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Small pot for faster sprouting?

pinkus

pinkus

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Some of this stuff is pretty location specific: where I am heating mats have a three-month window when they are useful and nine they are a questionable choice. Likewise with seed starter trays. However, when I was doing this in Minnesota, they both made more sense. If I lived in a cloud forest the starter trays would probably be fantastic.

Willow water is great stuff!

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Superauto

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Maybe I should have been more specificThis is not a question of germination, I pre germinate the seeds with the paper towel method before I put them in tje soil
The question is still who will reach the surface first ;)
 
pinkus

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Rule of thumb with planting ANY seed: plant seed a depth of 2-3 times their width. It varies with the medium but shallower is generally better than deeper.


I know it's super common to do the paper towel method. imO, it's not optimal to do this as it increases the chances of several things we don't want: damping off, damaging the root hairs, dried beans being the top three.

I use rooters. with the seeds in rooters it's about 50/50 on whether I see the tap root first or the cotyledons.

Good luck. :bandit:
 
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Superauto

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pinkus said:
Rule of thumb with planting ANY seed: plant seed a depth of 2-3 times their width. It varies with the medium but shallower is generally better than deeper.


I know it's super common to do the paper towel method. imO, it's not optimal to do this as it increases the chances of several things we don't want: damping off, damaging the root hairs, dried beans being the top three.

I use rooters. with the seeds in rooters it's about 50/50 on whether I see the tap root first or the cotyledons.

Good luck. :bandit:
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I’m a just a noob but I killed several seeds by putting them in straight in the soil.Then I tried 7 seeds in paper towel, all 7 germinated and all 7 sprouted
 
MJPassion

MJPassion

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Superauto said:
Will a small pot make the seed sprout faster(because of rootbound)?
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NO!

The only thing a small pot does is open up space for more seedlings to be sprouted in their individual containers.

Sprouting in larger containers allows the roots to spread out quicker.
 
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aridbud said:
Instead of phos, we use willow water for root growth.
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I’ve used willow water before for propagation, but not for seeds. Soaked broken up willow branches in water for a couple of days.

What’s your recipe? Sorry to go off topic.
 
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