Rapid rioters directly into soil?

[Lordhooha]

Gotta have ro for tea and home brew. Nothing worse than well water scale on your kettle

First time I made tea with ro water I was like damn that looks different lmao

 

[Lordhooha]

Thanks. Are these pictures indicating dampening off?

Nope they look fine

 

[GeneBanker]

We call them jiffy pots around here I've used them for my herb gardens and smaller seeds in the vegge garden. I don't do dirt so have no experience with them in cannabis

If I where to use anything it would be this, a Jiffy pot. I dont like rapid rooters.

 

[mickey oneil]

Dry seed in a wet plug in a warm dark spot.
Never fails for me.

Does it have to be dark? I was thinking about keeping in my grow tent

 

[Lordhooha]

Does it have to be dark? I was thinking about keeping in my grow tent

No it doesn’t I usually will stick them in one of my rooms

 

[drsaltzman]

I like starting in the dark.
Not sure if there's any science behind it but seedlings I start in a closet pop and settle faster than previous ones I started under 18/6. Almost like they were looking for the light harder. But we're talking a couple days difference at most.

You can totally overthink things sometimes. I'm guilty myself.
I just remind myself they're seeds. They'll germinate and grow on their own time.

 

[GeneBanker]

Seeds start in the dark when they are in the ground. They orient themselves, and start reaching up for the light. In my opinion its the healthiest way to start a seed. Try to keep it as natural as possible for the best results. You can answer alot of "should I" questions if you think of the natural process. Cheers mate.

 

[Lordhooha]

Isn’t it dark when they’re under the soil? Once they come through they get blaster 24/7 until they get switched over to flower.

 

[mickey oneil]

This dead?

 

[Budzbuddha]

This dead?

What happened ?

 

[mickey oneil]

What happened ?

It was on the very top of the soil. This seed started germination over a week ago. I tossed it. This was a terrible start to a “bounce back” grow. Man, I need to figure out what’s going on... maybe it’s the seeds. Idk...

 

[Dr. Who]

I’ve been using distilled H2O for my seedlings as I’m on well water and my tap water has pretty high iron content. This is a mistake?

I wouldn't soak in it!
You kinda want the buffers in a water for germination.....Like tap or well,,,,Be sure your Fe content is low.
I prefer (believe it or not) Creek, steam, river, lake or even puddle water for germing seeds... I still add a cpl of drops of H2O2 to small amounts used to wet a Ptowel or dampen a Root Riot..

 

[Dr. Who]

Gotta have ro for tea and home brew. Nothing worse than well water scale on your kettle

AACT tea's?

I use the stream water that runs behind my building.
We use that for AACT making at the farm level too.....The guy who actually invented and builds the Vortex brewers....Found it helps the living bio counts....
Skip the RO/distilled use when making AACT!

 

[SmokeyMcChokey]

AACT tea's?

I use the stream water that runs behind my building.
We use that for AACT making at the farm level too.....The guy who actually invented and builds the Vortex brewers....Found it helps the living bio counts....
Skip the RO/distilled use when making AACT!

I meant drinking tea and home brew. Like Darjeeling and Amber ales haha

 

[SmokeyMcChokey]

I wouldn't soak in it!
You kinda want the buffers in a water for germination.....Like tap or well,,,,Be sure your Fe content is low.
I prefer (believe it or not) Creek, steam, river, lake or even puddle water for germing seeds... I still add a cpl of drops of H2O2 to small amounts used to wet a Ptowel or dampen a Root Riot..

Meh I used ro/di water in the ptowel method for years. I do usually take the water that comes out at 2 ppm and add about 100 ppm of calmag and 100 ppm seedling mix of nutes to my spray bottle I use to dampen though. And use said mix to soak my rw cubes since I pH it. So yeah they like buffers haha

 

[Dr. Who]

Meh I used ro/di water in the ptowel method for years. I do usually take the water that comes out at 2 ppm and add about 100 ppm of calmag and 100 ppm seedling mix of nutes to my spray bottle I use to dampen though. And use said mix to soak my rw cubes since I pH it. So yeah they like buffers haha

Your also adding dissolved O2 by spraying....

Drinking,,,,gottcha....

When we brewed beers. We always used a natural water. RO has nothing in the water than makes for character....In fact, most brewing supply outlets sell a Cal carbonate based mix to be poured in "pure" waters for just that. To "harden" them for character.
Show me a quality whiskey that use's "purified" water? Won't find one! Gotta have that "lime" in it...

Peace

 

[SmokeyMcChokey]

Your also adding dissolved O2 by spraying....

Drinking,,,,gottcha....

When we brewed beers. We always used a natural water. RO has nothing in the water than makes for character....In fact, most brewing supply outlets sell a Cal carbonate based mix to be poured in "pure" waters for just that. To "harden" them for character.
Show me a quality whiskey that use's "purified" water? Won't find one! Gotta have that "lime" in it...

Peace

Indeed. The main thing is that you just don't want municipal supply chlorine or chloramine in the mash water. It fiddles with the butts somehow. Not too sure on the science of it

 

[mickey oneil]

I’ve never had the seed shell stay on this long before. I planted the seeds into their final pot/medium 2/23. Popped 2/27 and has had the shell on since. The shell is still on too tight to help maneuver off. Is this normal? Any advice?

 

[Lordhooha]

I’ve never had the seed shell stay on this long before. I planted the seeds into their final pot/medium 2/23. Popped 2/27 and has had the shell on since. The shell is still on too tight to help maneuver off. Is this normal? Any advice?

Use a spray bottle and mist it every so often to keep the shell moist and it’ll come off naturally

 

[mickey oneil]

Use a spray bottle and mist it every so often to keep the shell moist and it’ll come off naturally

That’s what I’ve been doing. Thanks!