itsraininbuds
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anyone got any good advice for germinating from seed for a DWC?
I'm also interested in some advice here. I use rock-wool cubes for clones, i imagine they would work for germination but it would always be nice to have more confidence with some advice.anyone got any good advice for germinating from seed for a DWC?
and that is ok to be put into a dwc with hydroton clay pebbles? how wet do you keep the cube, can you please explain a little more. I have no problem germinating them, but its the getting them to the hydro part that worries me...Sorry, but can't disagree more. Rockwool was great 20 years ago when we had nothing better (my first home made hydro sytem was made of drainage pipe, rockwool and a washing machine drain-pump!) but not now. Awful stuff by modern standards.
I germinate in a plastic box with a lid in my snakes vivarium (85 degrees) then into a root riot cube as soon as popped.
I have always germinated seeds in a paper towel first for my outdoor plants, and I plan on doing the same because I have always had 90+% success this way. I'm just more or less worried that i might put a germinated seed in some rockwool and it never takes. I've read where they work well with seeds and where they haven't. Haven't really heard bad things about root riot cubes. What I'm worried is that they may be organic and last I knew organic doesn't go well with hydro.Sorry, hate is a strong word. Still beats soil IMO. I use root-riot cubes for my bonsai chillies (seriously), then into coco, then I wash the coco off before going into hydro flood/drain. Sounds scary but works sooooo well! A similar system should be good for DWC, I would have thought but, as I said, It's a different method and really needs more advice from someone more experienced in this method than myself. As I understand it, the nute level are different. Many people on here will help.
pH adjusted water to soak a rockwool cube. Put the seed in the hole and into a heated seedling dome. That's it.anyone got any good advice for germinating from seed for a DWC?
hmmm... alright thanks, I read somewhere pointy end up but you can't always trust what you hear on the net.Thats where it splits, the tap root pops from there. Pointy end down.
pointy end up, forget that guyhmmm... alright thanks, I read somewhere pointy end up but you can't always trust what you hear on the net.
dude, I am high as shit and confused. so your saying pointy end down is right?pointy end up, forget that guy
the root comes out the pointy end, goes up THEN goes down, if the pointy end is down it has to find it's way up then go back down again