Any of you guys that use peat pellets to germinate i got a bad batch of them.I normally never have problems and always get 100 percent but this time around i noticed my False Teeth were acting weird.Than i had 2 dynamites go weird on me.I flushed the pots in case i was having some hot soil issues and waited.after a week i noticed plants were just not growing and something was up.I pulled 1 out and no roots were coming from the pellet.I pulled the net and noticed the peat was compressed really tight and the roots never made it past the middle layers.So i ended up pulling all of them and pulling the nets off and it was the same.the peat was to compressed.15 other plants did fine in the peats but i had 9 that went janky.I have never had this happen before so i had to have gotten a shitty batch.For now on ill wet the peats and pull the net off and break the peats in half and use them that way to get the seed started.Not sure what happened but it was weird.popping seeds straight in the soil is really the best way to do it but i didnt have the space at the time for 25 pots so i used the peats.
Here are 9 that are in ICU.I pulled them up and pulled the peat apart,the roots were stagnant and locked up inside the pellets.After 2 days they are starting to improve now so im hoping i dont lose any.I planted these 2 weeks ago and knew something was wrong
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Here are the 15 that are doing right.i started 4 eagle scouts 3 days ago and they all are up and doing good.I think i just got a bad batch of pellets.
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