1st grow - 2x Northern Light Auto RQS

Hey there. So, on my 2nd run I came up against this. I had more than a 30% die off. So, I wanted to know why. And after many hours of research, and many many sites of hearing the exact same thing has shown me my errors. I was drowning my seeds, and that's what you are doing, just in your soil. m0use is right, there is nothing wrong with directly in substrate. But it is the one that is least successful, mainly because its the most hard to control. The most successful way, is to use a propagator and and peat pellet or mineral wool. Now most ppl starting off don't have these. So on my recent diaries you will see germination 101 its under, it goes into dept how to. So I'll just give a quick summary here and if you wanna have a look for yourself if you need more details or dm me. The next and most common is glass of water. So, what you want to do is drop your seeds in room temp water min 18c- max 25c for 12-24hrs. As soon as you see a tap you can take it out and then move to paper towels (this i explain in diary) but you want to keep the temp between 20-25c and the PT to be damp and no water standing on the plate as again, you'll drown your seeds. Good luck pal.

High GanjaMan, I looked at your pictures and can see straigh away why your seeds won't germinate. YOUR SOIL IS WAAAY TO WET!!! For now I would just wait but there is a big chance that they suffocated from lack of oxygen. If they are still not up after 1 week I would toss. Seeds should normally take between 3-5 days to germinate. For the next time, put your seed 0.5 cm under the soil. And spray the soil around the seed 2 times a day moist (not wet) with a spraybottle. When the seed comes up give 50 ml not to far from the seedling. When this dried up give 100 ml 10 cm away from the seedling. This way they have to search for the water and cannabis plants love that and they develop a better and bigger root system doing this! Happy Growing! 😋

Sometimes they take a week. I planted sheets of cells with different veggies this spring. I waited two weeks for them to pop before I bought more and planted those. The first batch popped up a couple weeks after I planted the new seeds. They took a month to pop! To answer your question: yes, you can germinate right in soil. A lot of people claim that germinating in a wet paper towel increases chances. My anecdotal experience makes me disagree. You can also mess up the tap root when trying to take the seed out of the paper towel. Some people let their seed soak in liquid for up to 48 hours and then plant the seed in soil. That seems to have decent results. I just plant right into the soil. When I did my GDP seeds, I planted 10 and 9 popped. I don't plant my seeds more than a quarter of an inch in the dirt. You could have just received a bunk batch of seeds, as well. I hope this helps.