Hi all,
I'm a first time grower with some concerns about watering. Sunday (May 10), I started these seeds in rapid rooters...
3X PPP
3X crystal
4X mystery seeds
First, I soaked my seeds for eight hours. Then I placed them into rapid rooters and then put the rapid rooters in coco coir, in 4" pots. I covered the rapid rooter holes with just a tiny bit of coco coir to keep light out.
The water I've given, in various ways:
My results thus far:
It was Sunday night when I planted the seeds in rapid rooters. By Tuesday morning I had a visible sprout -- one of my PPP seeds. By Tuesday afternoon one of my crystal seeds had sent a sprout (or is it a root?) above ground. Today (Wednesday) I have two new PPP sprouts, but the one crystal sprout/root lied down... which has led me to think it may have been a confused root. It seems to want to go back underground. No mystery seeds have sprouted yet.
So, I'm not doing terribly, as I have three nice looking PPP sprouts. But I'd love to have at least one crystal plant. I guess the seeds might still be at work below the surface and new sprouts may yet appear, but I'm concerned I've given too much water overall -- though it hasn't bothered the PPP seeds, apparently. The coco holds a lot of water and does not dry quickly, so it's possible the misting I've done is unnecessary and may keep air from getting to the seeds.
I did not take care about how I oriented the seeds in the holes, as they were hard to handle with tweezers and I found it difficult to control how they were oriented in the holes, especially since I couldn't see down into the holes. I thought I would do more harm than good fiddling with them to try to get them oriented a certain way.
I don't know if it's of any use, but I sprinkled some coco on top of the one crystal plant once the sprout/root lied down. I figure if it's a confused root, I want it to be in the dark.
My water is tap water that sat out for a day or two. No added nutes.
Next time I think I'll soak a bit longer, and I think I'll sprinkle some coco down into the rapid rooter holes to make them less deep. At 1/2 inch these holes are so deep, I don't see how anyone controls position of the seeds... unless the seeds already have a big sprout by the time you plant them. I might also skip the rapid rooters altogether and plant directly in coco after a longer soak. Also, I think I'll mist a bit less than I have.
Thoughts? Thanks.
I'm a first time grower with some concerns about watering. Sunday (May 10), I started these seeds in rapid rooters...
3X PPP
3X crystal
4X mystery seeds
First, I soaked my seeds for eight hours. Then I placed them into rapid rooters and then put the rapid rooters in coco coir, in 4" pots. I covered the rapid rooter holes with just a tiny bit of coco coir to keep light out.
The water I've given, in various ways:
- Soaking the seeds.
- Soaking the rapid rooters before use.
- Wetting of the coco coir prior to use, to make it expand and fall apart. This resulted in evenly moist coco.
- Misting the surface a couple times per day since planting.
My results thus far:
It was Sunday night when I planted the seeds in rapid rooters. By Tuesday morning I had a visible sprout -- one of my PPP seeds. By Tuesday afternoon one of my crystal seeds had sent a sprout (or is it a root?) above ground. Today (Wednesday) I have two new PPP sprouts, but the one crystal sprout/root lied down... which has led me to think it may have been a confused root. It seems to want to go back underground. No mystery seeds have sprouted yet.
So, I'm not doing terribly, as I have three nice looking PPP sprouts. But I'd love to have at least one crystal plant. I guess the seeds might still be at work below the surface and new sprouts may yet appear, but I'm concerned I've given too much water overall -- though it hasn't bothered the PPP seeds, apparently. The coco holds a lot of water and does not dry quickly, so it's possible the misting I've done is unnecessary and may keep air from getting to the seeds.
I did not take care about how I oriented the seeds in the holes, as they were hard to handle with tweezers and I found it difficult to control how they were oriented in the holes, especially since I couldn't see down into the holes. I thought I would do more harm than good fiddling with them to try to get them oriented a certain way.
I don't know if it's of any use, but I sprinkled some coco on top of the one crystal plant once the sprout/root lied down. I figure if it's a confused root, I want it to be in the dark.
My water is tap water that sat out for a day or two. No added nutes.
Next time I think I'll soak a bit longer, and I think I'll sprinkle some coco down into the rapid rooter holes to make them less deep. At 1/2 inch these holes are so deep, I don't see how anyone controls position of the seeds... unless the seeds already have a big sprout by the time you plant them. I might also skip the rapid rooters altogether and plant directly in coco after a longer soak. Also, I think I'll mist a bit less than I have.
Thoughts? Thanks.