Bag seeds in a frog pot...

[archon]

On a whim, and because I have not been finding much here lately, I put around 6 seeds into a frog pot (small). I am kind of wanting to see what happens, but mostly looking to have access to free medicine. I am in the process of reading a lot on this site and learning with every word. Any help would be very much appreciated.

I am trying not to over water and I just need to know when the best time is to transplant to a bigger pot and any other recommendations.

Thank you in advance.

[BetterThanBeer]

I am a beginner myself so there are many, many more qualified people here that can help you, but with that said I can tell you that you will most likely run into problems throwing all of your seeds into one pot. The roots will tie together and you will be unable to separate them when you transplant. Most likely will kill them.

You can usually tell they they need to be transplanted when the plants start to droop a bit for a day or so. At least that works for me. You can tell a root bound plant by dumping it upside down and looking at the roots out of the pot. If they are all swirled around the bottom and sides they need a bigger home.

For now keep them nice and humid and water every couple days as needed when the top couple inches of soil are dry.

Don't make the same mistake that I made my first try, go get a ph tester and ph your water before using it. (Walmart sells it in fish isle for $5) No matter what you give them, if they lock up due to high or low ph they will not be happy. Oh, and use lots of perlite in your soil mix.

[archon]

Thank you for the great info...

[archon]

I have 3 sprouts (so far) and, of course, my first reaction is to transplant. They sprouted out of the soil yesterday. Today is the 1 week point from when I planted them. What time frame am I looking at for transplant? I mean, I definitely don't wanna do it too early, but I also don't want to deal with putting it off and allowing the plants to get their roots all tangled.

I am not looking to rush this process along so I just need some good info!

[BetterThanBeer]

You may want to wait for someone else on this one as I would hate to steer you wrong. However, if it were me I would put them into a solo cup or something similar as soon as you think you can move them without killing them. They are very, very fragile at this age. You will most likely need a spoon or something similar to make a nice circle around them and move them one at a time. Just be very, very careful not to crush/cut/disturb the roots. Easier said than done since you can't see inside the dirt. Go a little bigger than you think you need and don't rush it, take lots of time and do it carefully.

If you do decide to give it a shot, get it all set up first. I will give a quick explanation from a post I read about re-potting (I think on this site). Get your cups/pots (what ever you are going to use and put soil in the bottom. Then use the old container (which you don't have of course, but you will next time) or this time maybe put a smaller cup in there and fill the dirt around that cup. Once done pull the cup out leaving a perfect fit hole for your plant to fall right into without stress. Then place a bit more dirt on top to level out the pot leaving an inch or so for water to go when watering. I found that post and have transplanted 3 times using it. My plants never looked stressed. They say they need 1-3 days to recover and start growing again. Mine took off the very same day, very happy in their new home. You don't even need to break up the root ball, just out, in and water. Since you use the old pot (when you have one), it fits inside the hole you made perfectly without having to press, force etc.

You can search for the post for more explanation. If you give it a try good luck. The ones that make it will be very happy.

[archon]

OK, so this is not going so well so far, but it is a learning process. I have been reading as much as I can on here and trying to absorb it all. I found a seed I had packed away some time ago and put it in its own cup today. We will see if this goes any better...