- Fri Dec 02, 2016 2:07 am
#280885
I've been playing with water germination this year but I never did an apples to apples comparison. Here is the $64.00 question: Do seeds germinate better and quicker in a water filled test tube or in a pot of the appropriate media?
I started with some Drosera capensis "Bain's Kloof" seeds. I divided the packet more or less evenly into two piles. I poured one pile into a test tube, 12mm x 100mm, filled with distilled water. I checked the TDS reading of the distilled water and it was Zero PPM. I sprinkled the other pile onto the surface of a 3" Jiffy Peat Pot filled with a 2:1, Sand:Peat mixture. The pot will be covered with a clear plastic drinking glass to maintain high humidity.
Both are going into my grow tent where they will receive the same light and temperature. Who will germinate first? Who will germinate the most seeds? The race is on!
Good growing,
Mike
I started with some Drosera capensis "Bain's Kloof" seeds. I divided the packet more or less evenly into two piles. I poured one pile into a test tube, 12mm x 100mm, filled with distilled water. I checked the TDS reading of the distilled water and it was Zero PPM. I sprinkled the other pile onto the surface of a 3" Jiffy Peat Pot filled with a 2:1, Sand:Peat mixture. The pot will be covered with a clear plastic drinking glass to maintain high humidity.
Both are going into my grow tent where they will receive the same light and temperature. Who will germinate first? Who will germinate the most seeds? The race is on!
Good growing,
Mike