12 ground cherries, it’s that time again. They’re fun to grow and a challenge as seedlings, fragile and slow.
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if they’re ILGM seeds I can agree, There’s obviously somethiing’s wrong with them, The very 1st bach grew well, then after that I lost about half what should have yield, as my spouse told me it’s the same as vegetable seeds etc. the oider they get, the more of a chance it won’t grow to their potential
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@Jaysittinback Ground Cherry huh? I only smoked Cherry weed once before. Loved it.
@anon71922202 they are ILGM seeds. And I still agree with you about the age. Originally ordered 5 of these and 0 even Germinated. They honored their guarantee and replaced them and now this is happening. I also scarred and snipped them prior to putting them into the water and NONE of them would sink if I didn’t help them and then only for a couple of minutes before they were topside again.
@VirginiaGrowBoy Ihy. I almost bought some by mistake because the bag was different. Maybe I should have.
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Ground cherry, the wooden box and recycled soil from that winter’s failures. I’ll never not grow them now
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Y’all know what??? I give up on these. They suck and they are either going to die ir wind up like the attached photos, and both those scenarios are just gonna piss me off so s long as I can decide that pissiness will be much less. Y’all know these are Autos, right? Autos put into soil way back on 3/18. How long before an auto starts to Flower? Cause what condition they are in doesn’t matter. If they are alive, in a certain amount of time, they will flower whether they are 1" or 1’ tall. I don’t want 4-3" buds Out of 4 plants that cost me 100 bucks. I just won’t be ordering seeds from our sponsor any more. Hopefully I can get some more seeds sometime soon is all. Anybody have recommendations? Does any other bank do guaranteed Feminized? I won’t be doing Autos again either. Wish I hadn’t bought the new light. I coulda bought seeds with that cash. Sorry to have bugged y’all with this losing game I’ve played. Later.
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Sorry you had problems my friend, to my knowledge this is the only seed selling site that has a guarantee, I could be wrong. Good luck 
hopefully things get better 
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Not at all. I help anyone I can in my world.
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tell me the difference between seeds you buy, the 10 bought = 10 free or buy them singly?
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they say they guaranteed their seeds , but honestly are you going to send a few seeds back after it gotten half way before they died? , I didn’t, it wasn’t worth the effort
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I don’t understand your 1st question. I guess they are the same. They only guarantee that they will be Feminized and that they’ll germinate. After that it’s on the grower. But I still think age has something to do with it. I effed up by ordering a strain that isn’t popular so I’m guessing the seeds are old. Idk.
Finally!
Honestly, there are some really strange things said in this thread. I don’t think it was genetics…the beans germinated fine. Scientists have successfully germinated seeds from an Egyptian tomb so if they popped they were initially viable. To my eye the issues look environmental…medium and hydration.
Of all the germination techniques I’ve seen and tried "Direct sow into a light soil (Like Fox Farm Happy Frog) works best.
Good luck on your next attempt!
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Hey, thanks. Actually the 1st 5 didn’t germinate at all and the 2nd 5 I had to scuff and snip to get to Germinate, and even then they never sank. Vut I agree that something else is definitely going on, most likely with the soil. Thanks again.
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I wish you would check out my grow I give complete directions on how I germinate and water and you can see my results, I have a close to 100% not just in germinating but success rate with plants. Not trying to toot my own horn but anyone can do it too. I only wish to help my friend, I am following along her hopeful that you have try again, I get so much from growing 
good luck my friend
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I totally do plan to. Have already read some of it. Just with everything going on and getting used to all the changes, and each other, I don’t seem to have time to breathe. I’m sorry, but know that it is on my list for when things are more easy going around here.
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Just so everyone here knows, I have taken all that’s been said to heart and into action, now and in the future. Idt I will ever do Autos again after finding dudes post and realizing that I could actually wind up with 4-3"buds out of 4 plants. But I do have some good fortune with Photos behind me so will stick to those and I will order from our host again, just not strains that don’t sell well. I also did get my windfall I was waiting on today, and besides getting all I beed to replace my siding and fix my roof, the rest is going into equipment and such for this project I absolutely refuse to give up on. Today I had about an hour to myself and went to Dollar Tree and bought 25 bags of these things to put into my pots to aid with the drainage issues. That’s all they had and so will get more as I see them. Hey, it’s a move in the right direction, no matter how minute, right. So yeah, I’ve listened to each and every one of you. So there’s what I had to say to end this thread. Thanks a bunch and I’ll hope to see you all on my next go round.
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@VirginiaGrowBoy what’s the bag look like. Seems I just purchased another Juicy MixPack and one of the new seeds, Lime something. So I’ma need to do something soon.
Also, when I ditched the GH and went back to the ViVisun I’d been successful with before everything started looking better. So I have a shit load of GH products for sale. Smh.
The Tangies did start growing under the bottles and are quite pretty, however at this point they are pretty far along and will wind up with plants about the size of a Chicken and Hens plant so that blows. So much for them growing under any conditions.
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Royal Queen Seeds will send you replacement seeds for any that dont germ into seedlings. I have had to get a few of the Royal Gorilla Glue, and even after sprouts they are off. They are deformed. So won’t go with GG again,but the rest of the seeds are fantastic and way better prices and shipped to my door in less than. 3 day after order
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There are cheaper sites. I found one after the hassle of ILGM guarantee on my banana that did not start.
This place has a guarantee and free seeds to try with every order.
I spent over 330 dollars on my last order alone from ILGM, and I have been ordering over the last 5 years, and the email response acts like it is my fault. Honestly seeds here was good, but these refused to start. So I looked elsewhere cost half the price. Results are TBD
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