Northern Rites
Active Member
Hey there! I'm excited to have begun germinating the seeds which will hopefully become a successful first grow, but I am left with some specific questions now that I've done most of my research, my setup is complete and my seeds are nice and wet.
I have placed my seeds between moist paper towels beneath a coffee mug and things are off to a good start. It's been about 36 hours and 2 of the 3 seeds have opened and begun to sprout (hooray! - still hoping for the 3rd).
My plan is to plant the sprouted seeds into some nice moist rockwool cubes. Once the sprouts become more prominent, I plan on placing these rockwool cubes straight into some small pots of coco which I will eventually begin to water with a nice nutrient mixture.
My questions are (and thank you):
- Must I take any special considerations into the treatment of the rockwool cubes or coco (soaking or anything?) prior to exposing my seedlings/plants to them?
- I read the glue in them results in an alkali environment which is not suitable for growth prior to soaking for 24 hours or so...idk - any refutation/verification?
- How long will the sprouts be able to grow on water alone before the addition of nutrients is required for their survival?
- thanks again. Any details, instructions or advice would be much appreciated.
I have placed my seeds between moist paper towels beneath a coffee mug and things are off to a good start. It's been about 36 hours and 2 of the 3 seeds have opened and begun to sprout (hooray! - still hoping for the 3rd).
My plan is to plant the sprouted seeds into some nice moist rockwool cubes. Once the sprouts become more prominent, I plan on placing these rockwool cubes straight into some small pots of coco which I will eventually begin to water with a nice nutrient mixture.
My questions are (and thank you):
- Must I take any special considerations into the treatment of the rockwool cubes or coco (soaking or anything?) prior to exposing my seedlings/plants to them?
- I read the glue in them results in an alkali environment which is not suitable for growth prior to soaking for 24 hours or so...idk - any refutation/verification?
- How long will the sprouts be able to grow on water alone before the addition of nutrients is required for their survival?
- thanks again. Any details, instructions or advice would be much appreciated.
pretty cool...