Seedlings, where do YOU put 'em?

[Rapha El]

So the thing is to get a good sample size we gotta have high numbers so how do you seed?

Do you..

Use a tray and pique the seedlings after X days?


Use a pot-tray and just drop them in their final pot later?


Have so much space and substrate that you plant each seed directly into their final pot?


Or do you do combinations like:
* Large pot-trays where each pot is 1/16 galon (250ml)
* Larger separate seedling pots (7x7x9cm)
* Final pot

What's a good minimum sample size for a generation? I can kick off anywhere between 50 and 400 seedlings in my space but I'd like to hear your experiences.

For example: If you grow a long veg strain, sow them in a try and then pique them; You are subdividing the roots by damaging them making it a denser ball closer to the trunk.


Please tag anyone you know who might have input or an interest in this.
@pop22 @FullDuplex @bf80255 @tobe @arty zan @budelee @Weirdbeard @The Elvis @South Syder @stepside @912GreenSkell

 

[FullDuplex]

Im trying something new this spring with my F2 stock

http://www.haxnicksusa.com/rootrainers/

 

[budelee]

So the thing is to get a good sample size we gotta have high numbers so how do you seed?

Do you..

Use a tray and pique the seedlings after X days?
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Use a pot-tray and just drop them in their final pot later?
View attachment 705544

Have so much space and substrate that you plant each seed directly into their final pot?
View attachment 705548

Or do you do combinations like:
* Large pot-trays where each pot is 1/16 galon (250ml)
* Larger separate seedling pots (7x7x9cm)
* Final pot

What's a good minimum sample size for a generation? I can kick off anywhere between 50 and 400 seedlings in my space but I'd like to hear your experiences.

For example: If you grow a long veg strain, sow them in a try and then pique them; You are subdividing the roots by damaging them making it a denser ball closer to the trunk.


Please tag anyone you know who might have input or an interest in this.
@pop22 @FullDuplex @bf80255 @tobe @arty zan @budelee @Weirdbeard @The Elvis @South Syder

Ive done rhe root trays before but the most i do at a time is 6... Nowadays i use the rapid rooters

 

[bf80255]

So the thing is to get a good sample size we gotta have high numbers so how do you seed?

Do you..

Use a tray and pique the seedlings after X days?
View attachment 705545

Use a pot-tray and just drop them in their final pot later?
View attachment 705544

Have so much space and substrate that you plant each seed directly into their final pot?
View attachment 705548

Or do you do combinations like:
* Large pot-trays where each pot is 1/16 galon (250ml)
* Larger separate seedling pots (7x7x9cm)
* Final pot

What's a good minimum sample size for a generation? I can kick off anywhere between 50 and 400 seedlings in my space but I'd like to hear your experiences.

For example: If you grow a long veg strain, sow them in a try and then pique them; You are subdividing the roots by damaging them making it a denser ball closer to the trunk.


Please tag anyone you know who might have input or an interest in this.
@pop22 @FullDuplex @bf80255 @tobe @arty zan @budelee @Weirdbeard @The Elvis @South Syder @stepside @912GreenSkell

if your just trying to max out your population size for the given light and space then I say solo cups from start to finish with multiple seeds planted and selected upon (cull all but the best). you can cram about 100 cups under a 600 watt that way and if you start with 3 to a cup you should have a very nice population of vigorous females by the end of flower. the cup is big enough to get a feel for the veg characteristics, allows enough room to see floral development and will allow plants to stay healthy enough to produce viable seed if properly managed so.... cups FTW lol thats my .02 cents

100 is a good number to start with, especially if you arent experienced with high plant counts, the maintainance can really bury you if you dont stay on top of it. plus 100 is a really good way to see what a seed lot has in it but 30 is probably the minimum id say to do any "real" breeding (not that less makes u any less of a breeder..... you just cant properly assess genotype with any less imo)

 

[The Elvis]

i put my seeds in the dirt.. then water then they pop up... It takes about 3 days 5 max..

This one for breeding. are you breeding??

 

[Rapha El]

Im trying something new this spring with my F2 stock

http://www.haxnicksusa.com/rootrainers/

So you can peel them open? That' interesting, I've seen some fabric bags you can open on the sides for transplanting before but never nursery ones.

Ive done rhe root trays before but the most i do at a time is 6... Nowadays i use the rapid rooters

Oh I would too but I'm way too cheap for that. I bought hundrets of liters of coco just because I could get it on the cheap lol .. so i gotta make use of that coco or face an existential crisis.

if your just trying to max out your population size for the given light and space then I say solo cups from start to finish with multiple seeds planted and selected upon (cull all but the best). you can cram about 100 cups under a 600 watt that way and if you start with 3 to a cup you should have a very nice population of vigorous females by the end of flower. the cup is big enough to get a feel for the veg characteristics, allows enough room to see floral development and will allow plants to stay healthy enough to produce viable seed if properly managed so.... cups FTW lol thats my .02 cents

100 is a good number to start with, especially if you arent experienced with high plant counts, the maintainance can really bury you if you dont stay on top of it. plus 100 is a really good way to see what a seed lot has in it but 30 is probably the minimum id say to do any "real" breeding (not that less makes u any less of a breeder..... you just cant properly assess genotype with any less imo)

Didn't you have that unicorn picture? oh yeah the watering alone would be a pain in the ass. I'll take your solo cup idea but translate them to trays (size of the pots in the trays) since i can bottom feed them without much hassle. I guess I'll start with 50 just to see what gives.
I've never taken care of more than 35 plants at once so adding a batch of 50 should be interesting at the least

i put my seeds in the dirt.. then water then they pop up... It takes about 3 days 5 max..

This one for breeding. are you breeding??

I had a bagseed of a really electric sativa that I selfed using sts and would like to make more of(more weed of this). The problem is that the plant was rather spindly(to be expected from a sativa) and short(problem) so I wanna see if I can't find a better vegging pheno and select towards that. Right now I got about 400 seeds of that strain left.

 

[bf80255]

So you can peel them open? That' interesting, I've seen some fabric bags you can open on the sides for transplanting before but never nursery ones.




Oh I would too but I'm way too cheap for that. I bought hundrets of liters of coco just because I could get it on the cheap lol .. so i gotta make use of that coco or face an existential crisis.




Didn't you have that unicorn picture? oh yeah the watering alone would be a pain in the ass. I'll take your solo cup idea but translate them to trays (size of the pots in the trays) since i can bottom feed them without much hassle. I guess I'll start with 50 just to see what gives.
I've never taken care of more than 35 plants at once so adding a batch of 50 should be interesting at the least


I had a bagseed of a really electric sativa that I selfed using sts and would like to make more of(more weed of this). The problem is that the plant was rather spindly(to be expected from a sativa) and short(problem) so I wanna see if I can't find a better vegging pheno and select towards that. Right now I got about 400 seeds of that strain left.

weeeeell..... if you wanna get technical pinkie pie is a pony not a unicorn buuut yes lmao my strain is named Pinkie Pie thats why I have pics of her all over.

that sounds pretty badass man. definitely tag me for that one I would love to check that out!
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