I don't like any kind of plugs made from anything but soil, personally. You can get into trouble when your plug holds water differently from the substrate, making it hard to keep a consistently good moisture level.
Also, once your babys sprout, get a fan on them blowing very lightly.
seed starter mix or rapid rooter only
Yes, it is certainly possible.
skip the paper towel method. drop the seed in a little hole in a 6 pack filled with (str8) promix... the promix, i believe, has enough lime to balance the pH of what is in there right out of the bag. - You can also refer to the Organics for Beginners thread and sprout in LC's mix (unamended)- Seeds have the energy/food they need to get started right there in the shell. Once they get some roots and a few leaves.. then it's time for the peat, compost mix..
Using the 6 pack with promix.. Mandala#1: 6/10 on day 3.. 9/10 by day 4.. 10/10 day 5.. not so confident about the last sprout.
Oh and 8" sounds far for fluoro's.. i keep my T5's 2 inches from the babies.. but I may be confused about what stage you are actually at.
... tender with some LK@ tsp/per and it works a charm.
I also go with sterile items to start seeds indoors
Weak selections with these varieties over the years no doubt led to some types needing to be babied. There is the indoor/outdoor difference though.I like that for clones, but with seedlings I feel like they should pass some kind of test. Sometimes though, you have to go sterile. I had a bag of skunk x haze that were so tiny and feeble as germs that they had to be coddled. Sometimes with these genetics you feel like you are doing tissue culture, not working with viable organisms.
What does that last part mean? LK = Liquid Karma or something? That's a guess.
Thanks by the way.
hi jay, i may be wrong, but i reckon cannabis seedlings are more sensitive to rich soil than many veggies - especially haze types like ssh.