I've just germinated some seeds in a humidity chamber and this morning moved them under a desk fluro lamp. Each seed was in a 6cm tall jiffy peat cup with soil and when I lifted the tallest seedling cup I discovered the tap root has already shot out the bottom. I just can't believe that after only a few days I've got one inch of root hanging out the bottom. I should point out that this seedling is 3cm in length already. The next tallest is 1cm.
Could this have been caused by the fact that the jiffy cups are sitting in the tray squares but without the bottom of the cup touching the base of the humidity chamber. That is, they're kind of elevated as the round jiffy did not quite fit into the square hole of the seed tray? However in saying that, the others are in the same boat and no sign of their tap root.
Also should I now drop the jiffy cup into a pot of soil. I was not planning on doing this for at least another week. Thanks to anyone who can offer some root advice to a virgin grower
Could this have been caused by the fact that the jiffy cups are sitting in the tray squares but without the bottom of the cup touching the base of the humidity chamber. That is, they're kind of elevated as the round jiffy did not quite fit into the square hole of the seed tray? However in saying that, the others are in the same boat and no sign of their tap root.
Also should I now drop the jiffy cup into a pot of soil. I was not planning on doing this for at least another week. Thanks to anyone who can offer some root advice to a virgin grower
