hi there, im planning to germinate in rockwool for the first time.
will be germinating in my garage then plan to transplant the seedlings into my wilma 8 pot system in clay balls.
this is the way i plan to do it.
1. soak the rockwool cubes in ph'd water
2.put rockwool cubes in tray in propagater.
3. sow seed in rockwool cube
4. re-soak cube in ph'd water till it runs out bottom of cube
5. place dome on propagater and turn heating mat on to keep up a nice humidity.
6.once seed has sprouted up past surface take dome off , turn heating mat off and put under 40 watt fluroscent tube.
7.keep lights on 24 hours a day and about 5cm away from top of seedling.
8.water when necessary and transplant into new medium when roots show through bottom of rockwool block.
9.start giving half strenght nutrient solution
is this the right way to go forward?
do i need to control the temperature in my garage as temps will drop in the evening, best way to do this?
also when the seed sprouts do i turn my heating mat off in propagater?
what size rockwool blocks to use and do i need to put them into bigger ones??
any help or comments would be great thanks guys
will be germinating in my garage then plan to transplant the seedlings into my wilma 8 pot system in clay balls.
this is the way i plan to do it.
1. soak the rockwool cubes in ph'd water
2.put rockwool cubes in tray in propagater.
3. sow seed in rockwool cube
4. re-soak cube in ph'd water till it runs out bottom of cube
5. place dome on propagater and turn heating mat on to keep up a nice humidity.
6.once seed has sprouted up past surface take dome off , turn heating mat off and put under 40 watt fluroscent tube.
7.keep lights on 24 hours a day and about 5cm away from top of seedling.
8.water when necessary and transplant into new medium when roots show through bottom of rockwool block.
9.start giving half strenght nutrient solution
is this the right way to go forward?
do i need to control the temperature in my garage as temps will drop in the evening, best way to do this?
also when the seed sprouts do i turn my heating mat off in propagater?
what size rockwool blocks to use and do i need to put them into bigger ones??
any help or comments would be great thanks guys