50% germ rate 😒

[CaptainWiese91]

Yea.
But when you pay for something, and in Holland the price can be heavy sometimes, then a seed is really a no go.
I would be so pissed

[dphipps1020]

I used to only get lucky with seeds in a bag of dispensary weed once in a while. Only ever had 2 end up being male though.

[CaptainWiese91]

Never ever in my 10 years in Amsterdam Or Eindhoven I have bought a bud with a seed in it. Sorry to say that is just my experience.

[FunkyButtLovin]

It happens in Europe just like it happens in California and Colorado and everywhere else.

Cinderella 99 came from seeds found in Jack Herer bud bought in an Amsterdam coffee shop.

[CaptainWiese91]

Seriously? Seeds in a dispensary bud?
Would never happen in a coffee shop in Europe

[Smerft85]

I only get males because I dont order seeds, been running on "bag seeds" for a decade, usually seeds from my own garden, but do have a few friends saving theirs for me from dispensary buds when they find them.

[CaptainWiese91]

Never had a male.
Only bought feminized seeds so far

[Smerft85]

Exactly what I do with 95% success, I've had seeds that caught a flame before they were found still sprout, it is a weed, and if a weed wants to grow there isnt much you can do to change its mind. I have more issues with them being male than I do non-germination of seed and all I do is stick them in the dirt and keep moist.

[CaptainWiese91]

Seed in the soil ! Water ! Boom seedling.
stop the paper towel method and the glass method. Mother Nature never used these methods to complete a love cycle of cannabis

[dphipps1020]

Agreed. This is the method I use as well. I've found shot glasses to be the easiest to use for soaking. Hell, I don't use them for anything else any more 😂

[homegrown]

You can never let the paper towel dry out...EVER. If those seeds split and the towel dries out..their goners. I always soak my seeds in a shot glass for 12-18 hrs..watching them more closely after 12 hrs. Any that split(even the smallest crack or tiny white tip) come out of soak and onto wet paper towel on a saucer and cover with another saucer.(keeps the moisture inside and the towel wet- Check that often!)) They dont need to be hot, just warm. I wouldnt go over 80. I use my PC modem for a heat source..lol it works.(once i get a sprout, say 1/4" i put in my grow medium) I'll have to look back but i think i soaked 35 seeds this grow and 32 are growing. The other three never cracked open. Dont give up.. just give them more attention for the first 48 hrs.

[OldManGrower]

I have had even worse results. It is a learning process and I'm still a student. It takes a lot of practise.

[FunkyButtLovin]

It sounds to me like all the seeds were viable but OP accidentally killed half of them. We've all done it.

[FunkyButtLovin]

50% is low but that doesn't mean that half of them were no good. In my experience, if they split open then they'll grow and if they don't, I chalk it up to user error at that point. I also quit using the paper towel method because after doing a few runs soaking for 16-24 hours then straight into soil, my already good germination rates got even better and more consistent.

[Xena]

I’m by no means an expert but at $10+ per seed I’m firing off an email to the breeder if I get that low a rate.