Still getting folks asking me about this, lol so I reckon it’s doing good for others here as well!
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This generated a lot more interest than I figured it would, lol I still get folks asking me about it! Great, I’m glad so many people like it!
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Because it’s a total game changer @JohnnyPotseed !!!
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I’m going to try this method tonight! Thank you for this contribution.
I was wondering what kind of lights / how bright you use once moved into cups of the earthworm castings?
Also how long do they stay there before you move into your custom living soil? And do the lights change at that point? I’m trying to figure out the timing here for each step with preferred lighting setup.
This is a weak part of my game.
Looking for any tips to successfully get them out of the “seedling” phase to real veg phase as healthy and quickly as possible.
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Don’t over-complicate things, cuz. I use the same LED strip lights on all of the clones, seedling, and young plants. It’s just the height that changes.high when younger, lower as they grow. Seedlings I keep the light about 16-18" above, but you might have different lighting than me. I use replacement LED strips from Lowes to replace the T12 flourescent bulbs, after taking the ballast from shop-light fixtures.
Don’t damp off with overwatering, for the seedlings I just give a few drops of water around the base of the seedlings every day.When the true leaves come I start giving a bit more water and lower the lights a few inches.
Timing is whatever the plant’s genetics dictate, when it comes to what stage. I’m not in any hurry here, so not sure what you want to do it as ‘quickly as possible’ for?
Haste makes waste, cuz. you can’t rush mother nature… I like to let my plants veg for months
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understood on the speed part, what i should have said is “as optimal as possible”…
about how many watts are your LEDs?
are they something like this?
not sure what this means…can you clarify?
Yep, that’s pretty much the ones. 40watt equivalent full spectrum (daylight)
Damping off is what happens when you over water seedlings. They die, in other words. That’s just the term used for how they are killed off/die
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oh, i think i’ve done that more than once!
thanks again brother! hope you’re having a nice weekend.
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New question old topic @JohnnyPotseed Why dont you like to use fulvic acid?
I think that was in reference to the practice by some to use those in trying to feminize seeds? I’m not against the use of natural acids like those to enhance the buddage production, though.
edit… @CapnCannabis If I gave that impression, I’m sorry about that, cuz. lol I
’ type-while-stoned’ (often!) and don’t put down full thoughts at times, only pertinent to subject of conversation?
Does thqat sound right? lol
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No totally cool.Ive been putting a pinch of WC in the holes i put my beans that popped tails in and packing them with dirt on top and watering with a light fulvic tonic of DR Fulvic.No damp off ever anymore and they get this perky little boost i noticed.
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Good work there then, cuz! You might also try dropping a tiny bit of Mycorrhizae in the pot where the roots will touch it.
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WTG @JohnnyPotseed , in the root zone abfungus all the goodness year old compost with worms…yeah…
OverGrow The World with Love of life greens beam me up…later. peace growers…
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@JohnnyPotseed - do i need a full 24 hours with the heat pad on low without the seeds first? would it make a big difference if it was only 6 or 12 hours?
wondering why you suggested this.
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I doubt it would make much difference, cuz. the thing is to acclimate the tray of castings to the temp you’re gonna be using. Feel the top of the castings, if too warm feeling, turn the mat down (or add more insulation) it can be done in as little as 3-5 hours. The trick is to NOT get it too warm. Barely warm is all the seeds need. I would ‘set it n forget it’, moving on to other projects and dropping the beans the next day. No biggie, in timing really, just got busy usually, doing other stuff. (commercial grow-ops ALWAYS have ‘other stuff’ needing done! lol)
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this makes perfect sense…thank you for the explanation. i have a heat mat with a low setting so i’m hoping that will do the trick. so excited to try this out for the first time! thanks again cuz!
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No problem at all, please keep us posted on how ya like it.(IF, lol) Thnx
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wanted to report back with some good news.
20 out of 20 germinated within 48 hours. Yep that’s a 100% success rate! I did do a 12 hour KNF (WSK/FPJ/BRV/OHN) seed soak prior as well. I think that helped get them cracked.
Next question.
They have been transferred into small cups and have been doing well under 40 watts for about 4-5 days, all of them are close to having 4 of the small starter leaves on them but not very developed at all.
Wondering when do I make my next move and to what size pots?
Thinking I need to do this in the next 2-3 days? Or maybe wait till I actually have 4 well developed real leaves which could be up to a couple of week…Thoughts?
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Auto or photo? If photo, you can pretty much do as ya want to, cuz. I usually wait until they are getting tall enough I fear they’ll fall over/break. lol If auto, once they had a couple sets of true leaves, I’d put em into their ‘forever homes’.
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