My neighbor had never heard of pregerminating before a few months ago and now thinks he’s a fucking expert. He says it’s pointless and kills half the seed and it’s an internet fad and blah blah. I on the other hand learned about it almost 6 months ago from this sub and therefore am a real expert. I set up an experiment with 4 tubs of dirt and 21 grams of PRG and fine fescue. If I’m wrong he’ll never know I did a test. Fuck you Mike.
Tub 1 and 2 are for my own testing of local soil blends and also the control.
Tub 1- 70%sand 30% compost mix. Dry seed laid 9/27.
Tub 2- rough mix of mostly soil with compost and sand. Dry seed laid 9/7.
Tub 3- 70 sand 30 compost. Seed began pregerminating 9/7. Soaked for 24 hours, then dipped every 12ish hours. Sprouted in bag today and seed laid today 9/12.
Tub 4- 70 sand 30 compost. Seed started pregerminating 9/7. Soaked non stop since then, water changed every 12 hours. Still no sprouts today 9/12.
In tubs 3 and 4 I also had the great idea to mix the seed on one half of the tub and cover it with a thin layer of the soil on the other half. Wasn’t that smart for tubs 1 and 2 unfortunately. I’ll post the results. Maybe an update. Let me know if you have suggestions