Many people on the Internet tell you to place the newly germinated seed root down into the soil. This is wrong, but not entirely because doing so will still work but there are consequences from doing so.
The proper way is to plant the seed with root tip up, just about 3-5 mm in the middle of your pot. You can use the tip of your finger to make this shallow impression in your soil.
The reason that you should plant your seed root tip up is because you want to help your seedling along as much as possible, for two reasons:
01. To provide the plant with a thicker stem.
02. To preserve vital energy.
When you plant the seed with root down, the tiny seedling will waste time and energy flipping itself upside down so that it can break through the soil. The seedling does not have the energy to push through straight up, besides the seedling does not exit from beneath the soil head first. What happens is that the seedling will stretch horizontally and push outward through the soil with its side.
Therefore, if you place the seed in the soil root tip down then your seedling must reverse its direction and burrow through the soil in order to position its self for breaking through the soil's surface.
When you place the germinated seed with root tip up, then your plant will only have to burrow just a small degree and hook the soil in order to literally bend its stem to break soil then to slowly pull its head through. By doing this you will shorten the time it takes to break soil by at least 24 - 36 hours, so your new ETA is ~2 days rather than the standard ETA ~3-5 days.
Another benefit is that your stem will remain shorter and thicker, because it will not need to stretch as far to correct its position. This means your plants start out short and stout and grow to be strong and healthy.
A better plan may be to place the seed about the size of the seed into the soil in a horizontal position (I haven't tried this). By doing this you may see your plants break soil much sooner, but the root may be shallow, so it may be more beneficial to sort of force the seedling to work a little first, but not too much.
The rest is up to you. Hope this helps.
The proper way is to plant the seed with root tip up, just about 3-5 mm in the middle of your pot. You can use the tip of your finger to make this shallow impression in your soil.
The reason that you should plant your seed root tip up is because you want to help your seedling along as much as possible, for two reasons:
01. To provide the plant with a thicker stem.
02. To preserve vital energy.
When you plant the seed with root down, the tiny seedling will waste time and energy flipping itself upside down so that it can break through the soil. The seedling does not have the energy to push through straight up, besides the seedling does not exit from beneath the soil head first. What happens is that the seedling will stretch horizontally and push outward through the soil with its side.
Therefore, if you place the seed in the soil root tip down then your seedling must reverse its direction and burrow through the soil in order to position its self for breaking through the soil's surface.
When you place the germinated seed with root tip up, then your plant will only have to burrow just a small degree and hook the soil in order to literally bend its stem to break soil then to slowly pull its head through. By doing this you will shorten the time it takes to break soil by at least 24 - 36 hours, so your new ETA is ~2 days rather than the standard ETA ~3-5 days.
Another benefit is that your stem will remain shorter and thicker, because it will not need to stretch as far to correct its position. This means your plants start out short and stout and grow to be strong and healthy.
A better plan may be to place the seed about the size of the seed into the soil in a horizontal position (I haven't tried this). By doing this you may see your plants break soil much sooner, but the root may be shallow, so it may be more beneficial to sort of force the seedling to work a little first, but not too much.
The rest is up to you. Hope this helps.
