16 Year Old Swazi Seeds

Hi @kapouic
It was from post nr #42

Happy Growing :vulcan_salute:

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Congratulations brother, that’s way killer cool!!!

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@docdre Hey Doc, I think I’m going to be covering this in the grower spotlight this weekend on my channel if you’re down. After all, it was a 420 miracle right?

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Yes i think it was

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Sorry to put a damper on the happiness.
But there is no sprouts as yet. Not even a tap root to see :disappointed_relieved: Not even the opened seed went any further.

So I started 15 new seeds the same way. But I added some of the Umya Multi Foliar Spray to add some Gibberellic acid to help.


Hopefully I can recreate the first opened seed.

NON OF THE OTHER SEEDS (previous methods) OPENED OR SPROUTED :man_facepalming:

Happy Growing :vulcan_salute:

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Damn keep trying. Can you crack some open and snap a pic so i can see them insides?

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They are white. I have squeezed some this morning till they popped. I’ll try and get some foto’s.

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So I decided to take all 3 the other containers with the Vermicompost bedding and remove the seeds.
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I then soaked them in 3% H2O2. To clean them of that white’ish mold. The solution bubbled all the mold off.
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After that, I started to press them from the side to crack them open. @PreyBird1 I found that between my middle finger and thumb give me the best pressure control over the seeds. Here are some intestines :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:.
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Damm it’s difficult to get nice shots of things this small.
From all 3 containers, there was only 7 that ā€œsurvivedā€ the squeezing, rot and being dead. Most of the seeds was black and dried out. The 7 that are left, are the ones that still looks to be okay or alive. But lets hope for better chance, now that the husks are cracked and some seeds open.
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Paper towel, plate, humidity dome and straight to the heat mat.
Other than that, the seeds in the kitchen cupboard, still doesn’t have anything new to report. Dampened the paper towel and reinflated the bag.
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Happy Growing :vulcan_salute:

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On the other hand. I had a good day yesterday. I got some amendments from my nutrients supplier Vaughn at NaturesNursery and I bought a :south_africa: South African cross from Witblitz Genetics.

But Vaughn was nice enough to give me another strain for a other :south_africa: South African breeder.
DeamonKiller Genetics.


But look, at the Lineage. I think this will cure my Swazi Blues for Sure…

Happy Growing :vulcan_salute:

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Molding put a stop to the seeds that I had still running. So I decided to stop everything for now. I need to sprout something to get the baby blues away and then I’ll try to sprout some more fossils again😜

Happy Growing :vulcan_salute:

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Was just looking for a topic, information on this. Loosing genetics like russians are losing tanks. Some of the seeds are strangely not old, less than a year.

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If seeds are clean and dry, the best thing to do is put them in a vacuum seal bad and remove as much air as possible…put them in the freezer and keep them dark…

Looking at this thread it looks like the seeds were stored in a zip lock bag and I don’t see any evidence they were frozen…if exposed to air over a long period the ā€˜germ’ will oxidize and cease to be viable.

It’s too bad that genetics was lost…

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I hear you @TheMadFlascher. I have always kept my seeds in in a cool, dry and sealed place. However never extracted air from the bags, tubs etc. Anyway have found a couple solutions like in this post to continue trying.

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The world genetic seed banks are located in a mountain and are kept freezing cold, and humidity regulated. I have kept and have 20 yo seed that still sprouts. I put them in the fridge in glass vials with seals and screw on lids then in another glass container and keep them there, for a couple days then into the freezer, when I do take out seeds I quickly find what I’m after get the amount I want, then put them in the fridge again for a couple of days. It just made sense to me that it wouldn’t be as much of a shock to go cold then to freezing and then reverse that. I have zero knowledge that it helps or not lol, just the way I have been doing it. And it seems to work. If I thaw them out I leave them in the fridge, I don’t put them in and out of the freezer.

When I get new seed I put them in the freezer even if I plan to sprout them in the near future, lots of plants like what we grow is genetically programmed to go through a freeze thaw cycle just like they do in nature. It’s not required with cannabis, but some seeds will not sprout unless they get frozen first then thawed.

Marty

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