maryanne3087
Active member
Hey folks,
I was on another forum and saw a tek for germinating seeds in rockwool. I decided to post it under hydro since Rockwool is usually used for hydro...
This is what the user by the name of geoskills posted on another forum
"I also do not use paper towels. When germinating a seed - and this goes for ANY seed I germinate from tomatoes to peppers - I place the seeds in luke-warm water and leave them there for 24 to 36 hours. I then take a rockwool cube (peat pellets are also a convenient way to insure that your seeds retain access to an appropriately moist/humid microclimate during germination) and place the seed about 1/2" down in the cube/pellet. Let those rockwool cubes sit in about 1/4" of water inside a container with a perforated top (ie. a mini greenhouse). Then place that germination greenhouse on top of something warm like an external hard drive or refrigerator."
My concern is the rockwool being too wet, would the seeds be at a high rick of damping off?
Best Regards,
MA3087
I was on another forum and saw a tek for germinating seeds in rockwool. I decided to post it under hydro since Rockwool is usually used for hydro...
This is what the user by the name of geoskills posted on another forum
"I also do not use paper towels. When germinating a seed - and this goes for ANY seed I germinate from tomatoes to peppers - I place the seeds in luke-warm water and leave them there for 24 to 36 hours. I then take a rockwool cube (peat pellets are also a convenient way to insure that your seeds retain access to an appropriately moist/humid microclimate during germination) and place the seed about 1/2" down in the cube/pellet. Let those rockwool cubes sit in about 1/4" of water inside a container with a perforated top (ie. a mini greenhouse). Then place that germination greenhouse on top of something warm like an external hard drive or refrigerator."
My concern is the rockwool being too wet, would the seeds be at a high rick of damping off?
Best Regards,
MA3087