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Ras Mountain
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Hey y'all, it's been a while. I'm getting into the hobby again but all my seed is 3-5 years old and I'm having a damn hard time sprouting anything. Did I completely fuck up my seeds by storing them improperly? They're kept in airtight tubes but the temperature swings dramatically in my house over time.
Anyway my experience is this: seed germination is significantly reduced and the ones that do pop, seem unable to utilize Oxygen properly and end up dying subsequently from damping off or 'overwatering' even though I'm doing everything a healthy sprout needs to get a strong start...
Am I better off just securing fresh seed and starting over? Can I not recover stressed or damaged seed reliably?
Anyway my experience is this: seed germination is significantly reduced and the ones that do pop, seem unable to utilize Oxygen properly and end up dying subsequently from damping off or 'overwatering' even though I'm doing everything a healthy sprout needs to get a strong start...
Am I better off just securing fresh seed and starting over? Can I not recover stressed or damaged seed reliably?
