Peat is hydrophobic, once it dries, it’s a bitch to re-wet. Good reason to go to coco, lol!
Water it slowly, in increments, until the cup feels goldilocks right 
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it will. it also helps to amend with considerable amount of vermiculite with rice hulls/perlite. as said above it dries out and it is hydrophobic but you can water a bit slowly, wait 20 minutes for that water to get soaked up and then finish watering, youll be good.
its very hard to over water it really, but i havent tried the promix. i mix my own.
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If I remember right you have some yucca powder in your supplies. Adding just a tiny bit of that to the water will help with the hydrophobic tendencies of peat. Glad you’re up and running bud. I never use domes for seeds by the way. Clones always but seeds get the Sparta infant care regimen. If it can’t handle the 65%-75% humidity in the tent then it’s a weakling and I have no time to baby weak seeds.
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That moment was incredible. The movie wasn’t bad.
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So what we looking like today my guy?
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bone dry medium, hot and dry weather, this thing seems to be feeding from the bottom since birth. insane. if i get 100% germ rates with this after 20 seeds im going to shout it from the rooftops.
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Your router may vary. I tried this at first and my router gets hot! I baked a couple few seeds before I got a heat mat.
I’d love to talk about this. I’ve had excellent luck with a shot glass of water, I like to leave them in there to get pretty significant tails, 2-3cm-ish.
BUT. I have heard people say you can drown them, and I’m having a bit of a time with a new strain. Seed #1 barely popped, then when I put it in a coffee filter it dried out. Seed #2 popped and got a tiny bit more tail, but doesn’t seem to be progressing so I went ahead amd put it in the root cube. The paper towel method doesn’t work for me because of user error, but I’d like to learn other methods!
I use promix for vegetables and have found I need to bottom water or it gets pockets of dry. It’s too late now, but I’ve found you need to hydrate (over hydrate, like you’re making soil blocks, if you’ve done that) and let it sit a day or two to really hydrate . It’s heckin’ hydrophobic for me.
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@JohnnyPotseed has a worm casting method. I like his. Sanding helps. Just planting it sometimes can take several weeks. I have used several. His is more natural. I don’t mind tap water. Each to his own method. But this method might be your ticket. I got some. I was having problems. I rush them to much.,
That Wal-Mart pro mix re wets really easy, I’m really enjoying it. This isn’t the pro mix that has added nutrients either It’s really just a base, best for starting seedlings I’ve tried. The red bag is good too but doesn’t state organic as they are always out of the yellow bag here and substitute it. Also $12 for 2 cubic feet is not bad and I’ve been running it through flower with just amendments.
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Yup I’m loving it myself
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@Kasper0909 No nutrients? Oops, should i transplant these 8 day old seedlings asap?
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Nooo not at all…well…maybe depends on what they look like I transplanted at 12 days judging by the growth
It was 15 days with these because the roots had shot out the bottom of the cup
And according to my phone this was 4 days later
They were flying
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Looking good bud! Off to a good start.
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I think they’ll make it. How fast is the turnaround anyway? Leafworks did mine the day the received it and emailed the results
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Ya they shouldn’t need feed or up potting. Are they in solos? When you mix your next pot that they will go into I usually add my fertilizer and such to that. It’s easier to up pot when soil is dry and enough roots to hold the dirt tight I’ve found. Also when up potting no matter what pot they are currently in do this.
Fill bottom with amended soil.
Place cup in middle and fill rest of amended soil (putting the soil all around the current cup)
Take cup out and you will have the hole to transplant the new plant root ball in
I also sprinkle living soil stuff in and around the hole(Mycos)
Makes for a much gentler up pot
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on the money
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Recharge have any N in it? I gave them some yesterday, might give them the rest of the batch I mixed up in a water bottle today. @Kasper0909 yea i definitely wanna wait till the roots hold the dirt together b4 i transplant. Maybe another 7 days? Should they be good in that soil 2 weeks total.
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That up pot was pretty early about the size of yours currently, but I get anxious to up pot haha. Rarely wait long enough for the first one and way too long on the second one haha
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Not sure honestly but I don’t worry about nutes or ph the first few weeks. The rule of thumb I used to go by was no nutes for 3 weeks but that’s situational now
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