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Float Tech Germination

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So whilst drifting around the canna community the term Float Tech has cropped up a couple times..... As i do, i got onto google to workout where the premise may have come from
Carapa guianensis Aubl. (Meliaceae), a hard wood tree from the Brazilian Amazon, has large recalcitrant seeds that can germinate and establish in both flood-free (terra-firme) and flood-prone (várzea) forests. These seeds, although large, can float. This study was designed to experimentally examine seed longevity under floating conditions ex-situ and its effects on subsequent germination and seedling growth. Many seeds germinated while floating, and radicle protrusion occurred from 3 to 42 d after the start of the floating treatment (tap water, room temperature 20–30 °C).
https://link.springer.com/article/10.10 ... 4486715690

So this needs a lil explaining in itself. The seed/tree in the study obviously isnt ganja and secondly "Radicle" would be what we would think of a "Tap Root"

My understanding from this is; when our seeds have half their surface exposed to air and half exposed to moisture that we avoid potential of drowning new seeds and also the affect of this "correct" air to water ratio appear to speed up development of what we call the Tap Root

Its all well and good reading so i thought id get stuck in and give it a go....

5 slightly stoopid fruits put into a low wide jar and dropped water till i saw the beans move off of the bottom, they cant sink below the surface but and Radicle/Tap root will have immediate access to water if and when they do crack

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Here we go :rock:
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Interesting!
This strain anything to do with the band?
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ohlordyeah_420 wrote:
Wed Jul 22, 2020 6:25 am
Interesting!
This strain anything to do with the band?
:rock: :rock: https://humboldtseedcompany.com/slightl ... id-fruits/
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be nice to see this working, Interesting stuff

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This is how we choose to germ our seeds nows.
I also add a tiny bit of hydrogen peroxide to the tap water.

It works so far. After 6-12 hrs you see the seed crack. From 12-24 hours the tap root develops.... After 3 days its about 1/8 inch to a 1/4 inch.

Then ill put it into a small cup of soil and let it do its things.

Its a bit slow process, but we got 2/3 banana autos popped and on the way to developing little leaves. Progress.
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The Daze wrote:
Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:16 am
This is how we choose to germ our seeds nows.
I also add a tiny bit of hydrogen peroxide to the tap water.

It works so far. After 6-12 hrs you see the seed crack. From 12-24 hours the tap root develops.... After 3 days its about 1/8 inch to a 1/4 inch.

Then ill put it into a small cup of soil and let it do its things.

Its a bit slow process, but we got 2/3 banana autos popped and on the way to developing little leaves. Progress.
Im a fan of waiting for the seed leaves to pop the shell to hold them to pot into medium so youve given me great hope for this method being more 1 step than my usual soak then wet towel till shell comes off then pot :thanks:

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Green trichomes trippy I'll follow that, one of my favorite bands jah loveImage

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Sub'd :fist: looking forward to seeing this run.
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No bleach?

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GMO wrote:
Wed Jul 22, 2020 6:19 am
Its all well and good reading so i thought id get stuck in and give it a go....
Awesome - I love your inquisitive nature
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