supersmallgiant
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I have been germinating my seeds in rockwool plugs and once the seedling are a few inches tall I transfer them to the hydroton filled ebb and flow tables.
Now here is where the problem arises. The rockwool stays wet for ever, and the hydroton dries out fairly quickly. If I only flood the table a few times a day the rockwool will dry enough to send out roots but then the hydroton is too dry and kills the emerging roots. If I keep the hydroton wet enough then the rockwool is so wet it doesn't send out roots and stunts the plant. I have also tried rapid rooters with even worse results... damping off. Lately I have been stripping the rockwool plugs down smaller and it seems to help a little but still is less than ideal.
I have been thinking about germing the seeds in paper towel and then trying to transfer them to my aerocloner. Hopefully I can get them to grow roots in the cloner and skip the rockwool all together. I am just too nervous to try it with expensive seeds but will probably try it with my sam the skunkman freebies when the time comes. Think it would work?
What is your method?
Now here is where the problem arises. The rockwool stays wet for ever, and the hydroton dries out fairly quickly. If I only flood the table a few times a day the rockwool will dry enough to send out roots but then the hydroton is too dry and kills the emerging roots. If I keep the hydroton wet enough then the rockwool is so wet it doesn't send out roots and stunts the plant. I have also tried rapid rooters with even worse results... damping off. Lately I have been stripping the rockwool plugs down smaller and it seems to help a little but still is less than ideal.
I have been thinking about germing the seeds in paper towel and then trying to transfer them to my aerocloner. Hopefully I can get them to grow roots in the cloner and skip the rockwool all together. I am just too nervous to try it with expensive seeds but will probably try it with my sam the skunkman freebies when the time comes. Think it would work?
What is your method?