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lewp.swoop.and.pull.out

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this is probably a really newb question but up til this point, ive never used RR's before.
im wondering why "they only last two weeks." it doesnt make much sense to me since ive left my plants in them from germination to avoid shocking my autos and have had no real issues related to them thats about 6-7 weeks so far.
is there a specific ingredient embedded in them that goes bad? i bought a bag of 50 i really dont want to throw out the rest of them, could i not simply soak them for 12-24 hours in a light distilled/calmag solution to remoisten them and ready them for use? i dont enjoy throwing money away and didnt realize this "two week rule" til after my purchase.
 
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Beachwalker

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I have no idea what you mean about only lasting 2 weeks??

The bag I have now I have no idea when I bought it but it's been months, I'm going to take cuts this weekend with them. I get near a hundred percent rooted clones

And if a clone doesn't take I tossed it back in the bag when it dries out and it's fine next time, so don't believe the hype! Good luck
 
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Lordhooha

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lewp.swoop.and.pull.out said:
this is probably a really newb question but up til this point, ive never used RR's before.
im wondering why "they only last two weeks." it doesnt make much sense to me since ive left my plants in them from germination to avoid shocking my autos and have had no real issues related to them thats about 6-7 weeks so far.
is there a specific ingredient embedded in them that goes bad? i bought a bag of 50 i really dont want to throw out the rest of them, could i not simply soak them for 12-24 hours in a light distilled/calmag solution to remoisten them and ready them for use? i dont enjoy throwing money away and didnt realize this "two week rule" til after my purchase.
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I’ve kept some for a year. If you seal the bag back they’re good. Just toss a folded up wet paper towel in there with them and keep them cool and dark.
 
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lewp.swoop.and.pull.out

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Lordhooha said:
I’ve kept some for a year. If you seal the bag back they’re good. Just toss a folded up wet paper towel in there with them and keep them cool and dark.
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see thats what i was thinking as well and have done minus the papertowel i plan on just soaking them as i do anyways just for a little longer, but after reading several reviews a lot of people swear by throwing any unused out after two weeks and to me that just sounds like a ridiculously easy way to waste money.
 
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Lordhooha

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lewp.swoop.and.pull.out said:
see thats what i was thinking as well and have done minus the papertowel i plan on just soaking them as i do anyways just for a little longer, but after reading several reviews a lot of people swear by throwing any unused out after two weeks and to me that just sounds like a ridiculously easy way to waste money.
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I’ve never heard that and I swear by rapid rooters for seeds and clones. Always using those self watering burpee trays.
 
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lewp.swoop.and.pull.out

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Beachwalker said:
I have no idea what you mean about only lasting 2 weeks??

The bag I have now I have no idea when I bought it but it's been months, I'm going to take cuts this weekend with them. I get near a hundred percent rooted clones

And if a clone doesn't take I tossed it back in the bag when it dries out and it's fine next time, so don't believe the hype! Good luck
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a lot of what ive read review based people often stress how important it is to throw them away after two weeks, kinda floored me since i cant find a bag less than 50 but the fact is i dont know much about them so i kinda gotta take everyones word about it til i have my own experiences just dont wanna waste seeds figured id ask to be safe
 
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lewp.swoop.and.pull.out

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Lordhooha said:
I’ve never heard that and I swear by rapid rooters for seeds and clones. Always using those self watering burpee trays.
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i dont use a self watering trey i just soak them for 12 hours with a very light about .5ml of calmag and distilled water solution before i pop anything in them. i run 5gl buckets so the moisture from the humidity and the bubbles popping and splashing keep them damp for the 2-3 days between waterings.
 
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lewp.swoop.and.pull.out

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Beachwalker said:
I have no idea what you mean about only lasting 2 weeks??

The bag I have now I have no idea when I bought it but it's been months, I'm going to take cuts this weekend with them. I get near a hundred percent rooted clones

And if a clone doesn't take I tossed it back in the bag when it dries out and it's fine next time, so don't believe the hype! Good luck
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thats great to know about re-use if a failure occurs, id throw em out in fear of spreading bacteria or other unwanted hassles. hopefully i dont have that problem though im sure it will occur at some point, ive had success 3 of 3 so far hoping to keep that going
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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lewp.swoop.and.pull.out said:
i dont use a self watering trey i just soak them for 12 hours with a very light about .5ml of calmag and distilled water solution before i pop anything in them. i run 5gl buckets so the moisture from the humidity and the bubbles popping and splashing keep them damp for the 2-3 days between waterings.
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I don’t use cal mag never needed it as I use my well water. The tray is simply for ease of starting seeds considering I start anywhere from 30-50.
 
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lewp.swoop.and.pull.out

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Lordhooha said:
I don’t use cal mag never needed it as I use my well water. The tray is simply for ease of starting seeds considering I start anywhere from 30-50.
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fair enough i use calmag because my water is distilled and contains no traces of anything dialed in at about 0-3ppm never had a problem sprouting so far mind you ive only popped a total of three seeds through RRs but i find the calmag is encouraging, had two strong standing sprouts after about 2-5 days,where as my first seed i popped without calmag took about a week to pop its head out and was flimsy and needed help standing for the first week or so.
 
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