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Beblunted

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Hello I just started a few seeds in some rock wool, I phd the watter dipped the rock and dropped seeds, there in a homemade dome stored warm,
I've got them in a big tub for a more stealthy deal, with two t5s
Day one no sprout

What exactly do I do from here?
I saw something about nutting the watter for the first dip,
How do I watter
Any tips or help would be nice thank you
 

DeeTee

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You've gotta have patients, I've had seeds take up to 5 to 6 days to sprout, once spouted, I feed a very mild solution of nutes, and I mean mild, I mix half strenth then cut in half again with water, making it 1/4 strength, then cut in half again with water, making it 1/8 strength, bare in mind rockwool has no nutes and plain water will be fine for one, two days, but your seedlings will need a mild solution of nutes after 2, 3 days, that's how I do it with good results, btw once I put the seed in a small hole I cover it with potting soil and make sure the seed is well covered, oh and at first I just soak the rockwool in ph'd water at 6.0 for 2 to 3 hrs.
 

Beblunted

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Thank you deetee, this way there first night,
I've pretty much done every thing you said except for nutes,
Also when I coverd the he I used peaces from and unused rock, (that's what I was told to do, should I pull those prices out an grab some dirt
 

curiousuk

Active Member
Sit back an wait for the litle lady to come above ground.

your not need any nutes until roughly 2-3 weeks after your seedling pops above the soil.

if your growing auto seeds, your wont even been grow nutes due to how fast auto seeds will explode. and your understand the term explode if your doing autos thats for sure.

If your growing non auto seeds its stilla case of roughly 2-3 weeks before any nutes can be introduced.

as for the rest like awaiting the seedlings arival above grow, well as stated above. my friend you have to just sit back an wait for nature to take it course!
 

DeeTee

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Thank you deetee, this way there first night,
I've pretty much done every thing you said except for nutes,
Also when I coverd the he I used peaces from and unused rock, (that's what I was told to do, should I pull those prices out an grab some dirt
If your seeds have popped, I wouldn't bother removing those pieces, I'm just saying that's how I do it, I feel the seeds have a better chance pushing thru soil rather than pieces of rockwool, plus I feel pieces of rockwool doesn't exactly evelope the seeds as good as soil, as for feeding mild nutes I should of said maybe 4 to 5 days rather than 2 to 3.
 

Beblunted

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Oh okay cool, makes sence that the soil will be Easter to push through, going to start another batch just incase these don't do it much love thank you for the pointers
 
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