Germinate seeds in aerogarden pods

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adam2706

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Hi everyone,

I'm fairly new to growing and have only grown from clones until now. I am having a hell of a time trying to sprout seeds. I have an aerogarden that I normally grow herbs in (like actual herbs ). Has anyone tried sprouting their seeds using an aerogarden pod? They make plant your own seed kits. I have had great luck with these pods using other plants, I'm wondering if I can kick off my grow with these until I get a little better at germinating in rockwool. Here is a link to the pod kits, I feel like it should work. I obviously would not use their nutrients or anything.

 
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Treesomewanted77

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Rapid rooters are awesome. I’ve always used the paper towel method and have great success rates with it. I friend just bought some beans from crop kind and they send directions to put the them in a cup of water for like 24hrs then into a moist paper towel but I have never used this method.
 
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tehcheese10

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I grow in a farm XL and always start by germinating my seeds in a paper towel, works everytime. After about 24hrs in the paper towel you can take the seedling and place it inside the aerogarden pods. Just make sure not to run your pump too much in the early stages (first 7 days). You need the aerogarden pod to dry out a little or your seedling will struggle with too much moisture.
 
paul2469

paul2469

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adam2706 said:
Hi everyone,

I'm fairly new to growing and have only grown from clones until now. I am having a hell of a time trying to sprout seeds. I have an aerogarden that I normally grow herbs in (like actual herbs ). Has anyone tried sprouting their seeds using an aerogarden pod? They make plant your own seed kits. I have had great luck with these pods using other plants, I'm wondering if I can kick off my grow with these until I get a little better at germinating in rockwool. Here is a link to the pod kits, I feel like it should work. I obviously would not use their nutrients or anything.

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adam2706

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Not yet. I have sprouted normal herb seeds in the aerogarden without any issues, so I assume it would work just fine. I've got a grow going now (clones, since I killed my seeds in rock wool), but I'm going to try some more seeds on the next round using the aerogarden 'start your own' seed pods.
 
Gmann9116

Gmann9116

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tehcheese10 said:
I grow in a farm XL and always start by germinating my seeds in a paper towel, works everytime. After about 24hrs in the paper towel you can take the seedling and place it inside the aerogarden pods. Just make sure not to run your pump too much in the early stages (first 7 days). You need the aerogarden pod to dry out a little or your seedling will struggle with too much moisture.
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So Not like my grobo were I can plant seed in coco & Germinate to full grow I need to germinate outside of AeroGarden Sprout then plant into AeroGarden
Is this correct ??
I've also looked at the Seed Wicks system ??.....
 
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tehcheese10

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Gmann9116 said:
So Not like my grobo were I can plant seed in coco & Germinate to full grow I need to germinate outside of AeroGarden Sprout then plant into AeroGarden
Is this correct ??
I've also looked at the Seed Wicks system ??.....
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Well sort of, its not required to geminated seeds before you place them in the medium. I have just found it is easy to mess up the germination process when placing the seed directly into the medium. I could place the seed directly into the aerogarded pod if I wanted (i have done this before and been successful) I just find that I have more issues when I try this.
 
Gmann9116

Gmann9116

Member
Hello World !!

At least I have 2 working options

Cheers bud

Can I also ask when On Average would you kick off my Sprout ?? I'm thinking of Mid Flower & including the grobo drying ?
Hopefully if I time it right she should reach a decent Early Late Veg State
Or am I completely off !!
 
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Gmann9116

Gmann9116

Member
Just waiting on my AeroVoir, Pump Fitted, & I've ordered 2 covers ...... more USA shipping !
I'll post details when they arrive
& then the waits on my grobos current grow to reach Mid Flower & ill kick her off
Hoping I'll get the timing right but with Mid Flower,Flush,Drying my AeroGarden should be ready for transfer
If I'm wrong please Someone Shout
 

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