School Of Rock(wool) hahaha Help a Brother Out Please !

Ellow fellow growers so im new to the whole rockwool seed starting method and i would like a tried and true 100% effective seed starting step by step im aware of the need to soak in ph'ed water but for me and all the others who may look to this thread for guidance and direction elaborate i want to be able to read this thread and then leave with out a doubt that could grab a pack of $50 beans and my cubes and get things growin with out wondering did i fuck this up some how so please lets make this a thread to remember and i would appreciate the help thank you

I have been growing in rockwool from seed and clone for almost 10 years. Here is my advice when growing from seed. Soak your rockwool cubes in 5.2 - 5.5 ph adjusted tap water. Do not add any nutrients!!!!! Within about 2-3 days of germination you should see your babies popping out. Once the second leaf set develops, you can add a light nutrient solution. As soon as your babies roots are growing out of control transplant into bigger rockwool or any other medium.

Check the forums on www.cannagen.com for more details.

I use R/O water so i add 1 ml of cal mag per liter of water (175 ppm) which is very close to most tap water. I also put my cubes in a tray on a heat mat, no dome and not too much water. they need to be moist but not totally soaked.

Thanks alot guys now just to ease my nerves i will run it back soak rw cube (im using 1'') in low 5 ph water then shake out and plant seed now should i soak seed 24 hours befor or is that un needed then also no dome? everyone says use one lol not that i have a prob going against the norm lol also should i have to water the cube at all during the next 3 days? i noticed they do stay quite wet lol also what is the longest you have seen a seed take to pop out of the hole ready to take on the world lol ? dont mean to sound over concerned with this topic but its really the only phase of growth that scares me its really life or death at this point once its growing then im home free and clear just making sure the $75 and 2 weeks of waiting for seeds to get here were not wasted thankyou! keep the great info comming

I dont soak for that long, i rinse them with tap water good then soak in 5.8 for 2 hours or so. At first i would water every day but those seeds took 2 weeks to pop. Now i shake off excess water after the soak and they will usually pop in 3 or 4 days on a heat mat set at 88f. no water till they stand up straight, but like i said soak and shake off maybe half the water.And i do soak the seeds for a day before i stick em in the cube (1.5")

just tested that bucket spinning method of shaking out the cube and works like magic lol first time i tried it the full soaked cube was near bone dry afterwards by far the best method for removing extra water from your rockwool +rep on that one lol good to know! do you cover the hole? and also do you make the hole any bigger than it allready is? figure it wont matter if im butting in a seed not germed aslong as it is about the size of the seed deep in the cube?

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