Rockwool vs Rapid Rooters vs Oasis Cubes

Come on... somebody has gotta have some words about this!! +rep for response.

I have almost the same thing going on here. I actually got the idea from the FAQ that you linked. I used the small 1.5" RW cubes but I have been wanting to try out the other starting mediums. I really don't think it will make a difference either way. Anyway I hand water the small cubes on a plate under a small CFL until my I see root coming out the bottom of the RW cubes I use. Then I just stick the small cubes in a 5" netpotfilled with hydroton, and stick them in the top grow container that is also filled with Hydroton. Here are some pics to show you what I mean.

You can see thatt there are 2 cubes in the first pic that is just for right now. Of course when they get bigger they will each have their own net pot. Also you will see in the secong pic that I have only one plant and it is sitting in the net pot in the container of hydroton. So there you go I hope I helped.

As for a watering schedule I water them every 4-5 hours and they container floods just below the RW. Also I make sure that the small RW cube is covered with pellets to keep the light off the cube. I have a CAP timer that is set to flood for 30 seconds every 4-5 hours. When they are first put into the system I only need to food for 15 seconds. As the plant gets older and the root sysem more robust I need to increase flood time to ensure the root mass is saturated.

Thanks for the response! haha. as promised +rep
Helps a bit... gives me an idea what to expect with the rockwool. Anybody got anything for the rapid rooters or the oasis cubes??

side note... is that used as an oversized hempy bucket??

rapit rooters is great for clones, you wont need rooting copound, same for seeds promotes root grow

can the rapid rooters get plugged into rockwool blocks?

i use jiffy pucks 100% success

Originally Posted by NegligentMother

i use jiffy pucks 100% success

can THOSE go into the larger rockwool cubes??

dont use rockwool...everyone i know that used it had problems. they get too wet and soggy. put the jiffy pucks in hydroton. or even coco if you want to water less..