New Grower Germing seeds directly in soil or rockwool and nanodome for first week?

[Merlin.BAMF]

Ive noticed i havent gotten much vertical growth out of my autofems......i also noticed that when i look on here most ppl just drop seed into soil and germ it that way, Would starting in rockwool and burying the rockwool cube in soil slow vertical growth any? Bc thats the only thing diff im doing from a few other ppl ive watched on here and the only reason i can think of why it wouldnt be getting inches tall instead of stayin 6 inches till day 21 or so.....any feedback appreciated
Thanks everybody

 

[A Gardener]

Why place metal twixt seed and earth?

For vertical growth I'd look to the light

 

[Joe383]

I don't use rock wool because I feel the seedlings need a little nutes and the cubes do not provide it. Light schedule and intensity can make a difference too. Do a side by side when growing. I do this once in a while and it will change the way you grow. This time I did happy frog next to some roots organic that I added some amendments to and I don't think I will ever go back to the happy frog I was so happy with it. Have to slightly tweak things and do another side by side tell its perfect. When you grow multiple plants you should be doing this once and a while and using 1 plant as a test subject. Try sprouting them different ways a few times to see what is consistently the best for you.

 

[Merlin.BAMF]

Good lookin out bro........ill def try this......im using oceans forrest right now........was lookin into biobizz...ppl seem to like it whenever they try it out from what all ive read on here......so i thought ab tryin it next.......ill have to get sumthn bc i started a berry ryder last night in the last of my fox farms so ill be tryin sumthn new very soon.....hahah
Thanks tho man really

 

[Joe383]

Am I the only person to have a bad experience with ocean forest? I transplanted in this stuff at week 3 if I remember. I was in 1 gallon pots and went to 2 gallon pot. One plant I re potted with ocean forest and the other plant I mixed the soil 50/50 with happy frog. Both plants burned. I am surprised at how many people have good results with it after my bad results. Maybe I got a bad bag. Might have to give it another shot in the future.

 

[Merlin.BAMF]

Transplanting is ur prob more than likely bro.....
They dont adjust well to any stunting so far as ive been able to tell......
I stunted my current grow i have that is 4 and a half weeks old today and during the first week had timer issues so it was in the dark moreso than light the first week in my tent and it only turned out to be 11 inches tall......i will say its still bushy healthy and flowrring beautifully in my opinion......just a tad smaller than id wanted.......hahaha
But try planting directly into final pot and see if that helps w ur problem........it should make some difference id think.......good luck friend....keep us updated plz
I kinda think it wasnt so much as soil as it was shock from moving once potted

 

[Nabzter]

Mine go straight into the pot they will finish in. Usually 4 gal smart pots, sometime 8 gal if I'm feeling adventurous

 

[Merlin.BAMF]

Yea thats what im sayin nabzter....ive alwayd heard not to stress these anymore than u have to if at all bc they wont recover so well w virtually no veg phase