It might be possible the dome holds in too much moisture. Might increase risk of root rot or damping off, just a thought.
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You sir are a Saint. I may hit you up in the late Fall when the weather is cooler for mailing “precious cargo”. Thank You for your generous OG spirit!
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Even if it’s just a seed in soil?
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I meant the root tip could possibly rot, before the seed even pops up out of the soil or medium. I’ve had it happen where the white root tip turns yellow, and just stops growing. May have been a dome i was using Or soil was too wet.
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Ah. I see but the seed starting soil I use is heavy perlite and drains extremely well as it dries fast and requires more watering than what I use for Veg / flowering .
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Hmmm. Mystery you have there. Also i’ve had seeds not pop if the soil got too cold at night. @HolyAngel is right about 80 F being the perfect temp. Seedling heat mat raises temps 5-15 degrees F. Best $20 you can spend.
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They’re on a mat in the tent.
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When do you guys take the dome off?
I’m trying to perfect my method. So far, soaking for 24 hours in a jar on top of my cable box, and then transfer to a moist paper towel for a day or two seems to be working…
I was soaking for like 48 hours before the towel and I think it might of caused the seedlings to have trouble with breaking free from that membrane.
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Usually once it sprouts I take them out and veg as normal
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I scuff, float for a day or until the root pops then in the dirt they go. Ive had good success going this route
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Mornin Ya’ll,
After roughly 48 hours all beans have been planted in Solos. Soul Mate, Snuggle Funk, Stardawg Guava x Ssdd, and Cheech Wizard F2 @nube all have nice tails. 2 of 3 Lemon Wookie cracked with tail just peaking out. 3rd didn’t crack, so I scuffed it and planted directly in soil.
Give thanks and praises~ Crunchy
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I bought like 8x of their 32-35gal totes and I’m having to replace them 2yrs later. I was hoping that Craftsman would have better plastic than imported. I hope they work better for you…
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I’m not trying to deflate your investment. I was just looking at my totes that I have and they all have cracks in them. However, some of them were used outside last year. It could be the sun that destroys them because they held up just fine for the first year…
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Mine never stopped floating. After 48 hours I put in paper towel an got most to germinate.
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You ever tap them while they’re soaking? I always tap mine after about twelve hours and most of them’ll sink.
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Do you guys put them in medium round side down, pointy side up so the tap root goes up, then makes a u turn to go down?
I read a long time ago it was the way, since in nature the seeds would land heavy and round side down statistically, and that the natural habits of the seeds is not to be fucked with.
Hanging seeds in paper towels in ziplocs by a thumbtack in this fashion increases success rate and overall health later on. (According to what I was reading)
What I read had all kinds of data and citations but I’m no scientist and haven’t found it the last few times I went looking
Is it hogwash? Thoughts?
Also I’ve had really good luck with seeds not taking any of the above into the consideration, it’s a survivor, a weed, it wants to grow. But I always wonder.
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this, every 8 hours, till they drop
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I do that but the Bodhi I had wouldn’t sink even doing that. 
I have seen strong opinions for both. 
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Dude from Brothers Grimm swears by doing something like that. Or maybe the opposite haha, I can’t remember. I just put them in the soil however they go in there, seems to work fine. I didn’t even start soaking seeds until like two grows-ago, always just planted them in the soil straight out of the pack and rarely had shitty germination rates.
If they’re gonna grow, they’re gonna grow.
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