yes, this was my idea… to grow in coco, but start seed in Johhny style…
That’s the point here cuz, it’s how I start the seeds. After they pop, then they’re transferred to the medium of choice (by any grower) Everyone has their favorite method, and all work! That’s the beauty of ‘individuality’. I prefer to use an organic composted mix of my own.
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Anyhow, I´ll try this method as it is. One never knows when one finds a new favorite method you see… 
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@JohnnyPotseed
I have a small worm farm in halved 55 gallon drum
I want to expand.
Would a old leaky stock tank work??
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Just about anything will do the job cuz, we built our own out of 2x4 &plywood, lined with the sheet rubber Lowes sells as shower liner
That way you can make it whatever size you want
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Kinky!
(and both smart & practical!)
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The seeds are 5 years old. All that time it was in a room that could get over 30 degrees Celsius (86 F) in the summer. It would be cold in winter.
The seeds were placed in a larger box together with the grow equipment.
I lightly sanded 11 seeds with sandpaper. Kept in 3% H2O2 for a few minutes, and then kept for 12 hours to soak in 1% H2O2. Then they were put on worm casting.
I did all this without hope. I was sure nothing could help. I would be happy if some sprouted.
56 hours after being put on worm casting, only two show no signs of life.
9 out of 11 opened. And I wanted four plants this grow
@JohnnyPotseed , you got me in trouble.
And thank you very much for that
And thanks @Mithridate you pointed me to that approach
Future Sugar Punch (Sannies) and one Somari x Mad Chem (freebie)
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Glad you gave my method a try cuz. Also very glad it did the job for you!
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Johnny’s germination protocol works.
OK, sometimes, a little too well… Anything that pops late (+48Hrs) ~dump…
This shit can literally raise the dead…
Cheers
G
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Awv hell cuz thnx lol you have such a way with words! 
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Simply ~ where credit where credit is due bro!
Cheers
G
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Gotta add an edit here for all of us @Gpaw !
Crack that stubborn fucker by HAND if need be if nothing happens after 48+ and then repeat the JPS treatment. 
I have 4 plants going that are early testers which all ended up:
- scuffed and soaked in h202 + distilled water for 24 hours before the JPS treatment.
- monitored for 7 days with no action what so ever
- dug up on day 7, cracked by hand out of frustration and then resoaked for 24 hours before again the JPS treatment.
- 7 more days later: all 4 seeds are now plants growing well enough for their rough start.
The technique works! But so does being more stubborn than the seeds that wont pop
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After working with clones for years and years, I started with autos and was throwing money out the window trying to germinate them - tried this - haven’t looked back - thanks @JohnnyPotseed
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I have some old stubborn stock that I may have to try this way. Thanks JP.
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Just simple PH’d water cuz
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I had tried it before, with older beans with success.
But now it was with “golden beans” and worked very well too.
Thanks @JohnnyPotseed 
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This is such a fascinating thread @JohnnyPotseed I have a few questions if I may be so bold.
What do you use as the insulator?
Very interesting. Had abysmal germination rates on some old SnowHigh seeds that I wish I had used this method on. By this do you use the scalpel to crack the seed open per se or actually slice a piece of the husk off?
Once they’re in the 5oz cups of worm castings, you just lay them on top of the soil in full light and just mist them if dry? When do you transplant them, when they stand straight up?
Wow! I had only 7 of 20 pop up using the towel method. You are a maestro my man! Thanks so much for sharing your technique with us OG’rs!
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Hey there cuz. In answer to your questions;
I use a big towel, folded a couple times. Or a couple of smaller towels, stacked. The older style heat mats didn’t come with thermostat controls. I’d recommend trying the newer ones with controls.
you use the scalpel to skim/cut the seam of the seed off, but that’s only used in the case of very old/hardened seeds. If scarified in a sandpaper tube awhile, usually is all that’s needed. I rarely need to ‘crack’ any bean open, but it does occasionally happen.
Before I take the sprouted beans from the tray, I ‘prep’ … poke a drain hole in the bottom of the 4-5 oz cups, fill the cups with WC, saturate the WC with PH’d water. Let it drain then, using a toothpick, or suitable pointed tool (repurposed nail, pen, toothpick, etc) dig a small hole in the top of the WC. Take the beans carefully from the tray, and place it, taproot down, in the WC and gently push the dirt back into the hole around the root. leaving just the seed still above the surface.
Glad you’re interested, good luck if/when you give it a try.
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VERY much appreciated my man!
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I used to reuse em a couple times. But if I don’t have seeds to drop, I just mix the castings into my ‘work-bin’ to use in potting up plants. nowadays, I don’t need nearly as much or as often lol Especially since no longer commercial
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