CrackerJax
New Member
Okay.... this is just a quick little thread to show some of you two different liners you may or may not know of.
The first are called Rootmakers and these come in 4 packs... in bundles of 960. You may find them somewhere being sold in smaller quantities...I don't know.
Here is a pic of how a plant which germed on the 14th of March....so about 3 1/2 weeks old (meaning they have been above ground for that long), and ready to move up to a larger pot. Notice the root system.
Moving along I have an example of an Accelerator liner which has a tray which holds 32 of these. Rootmakers are square, and Accelerators are round. This example is of a plant which germed at the very same time. All were planted together on the same day...and all germed within 7 days...again making them about 3 1/2 weeks above ground. All ready to upgrade.
Here is that pic.
Now of course not all plants grow identically but this is about as close as you can get without using growth regulators on them. Even so, at this early stage....it wouldn't matter.
Finally, a simple pic of my soil. This is 50% nursery professional grade soil mixed with 25% compost and 25% leaf mold.
And this is what it looks like.....
You may compare this to whatever you are using and decide for yourself if this is something you want. At least..... now you know.
P.S. All my seeds are planted straight into soil....into these liners. Within 7 days...everyone popped 100% and nothing for me to move.
And that's it.....
The first are called Rootmakers and these come in 4 packs... in bundles of 960. You may find them somewhere being sold in smaller quantities...I don't know.
Here is a pic of how a plant which germed on the 14th of March....so about 3 1/2 weeks old (meaning they have been above ground for that long), and ready to move up to a larger pot. Notice the root system.
Moving along I have an example of an Accelerator liner which has a tray which holds 32 of these. Rootmakers are square, and Accelerators are round. This example is of a plant which germed at the very same time. All were planted together on the same day...and all germed within 7 days...again making them about 3 1/2 weeks above ground. All ready to upgrade.
Here is that pic.
Now of course not all plants grow identically but this is about as close as you can get without using growth regulators on them. Even so, at this early stage....it wouldn't matter.
Finally, a simple pic of my soil. This is 50% nursery professional grade soil mixed with 25% compost and 25% leaf mold.
And this is what it looks like.....
You may compare this to whatever you are using and decide for yourself if this is something you want. At least..... now you know.
P.S. All my seeds are planted straight into soil....into these liners. Within 7 days...everyone popped 100% and nothing for me to move.
And that's it.....
Do you have any "tricks" to get around this?
and trying them out first hand, I quickly went and ordered 30 of the 1 gallon RootMaker pots for my mini SOG setup, and will be getting some 3 gallon ones for my mothers ASAP. (Rootmaker's 1 & 3 gallon pots are round, BTW.)