I shook the seeds in my scuff container which is just a small pill bottle with a piece of fine sand paper glued inside. The sandpaper scuffs the shell of the seed which puts fine scratches in it, essentially increasing the surface area of the seed. That allows the moisture to penetrate into the seed faster. I've popped seeds in as little as 10 hours with this method. After I scuffed the seeds a little I put them in a folded up wet paper tower. I wet the paper towels with some filtered water with a ยผml of GH Rapid Start and ยผml of Zeus Juice from Nectar For The Gods. The seeds popped within 14 hours. I transfered them to Root Riot plugs and put them in a domed propagator. I filled the bottom ยผ" of the propagator tray with dechlorinated water with a few drops of GH Rapid Start, a few drops of CaliMagic, a few drops of Zeus Juice, and a few drops of VeloKelp. The seedlings popped out of the plugs in 24 hours. They're all strong and healthy.
@Fast_Buds, yeah the Wedding Glue is phenomenal. It was really interesting how different the two phenos were. The one was very purple and the other had no purple at all but it had better bud formation. Both had completely different terpene profiles. The Wedding Glue performed a lot better than the Strawberry Banana in my setup. For some reason the buds just wouldn't chunk up. The whole plant was like one big larfy nug. I even waited until it had 20% amber trichomes and the buds wouldn't tighten up. I was giving the plants around 800-900 PPFD from a full spectrum LED, so I know they were getting plenty of light. I couldn't figure that one out. The trichome and terpene production was out of control on both plants. I use Flower Power UV-B lights which increases trichome production and these autos responded a lot stronger than the usual photoperiod plants I grow. This was my first auto grow since Lowryder came out in 2003 so I'm sure if I had more time to work with these genetics I could squeeze out some better performance, but overall I was very impressed with the quality. You've rekindled my interest in auto genetics. Thanks again!