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Solstice07 said:
Adding more soil to the lil' sprout once it becomes established after a week or so.
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what is the reason for this... if you sprout in a cup, especially in one with little soil, the roots will grow up to a point, until you're forced to transfer... by putting more soil in the beginning will give you about another inch to 2 inches of root growth, and you're still forced to transfer in a week to 2 weeks when starting off in a cup that small....if your adding soil to it NOW, that won't give it more root space, you're just covering up the stem... adding soil to something in a larger container makes more sense...
 
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needhelp said:
what is the reason for this... if you sprout in a cup, especially in one with little soil, the roots will grow up to a point, until you're forced to transfer... by putting more soil in the beginning will give you about another inch to 2 inches of root growth, and you're still forced to transfer in a week to 2 weeks when starting off in a cup that small....if your adding soil to it NOW, that won't give it more root space, you're just covering up the stem... adding soil to something in a larger container makes more sense...
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All I can say us that it works well for me. I can monitor the watering much better in the first two or three weeks this way until they are well established. I also see that there might be a benefit in having the white of the cup as a "reflector". The attached pic is a plant that's 9 days old. I must be doing something wrong.
 

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Solstice07 said:
All I can say us that it works well for me. I can monitor the watering much better in the first two or three weeks this way until they are well established. I also see that there might be a benefit in having the white of the cup as a "reflector". The attached pic is a plant that's 9 days old. I must be doing something wrong.
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the white being a reflector has crossed my mind before, but i don't want you to change the way you do things, just was wondering why would u want to start off that way.... but nice pic
 
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Solstice07 said:
All I can say us that it works well for me. I can monitor the watering much better in the first two or three weeks this way until they are well established. I also see that there might be a benefit in having the white of the cup as a "reflector". The attached pic is a plant that's 9 days old. I must be doing something wrong.
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i would figure that the way you water is by pouring water into the cup instead of spraying the soil.. but how does it help you monitor your watering... the cup isn't see through... and how do you monitor them, once they have to be transplanted
 
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i would figure that the way you water is by pouring water into the cup instead of spraying the soil.. but how does it help you monitor your watering... the cup isn't see through... and how do you monitor them, once they have to be transplanted
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I do use a spray bottle while they're in the cups. When they get down to 70g, I bring them back up to 100g.

After transplant, I use the finger in the soil method although I do have a cheap water meter. I don't really trust that.
 
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I do use a spray bottle while they're in the cups. When they get down to 70g, I bring them back up to 100g.

After transplant, I use the finger in the soil method although I do have a cheap water meter. I don't really trust that.
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ahhhh... a scale.. good idea....

have you ever tried spraying them even after transplanting... i spray the mines on windowsills, once a day.... and the others in my cab, i'd spray twice a day... i use to use the finger method and just like you, i hate the idea of trying to guess when to water....and i use to use containers with clear bottoms to view my watering when i poured water into them.. so spraying helped me out a lot...
 
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day 11 and day 18 :blsmoke:
(tips of top of bigger one got a little brown from light bein 2 close.. all good though):leaf:
 

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If that's what your plants look like after 11/18 days, I must be doing something wrong. You keep growing!
 
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