the paper towel then put the seeds in the rapid rooter after seeing the tap roo and never see anything out of them. I have had a few to grow. I am on my second grow now but I must be doing something wrong here.Seeds cost too much as you know.Any suggestions

How deep are you placing the seed in the rapid rooter? I place mine about a quarter inch deep if that, basically just enough to cover the seed that way once it cracks it comes right out to light I had one almost not come out because it was deep I had to open my rockwool to let it come up to the light.

[Smoke-a-lot]

I was wondering about the debt I have been putting them in around 1/4 inch

[Smoke-a-lot]

Thanks for all the info trying to figure out another problem. Got dropping leaves and alittle yellow color looked up the problem and now I raised my lights (small LED and small COB )to 12 inches from plant now. Neither felt warm before to my hands. PH is 5.9 and ppm is 570 right now. Used this light system on my soil grows and never had any problem. Thanks again