I wasted three seeds in my last attempt, so I'm trying to get this one right. My plan is to germinate using paper towel method, then put in either rapid rooters or jiffy pellets in a germination kit with a heat mat. After a week or so I want to put these girls in coco solo hempys.
My question is about the solo hempy. In my previous attempt I used 1 liter seltzer bottles that I cut the top off of and put a drain hole in. I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong, but the coco was too wet. It seemed like the coco wicked up all the water in the res and saturated the medium which didn't dry out because my seedlings root system wasn't yet established. Eventually the seedlings suffered from dampening off and I had to abort the grow. (Yes I pre-washed the hell out of the coco)
This time I want to go from the germination kit to the solo hempy. I want to put pure perlite at the bottom (to about 1/2 inches above the drain hole), then straight coco (previously I used coco/perlite 70/30 mix).
1. When I transplant from the germination kit to the solo cup, should the res be filled or should I leave the res empty and slightly water around the base of the seedling every few days?
2. I want to use a transparent solo cup inside of a red solo so I can check on the progress of the root system. I would put the drain in both of the cups. Is there any downside to doing this?
3. If I am successful with the solo hempy, I want to go from there to a 3.5g hempy bucket, is that too drastic of an increase?
My question is about the solo hempy. In my previous attempt I used 1 liter seltzer bottles that I cut the top off of and put a drain hole in. I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong, but the coco was too wet. It seemed like the coco wicked up all the water in the res and saturated the medium which didn't dry out because my seedlings root system wasn't yet established. Eventually the seedlings suffered from dampening off and I had to abort the grow. (Yes I pre-washed the hell out of the coco)
This time I want to go from the germination kit to the solo hempy. I want to put pure perlite at the bottom (to about 1/2 inches above the drain hole), then straight coco (previously I used coco/perlite 70/30 mix).
1. When I transplant from the germination kit to the solo cup, should the res be filled or should I leave the res empty and slightly water around the base of the seedling every few days?
2. I want to use a transparent solo cup inside of a red solo so I can check on the progress of the root system. I would put the drain in both of the cups. Is there any downside to doing this?
3. If I am successful with the solo hempy, I want to go from there to a 3.5g hempy bucket, is that too drastic of an increase?