[Beanzy]

Originally Posted by mojave green

I drop em in a rw cube and let em rip!

I happen to have a bunch of rock wool cubes, I need to look online and see how to use them. I noticed they have a deep kind of wide hole , am I supposed to put them in that hole or is that made for cloning ? Somebody else told me I should sprinkle a root hormone on the rockwool cube.
I had luck with 25% of jiffy pellets with bagseed practicing.
Do you than put the rockwool cube into pitting mix?

Originally Posted by Itsjustaflower

I happen to have a bunch of rock wool cubes, I need to look online and see how to use them. I noticed they have a deep kind of wide hole , am I supposed to put them in that hole or is that made for cloning ? Somebody else told me I should sprinkle a root hormone on the rockwool cube.
I had luck with 25% of jiffy pellets with bagseed practicing.
Do you than put the rockwool cube into pitting mix?

I wouldn't germinate a seed with root horomone sprinkled on the rockwool cube, for a clone I would do a powder and gel combo. For seeds make sure they're pointy side down. Mainly so its easier for the tap root to establish. I'm currently testing rapid rooters since sub cool was so interested in it, with the tray and a temp and rh monitor you should have an easy 100% rate 75-80 degrees 50%-70%RH.

Also pH test your rockwool cubes

[MickFoster]

I always use Rapid Rooters and never have a problem.

[MickFoster]

I never use a humidity dome - breeds fungus - can't beat fresh air.

[Beanzy]

I went into the hydro store and the dude knew I was a noob and I was looking for jiffy kit or rapid rooters and he gave me rockwool. I should have retornes it, that seems geared towards hydro and cloning.i think I'm gonna go with the rapid rooters, and try the other methods with my freebie seeds, I just gotta do it I'm acting like it is 100 a seed or something. But like I said I had some bagseed and only 1 of 4 popped in the jiffy pellets than after it popped it just kind of froze at 2"

[Betterhaff]

I use the soak/towel method. Temp and moisture are the keys, not too warm and not too cool, and not too moist.

I grow in dirt but you can use rockwool to germinate. One thing you have to be careful about is moisture, they can hold a lot. They can also dry out fast if not in some sort of containment. You can put the cube in a soil mix after the sprout but should wait until roots start poking thru the RW as the RW will wick moisture from the soil and may become too wet. That’s why I just plant in a soil mix after the seeds crack and show a tail. Less fuss.

[mojave green]

Originally Posted by Itsjustaflower

I happen to have a bunch of rock wool cubes, I need to look online and see how to use them. I noticed they have a deep kind of wide hole , am I supposed to put them in that hole or is that made for cloning ? Somebody else told me I should sprinkle a root hormone on the rockwool cube.
I had luck with 25% of jiffy pellets with bagseed practicing.
Do you than put the rockwool cube into pitting mix?

Drop the seed in the hole, wait for the plant to pop up and transplant to medium of choice.

Its been less Than 24 hr's, Granola funk has successfully germinated. I assume the others shall poke out soon I don't want to disturb more than one!

Have a 90% germ rate at two days currently waiting on snow leopard

[waveguide]

before you order seeds, check around for germ reports on that strain and retailer. it may have nothing to do with your technique.

there are countless favourite germ method threads, and problematic germ threads eg. for older seeds. they may be worth reading. but don't blame yourself, sometimes it is the other guy. like delta 9 have lots of no germ reports, guess the age of the seeds, dunno, paid twice, never had a germ. used to be a professional germer for a nursery a quarter century ago. the nicole kush freebies from herbies recently, no germ. other seeds in package, fine.

and like the post about humidity covers and fungus above, there's also other factors to learn about (fungus gnats can wipe out all your seedlings).