chiefMOJOrisin
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Has anyone ever used Peat Pellets before???
My buddy recently gave my a bunch of these "peat pellets" and swears by them for germination. As well as the first week or so of seedling growth. They are discs about 1 1/4" in diameter and about 1/2" thick with a small hole in the middle for the seed to go. This particular grow will be my 10th and I have always used the same method for germination and it always works great. Every grow has started from seed (never clones) this way.... I fill a shot glass with bottled water and put the seeds I intend to use in the water to soak overnight. The seeds that sink to the bottom are then used for the paper towel in a baggie method. And yes, westbizz, i read your thread and youre right. A small amount (very small) of bleach or hydrogen peroxide added to bottled water aids in preventing mold. I did one baggie with and one without bleach and the results were obvious. Although the seeds that grew mold in the non-bleach bag were duds anyway. But the duds with the bleach stayed moldless.
Anyhoo...a day ago i put a Sweettooth x OG Kush bean (my genetics ) into ten pellets. I then placed them in a shallow dish filled with enough bottled water to allow all the pellets to **** up. Yet, not going over the top of them cuz the seed would float away. The pellets began expanding in less than a half hour. I had to push the seed down a bit in a few of them because the pellet hadnt expaned around the seed, but instead pushed it up and out.
Basically i want to know if this method will work as well, or better than my normal method. I really like the fact that I can just plant the entire thing when the time is right, saving the seedling the stress of an early life transplant. But how well do roots poke through the netting type stuff that keeps the pellets together? How long should I let the seedling grow before transplanting into their 2nd to last home? How should I keep them until then? On a plate? Spaced apart? Close together?
And my most important question is, how do I water them once they are expanded? Should I place them in a dish of water and let them drink from below? Or lightly water from the top? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
My buddy recently gave my a bunch of these "peat pellets" and swears by them for germination. As well as the first week or so of seedling growth. They are discs about 1 1/4" in diameter and about 1/2" thick with a small hole in the middle for the seed to go. This particular grow will be my 10th and I have always used the same method for germination and it always works great. Every grow has started from seed (never clones) this way.... I fill a shot glass with bottled water and put the seeds I intend to use in the water to soak overnight. The seeds that sink to the bottom are then used for the paper towel in a baggie method. And yes, westbizz, i read your thread and youre right. A small amount (very small) of bleach or hydrogen peroxide added to bottled water aids in preventing mold. I did one baggie with and one without bleach and the results were obvious. Although the seeds that grew mold in the non-bleach bag were duds anyway. But the duds with the bleach stayed moldless.
Anyhoo...a day ago i put a Sweettooth x OG Kush bean (my genetics ) into ten pellets. I then placed them in a shallow dish filled with enough bottled water to allow all the pellets to **** up. Yet, not going over the top of them cuz the seed would float away. The pellets began expanding in less than a half hour. I had to push the seed down a bit in a few of them because the pellet hadnt expaned around the seed, but instead pushed it up and out.
Basically i want to know if this method will work as well, or better than my normal method. I really like the fact that I can just plant the entire thing when the time is right, saving the seedling the stress of an early life transplant. But how well do roots poke through the netting type stuff that keeps the pellets together? How long should I let the seedling grow before transplanting into their 2nd to last home? How should I keep them until then? On a plate? Spaced apart? Close together?
And my most important question is, how do I water them once they are expanded? Should I place them in a dish of water and let them drink from below? Or lightly water from the top? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Thanks