Sinisterzane
Member
hi all,
I have planted 20 cheese seeds and have done it in the following way...
(all the root riots are kept moist rather than too wet using a spray bottle to spray the cubes rather than soaking them in water and trying to ring them out)
1st January:
I put the 20 seeds straight from the packets between 2 plates with moist kitchen towels above and below then put them in a warm dark place
2nd January:
About 25% of them had split
3nd January:
All had split apart from one so I soaked the root riots then rung them out using PH 5.6 plain water. I put them inside the root riots so the heads were just below the surface and pushed the tap root loosly inside the cubes. I then put them in a heated propogator with the lid slats closed and left them in the dark
4th January:
They had shot out the tops of the root riots and seem to have stretched massivly due to looking for light...I am pretty sure I should of put them in the light rather than in a dark place the day before? I then put a 400W vertical metal halide above them (Using a vert was a mistake?...I had no horizontal reflectors as its a built vertical NFT system and the lights are already in position)
5th January:
They had grown upwards a bit more and stretched more to the point where 2 of them had folded over. I then put another 400W vertical halide above them to try and stop the stretching. I was getting 30+ degrees internal propogator temps so turned the heated propogator off and it held at about 25 degrees. I opened the propogator slats more also. I also hooked some garden twine around a couple of the really stretched ones to support them and the ones that were folded over.
6th January:
They seemed to stretch a little bit more so I realised I needed to get a T5 fitting or CFL...Due to the bottom of the vertical tubes currently being directly above the propogator.
7th January:
Didnt notice a lot of difference although I could see a few more roots coming throught the sides of the root riots. Bought a 2 foot 4 tube t5 fitting, pulled the verts back up to the ceiling, turned them off then put the t5 about 6 inches away from the propogator lid. I had to turn the heated propogator off as the temp was 30+. Once turned off its staying at about 22-25 degrees.
8th January:
Again I havent noticed a lot of difference although theres a few more roots through the sides of the root riots. Lowered the t5 so its a couple of inches from the propogator lid and opened the propogator slats to about 3/4 open
Here are the pics...can anyone tell me how far ive gone wrong here and if they think they are going to sort themselves out?....I havent messed with seeds in the best part of 20 years but I know its not cool for them to be stretching like this...
Is the 2 leaves at the top where the first set of branches are going to start from or will some form where the stretchy part is?
I have planted 20 cheese seeds and have done it in the following way...
(all the root riots are kept moist rather than too wet using a spray bottle to spray the cubes rather than soaking them in water and trying to ring them out)
1st January:
I put the 20 seeds straight from the packets between 2 plates with moist kitchen towels above and below then put them in a warm dark place
2nd January:
About 25% of them had split
3nd January:
All had split apart from one so I soaked the root riots then rung them out using PH 5.6 plain water. I put them inside the root riots so the heads were just below the surface and pushed the tap root loosly inside the cubes. I then put them in a heated propogator with the lid slats closed and left them in the dark
4th January:
They had shot out the tops of the root riots and seem to have stretched massivly due to looking for light...I am pretty sure I should of put them in the light rather than in a dark place the day before? I then put a 400W vertical metal halide above them (Using a vert was a mistake?...I had no horizontal reflectors as its a built vertical NFT system and the lights are already in position)
5th January:
They had grown upwards a bit more and stretched more to the point where 2 of them had folded over. I then put another 400W vertical halide above them to try and stop the stretching. I was getting 30+ degrees internal propogator temps so turned the heated propogator off and it held at about 25 degrees. I opened the propogator slats more also. I also hooked some garden twine around a couple of the really stretched ones to support them and the ones that were folded over.
6th January:
They seemed to stretch a little bit more so I realised I needed to get a T5 fitting or CFL...Due to the bottom of the vertical tubes currently being directly above the propogator.
7th January:
Didnt notice a lot of difference although I could see a few more roots coming throught the sides of the root riots. Bought a 2 foot 4 tube t5 fitting, pulled the verts back up to the ceiling, turned them off then put the t5 about 6 inches away from the propogator lid. I had to turn the heated propogator off as the temp was 30+. Once turned off its staying at about 22-25 degrees.
8th January:
Again I havent noticed a lot of difference although theres a few more roots through the sides of the root riots. Lowered the t5 so its a couple of inches from the propogator lid and opened the propogator slats to about 3/4 open
Here are the pics...can anyone tell me how far ive gone wrong here and if they think they are going to sort themselves out?....I havent messed with seeds in the best part of 20 years but I know its not cool for them to be stretching like this...
Is the 2 leaves at the top where the first set of branches are going to start from or will some form where the stretchy part is?