Seed to seedling success rates

I am curious what everyone’s success rates are with getting from seed to seedling.

I’ve just started 6 Mack and Crack Auto from Seedstockers. 5 sprouted in paper towel. 1 made it to seedling.

Previously I had 5 Sweet Seeds SAD, 3 sprouted and 2 made it to seedling.

First attempt with 6 Barney’s Farm OG Kush Auto seeds. 0 sprouted.

I usually use rockwool cubes and my success rate with different brands is at least 80%. I also try to keep the cubes during germination around 25°C and always wet but well drained…

First Timer here, succes rate 4 out of 4 all automatics, different strains

Sounds like sth is wrong with what I’m doing then.

I use rockwool cubes 4x4x4. But I am not using the ready made hole for the cuttings. I turn the cubes around, make my own hole not even 1cm deep and I put the seed. I close the whole by slightly pushing the wool. Wet and warm for the first days, after germination a little dryer…

Thanks for the feedback. I did some research and realised i was not paying attention enough to tap root direction and what to co with “C”-shaped germinators.

Hello stoner friend! Well, as a technique to germinate the seeds I buy, whether autoflowering, feminine or regular, I use the glass of water method.

Water beaker method

Possibly one of the most effective and viable methods. It is extremely simple, so novices could choose to germinate their seeds in a glass of water. Half fill a glass or bowl with water at a temperature of approximately 22°C.

After about 3-5 days , the seeds will begin to open and you will see tiny white tips appear. When these roots are 1 or 2cm long , transfer the seeds very carefully to pots with already prepared soil.

These pots should have small holes (about 10-15mm deep) to put the newly germinated seeds in. When the seeds are secure, place a fluorescent lamp about 13-15cm away in order to stimulate their growth. Lastly, do not overwater the seeds at this stage. Use a spray bottle to make sure they are moist but not soggy.

In addition, the glasses of water for the seeds, I usually put it inside a greenhouse for cuttings with a heating blanket and once the lid is on and the blanket is plugged in to heat it, I usually cover it with a black towel so that they are in total darkness 24 hours a day and with heat of 22°C and with that method I have 90% germination guaranteed.

Good smoke stoner friend!!!

Cheers for the advice.

Hallo seit gegrüßt .
Meine Erfolgsquote liegt nun bei gekauften Samen 9 , davon 8 zum Sämling und weiter gewachsen . Ich hoffe das es so auch in Zukunft bleibt . Habe Keimen lassen zwischen feuchtem Tempo und auch Samen direkt in feuchte Erde liegend .
Viel Spaß weiter hin wünscht euch der Pflanzenpaul

Hi @Cannabizzle ,

Many very good ideas.
Last but, I hope not, Least…

My Germination rate is 100%. Well, no Joke. Every Single Seed. ( from every Weed seed to Argyreia nervosa)
I wrote a Theme about it.

Take a look to “100% Germination” in the “General” part of this Forum.

Best regards

Grow on

My germination rate with purchased seeds is 100%. Always directly into the soil. Nature has no paper towels or glass of water.

Aunt edit: and always in the last pot. I save the girls the stress of repotting.

I do the same, seeds straight into soil in small biodegradable pots. Beforehand i make air holes in the bottom and sides to about half way up the pot.
I then put the little pots into a bigger pot (fit 5-6 little pots in) witch is lined with plastic bag and piece of cardboard in the bottom that i keep wet. Once all pots are inside i have another piece of cardboard with a central circle window that i made for the lid.
I then place the big pot in to position just sat above a tube heater that heats up the pot then makes the bottom wet piece of cardboard warm and creates humidity. I then check every few days on progress once im happy il make the air holes bigger and cut the bottom out completely and plant into final pot and Iv had no problems with germinating seeds so far.

So i switched things up a bit and have had 100% success so far. Still doing the 24 soak but then straight to soil, no paper towels.

It could be anything, don’t stress it. I am on my 2nd plant. This one I started from seed from seeds found in an old basement 4 years ago. The White OG. I did 4 seeds on top of a damp papertowel and placed another damp paper towel on top. I put it in a cabinet in my laundry room for 2 days. Dryer keeps it warm in there. 3/4 sprouted. 2/4 made it to seedling and now I have 1 beautifully flourishing young vegitative state.

Cheers. I’m just checking as i am calculating all my costs in production per gram. It helps when I explain to my wife I can grow 2kgs of organic buds from an 8€ seed plus nutrients, soil, test equipment… It is still an easy sell right when i can grow 10k worth of weed from one seed. It is empowering as a consumer to be in control like my own vegetable garden is for food on the table. Who knows maybe one day Spain will follow Germany. I was there in late 2018 and never would have thought they would have gone full rec adult but here we are. And Spain is constitutionally closer to legalisation than Germany ever was, Berlin outstanding, much like Barcelona or the Basque. Whoah, okay, this sour mango makes me typative, lo siento.

Super excited right now this plant was started from seed and it is my first ever mother plant I have cut some clones and now I’m left with this I have not been educated on trimming trimming to much but I did my best

If you’re keeping your first mother I’d suggest researching nutrients for mothers. If you cut back on nitrogen and potassium from a standard veg formula the plants will store more carbs in the leaves and this will fuel root growth for the cuttings. Helps the success rate and viability of the clones.

That is new info for me awesome great stuff. I saw a product called mushroom stuff supposed to be great for encouraging root development

BAC has a specific clone formula that some growers i know swear by.

But frogyrogy is spot on about hacking the plant’s survival instincts by manipulating the nutrition carefully. Think of her more as YOUR queen, not mother, and treat her thusly.

I have a plant that started growing sideways on me because I did not pay attention to the direction of the taproot.