I’m definitely down to watch this. Certainly there is some stank in there. 
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@Mithridate DO IT! Looks like everyone is interested in this journey! 
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I have 170 good skunk seeds and ~100 less mature ones to experiment with.
Here’s a list of the things I’ll be trying
Germ in aloe chunk a la Astrodude
take apart an old alarm clock. The type that runs on 9V batteries. Take the battery connector out of the clock, cut the wires 4 inches past the connector. Get some wire splitters and shears back the wire casing to reveal the postive and negative leads. Place a seed in a wooden or ceramic bowl. Connect a 9V battery to the connector, make the positive and negative leads touch right on the top of the seed. THAT low voltage charge will also jumpstart the seeds vigor. There was a study done at the University of Iowa in the 1960’s, about applying low voltage to seeds to increase vigor.
Suggested by Rory Borealis
Seed casings stripped, embryos laid on sponge or top of wormcastings, in dome
Current in soak water, 6-9v for 10 or 30mins
JohnnyPotSeed tech (curious about that carbonated water)
I also found an agricultural product containing Gibberellins (A3, GA, and GA3),Alpha Amylase, Abscisic Acid, Brassinosteroids, Ethylene, Cytokinins, and Vitamins touted as a secret formula to jumpstart old and stubborn seeds.
I read that it’s used by commercial farmers but not available publicly… and found this grower who MacGyver’d the formula with the help of a chemist… he sells a tiny bottle with a dropper for 25usd. I’ll grab one when his shop reopens after the holidays…
Important to note that whenever I play with old seeds I follow the protocol outlined by Chimera(well I think it was him anyway haha) a while back. Ie thoroughly wash seeds with peroxide and rince with r.o water x3
I’ll be starting the first batches tomorrow and if anyone has a method they swear by and want to share it, please do 
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Water + few drops of Hydrogen peroxide let beans soak a few days till sprouted.
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Yeaaah!
I want to mention that since I keep my seeds in a fridge I left them at room temperature for a few days before experimenting.
Also, for old seeds I wash them real good in peroxide and rinse them with water, repeat 3x
My redneck lab at the back of my van
(not really lol)
Electric chair - wooden spoon in lieu of a bowl
This
Left overs(for now)
I started 30 for each method
Method1: electrocuted with 9v. Then into paper towels.
Method2: Soaked for 12-18 hrs in aspirin water. To be sowed in chunks of aloe.
Method3: soaked in low ppm veg nutes, then stripped of their shells and laid on a sponge to germ(might spray kelp to help them)
Method4 would be on top of worm castings, again couldn’t find that… what’s going on lol
Method5 would be using commercial farms seed boosters, I talked with the guy that sells it on the low lol… my main concern is the stretch since the formula contains a bunch of GA… we’ll see
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We’ll be hearing screams from the back of the van IT’S Alive it’s alive . Electrocution of seeds sounds pretty 1960’s but hey worth trying .
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This is great! From one mad scientist to another: Keep it up.
I’m really curious about seeing these methods side by side.
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Electoculture is something that’s been haunting me for a while now… there is something to it for sure. Problem is there are so many variables that every uni that studied it stopped after a very short trial…
ie every plant is different, well there’s groups I guess, for volts used, duration of exposure, rh, temps, soil composition etc 60hertz will increase vigor for x but kill z
Fingers crossed 
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Yessss. Not very scientific but as long as one gives me better germ rates I’m happy.
20+% germ rates and I’ll be dancing in my kitchen or something
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Time to see some results! I like it. 
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Ok ok okayyy
I talked with the guy with the MacGyver germination booster liquid, and… he offered a bottle to test with the skunks! Woooo!
Amaaaazing!
Let me catch a smoke break and I’ll check on the seeds
Be right back
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I cleared my tent of PM with Captain Jacks Copper spray and bleached everything and was reading this the other day and I wonder does Electoculture Repel or kill PM if applied ground to soil cathode to tip of plant maybe?Thoughts?
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Without googling it, I’m almost certain that no gadget/circuit that works is used publicly.
That said I live in the realm of everything is possible, you just have to think it and build it.
Was it wilheim reich that build an electronic microscope that could zoom 30,000x? In the 20s mind you lol
Anyway… he theorized that everything has its own frequency, microbes, colors, every element, everything. Using his microscope he was able to watch live bacteria and microbes while applying a wide array of sound frequency to them. He then made a list of which frequency would rupture/explode each thing. If he could match the thing frequency, it would die. Think opera singer and wine glass.
Tesla’s xyz (can’t remember the name)machine worked on this principle too, it is said he could collapse a building by pinching a cord on his devise and wait for the frequency to match. Boom.
Scientists are now able to scan a person feelings and broadcast silent sounds to make us all feel that emotion.
Shit is cray, but shit is possible 
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Alright !
THE SCORES
fat zero across the board after a 36hrs+ soak
They all getting precracked then one batch goes into aloe, another gets stripped and laid on a sponge and the last into paper towels
I won’t update as they pop(hopefully 
), but I’ll check daily/twice daily and compile a timeline that I’ll then post
Cheers
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Stickin around for it! Positive vibes they do well coming outta their shell! 
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I would love to see Teslas view back in the day and come up with a theory for Electric Weed.You don’t even have to smoke it just stand near the Tesla Coil and take in the HiFi Turn on Tune in and Drop out fucking A hahahaha.
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Just a curious question. Anyone ever try freezing seeds before trying to pop them? A buddie and I have discussed this. I know many fruit growers do this to trick the seeds into thinking winter came and went. I’ve read this does wonders for germination. Just wondering if it would be a decent tool to use or if anyone has tried it on some of these tougher beans???
Inquiring minds want to know
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I’ve definitely thrown seeds in the fridge for 1-6 weeks to let them think it’s coming off winter.
Generally flower seeds is what I did but should work the same for weed seeds.
I’ve done it for pitcher plants and Venus fly trap plants too(live dormant plants)
I keep my weed seeds in the fridge with desiccant so it’s always ‘kind of winter’
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I do too as I assume most of us do. Mainly curious if a freeze works better than just cold.
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Then I was starting really old datura and Hawaiian baby woodrose seeds it said to imitate winter by leaving them in the fridge for 3-6 weeks.
I also scuffed them after the fridge and got a pretty decent germination rate
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