so I just got 11 northernberry seeds in the mail from Peak Seeds - northernberry is what peak seeds calls Northern Lights #5 x Blueberry. I haven't got any experience growing but I've spent a lot of time on various forums and watched a few grow movies and most of all have done a lot of reading - and I'm hoping I don't mess this all up! Sorry for starting a grow journal without having a digital camera, I won't be snapping any pics for you guys right away but I may at some point down the line.

Day 1: for comparative experimentation porpoises I'm germinating my first 4 seeds 2 different ways. 2 are soaking in a sealed plastic jar and will be placed in moist soil in 8 (ish) hours and the other 2 are sitting between moist paper towels in a plastic bag sitting in an "age of empires 3" box on the back of my monitor. I'll keep the paper towel ones moist until I see a tap root, but will be placing the other 2 in moist soil tonight regardless of weather they look any different after soaking than they do now.

Plan:
I'll germinate 3-4 more with whichever of these 2 methods gets the best results over the next few days to a week, and use the older ones as guinea pigs and try and let the younger ones skip past any mistakes I make with the 1st group. They'll only be a few days to a week age difference so there will probably be little difference between the groups once they've matured past being seedlings (if they live that long, haha)

aaand I have a question too... I've heard people say to put seeds under fluro's during germination but I've also read they should be in a warm dark moist spot (which is what I'm going with) - is this OK, or should I give them light right away?

good luck. btw keep them in a dark warm space

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if your germing....i.e.( no tap root has popped out of shell) a warm dark place is good.

after the tap root pops out and the shell is open, floros are good to turn on (after you planted your seed)

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ok thank you both for confirming I'm starting this the right way!

It seems I've lost the small pots I bought last week, so if I can't find them I'll go out and get some more tomorrow morning. Anyone have anything to say about FoxFarm Light Warrior?

also... anyone know why 1 of the 2 seeds I soaked sunk within about 15 minutes while the other floated for the first 6+ hours? They've both sunk now, but I'm just curious if that flotation means anything about the seeds condition or viability.