Mephisto- Strawberry Nuggets

do u just sprout the seeds in those rapid rooters? i wonder how autos would do in a flood and drain table lol

Like2Learm said:

do u just sprout the seeds in those rapid rooters? i wonder how autos would do in a flood and drain table lol

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Welcome and thank you for the question. I originally did on previous grows, I would place the rapid rooter plugs in the table, drop a seed in and cover them until I saw them sprout. However, while this was the easiest method, it was not the most successful. I almost always had 1 or 2 not pop or get stuck upside down and spend a few days behind. Some of them got water logged over this and just died, so I would end of with a few like a week behind. It kind of sucked.

So my new method is just as easy and have had 100% success with it. I throw the seed's in a wet paper towel and place it between 2 plastic plates in my grow room. 48 hours later they all have nice little tails. I then cut the rooter plugs half way through to the middle lengthwise, place my little tadpole inside, tap root down . Then place them in the table on a regular flood cycle. Works like a charm!

High-Dro Mephisto said:

Welcome and thank you for the question. I originally did on previous grows, I would place the rapid rooter plugs in the table, drop a seed in and cover them until I saw them sprout. However, while this was the easiest method, it was not the most successful. I almost always had 1 or 2 not pop or get stuck upside down and spend a few days behind. Some of them got water logged over this and just died, so I would end of with a few like a week behind. It kind of sucked.

So my new method is just as easy and have had 100% success with it. I throw the seed's in a wet paper towel and place it between 2 plastic plates in my grow room. 48 hours later they all have nice little tails. I then cut the rooter plugs half way through to the middle lengthwise, place my little tadpole inside, tap root down . Then place them in the table on a regular flood cycle. Works like a charm!

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I've seen a lot of people doing the cut up the middle thing lately and I love it. I'm going to try it next chance I get.

I'm curious about your setup. It looks like an aquarium pump or something similar cycling the water through a filter. I'm not very familiar with hydro so forgive me if this should seem obvious.

lol nevermind, I just saw the link to it in your signature

James Gandalfini said:

lol nevermind, I just saw the link to it in your signature

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Awesome. Yea I just realized my signature does not post in blog entries. I will have to keep that in mind when posting. So thank you! lol

High-Dro Mephisto said:

Welcome and thank you for the question. I originally did on previous grows, I would place the rapid rooter plugs in the table, drop a seed in and cover them until I saw them sprout. However, while this was the easiest method, it was not the most successful. I almost always had 1 or 2 not pop or get stuck upside down and spend a few days behind. Some of them got water logged over this and just died, so I would end of with a few like a week behind. It kind of sucked.

So my new method is just as easy and have had 100% success with it. I throw the seed's in a wet paper towel and place it between 2 plastic plates in my grow room. 48 hours later they all have nice little tails. I then cut the rooter plugs half way through to the middle lengthwise, place my little tadpole inside, tap root down . Then place them in the table on a regular flood cycle. Works like a charm!

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ahh interesting im sure this method can be used without any pumps by just daily wetting the bottom of rapid rooter to wick moisture ?

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Nice mate. Enjoy the show!

Like2Learm said:

ahh interesting im sure this method can be used without any pumps by just daily wetting the bottom of rapid rooter to wick moisture ?

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Yea, I don't see any reason why not. That would just be a bottom feed method. One of the main benefits of doing ebb and flow, is how much oxygen you get to the root zone. As it floods, it forces all the old air out and as it drains, it works to provide clean fresh air to the substrate. Using the hydroton is nice because nutrients collect on the groves of the pebbles and provide nutrients when the plant wants them. So they have all the air they want, and can drink whenever they want.