I like the idea of starting with rockwool. You can start with soil, but you need to use something that doesn't have nutes in it. Just plain ol' organic soil mixed with equal parts of vermiculite and perlite.
I agree. No reason to germinate outside of the soil. I really don't know why people use the ridiculous "Paper Towel Method". Just creates opportunity for fuck ups.
Just put the seed in the sponge and turn it on. The easiest setup in the world. Make sure to poke a hole in the bottom of the sponge so the root can find it's way, but that pretty much covers it.Wow how do you germinate in an aero garden directly from seed? I'd like some more info on that
well, i use the ridiculous "Paper Towel Method" and i have actually become pretty successful at it. but i would never recommend it as THE way to germinate seeds because a lot of shit can go wrong and ruin good seeds. i know i've had better success with the paper towel than just floating seeds in water. but these are the only two ways that i have attempted.
it makes sense to germ seeds in soil (like i do for my garden), but i've never grown weed in soil so i didn't think that was a good germ method for hydro because i would be transferring dirty roots to my hydro setup. but as always, i could be totally wrong in my thinking.
I don't know HOW I missed that. Why would you germinate a seed in a paper towel, then put it in soil and attempt to transfer it to hydro? Why not just germinate the seed in rockwool for hydro? What kind of hydro setup do you have?well, i use the ridiculous "Paper Towel Method" and i have actually become pretty successful at it. but i would never recommend it as THE way to germinate seeds because a lot of shit can go wrong and ruin good seeds. i know i've had better success with the paper towel than just floating seeds in water. but these are the only two ways that i have attempted.
what i don't understand is why is icedoutkush germing seeds in soil to transfer to hydro??
I missed that too LOL I stopped reading when i got to "transfer them to soil" and assumed he was growing in soil. I never heard of germinating in soil for a hydro gro.
yeah, but there's no need to soak the seeds in a glass of water for 24 hours either. Just do it the natural way. Put the seed in the medium, wet the medium. Keep it moist and warm and the seed will come up.
I hear ya. I just want to give them a jump start.
That just doesn't make any sense. You dig the plant out of the soil and clean the roots then try to transplant in perlite?