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Originally Posted by $IR_$MOKE$ALOT  And just like we were saying, the same questions have been asked over and over, and since i did read the whole thread i can answer your question with a quote from cheese |
What? Apparently you forgot the question.
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Originally Posted by JelliedInfant How about vacuum sealing the banana and seeds together? Do seeds need oxygen? |
I guess it is actually two questions...
1. Do seeds need oxygen?
A. No. According to various cannabis sites and some seed breeders O2 and moisture are bad for long term storage.
2. How about vacuum sealing the banana and seeds together?
A. No. The moisture from the banana would most likely ruin the seeds (My opinion after researching). Ethylene gas would have to be used directly.
Posted by Medical Marijuana on another website:
Using bananas to feminise your seeds.
From a cannabis growers point of view, an easy way to feminise your seeds before you germinate is to use a commercial feminiser like sensa soak which contains 'Ethylene'.
But, here is a cheap, very effective method a gardner like me would use, which I am sure some members will be familiar with. An organic feminising method using ripening bananas.
Before you germinate your seeds, place your seeds in a sealed plastic bag containing banana peels for 14 days. Wrap the banana skins in tissue to absorb any moisture they give off. Keep the bag in a warm place & air the seeds regularly, replacing the skins as they ripen. Ethylene, a naturally occuring gas given off by the ripening bananas causes feminisation.
Peel 2 bananas and seperate the strips. i.e you should have about 4 seperated skins from each banana.
Wrap each skin in 'one' layer of tissue & lay them inside a carrier bag, then lay one piece of tissue over all the skins & place the seeds on top & seal the bag & leave it in a warm place (room temp is fine).
You then need to open the bag once daily for about 20 minutes to release excess moisture, much the same as when your curing your buds.
You then need to change the skins for fresh ones every three days as they will turn brown & rotten after that.
You leave the seeds for about two weeks so youll need to change the skins 5 or 6 times.
I myself have never bothered with germinating my seeds in tissue or leaving them in water etc. I just plant them straight in to pots of moist compost.
JiC