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I was just wondering if it was possible to sprout a seed in hydrotons. I put a germinated seed under an inch of hydrotons and I went back in there and took it out because I didn't think the little seedling would've been able to push through. What do you guys think would it have come out?
I suppose nothing is impossible, but sprouting in hydroton is a very poor choice. the rocks just loose their moisture too fast. Rockwool, wet paper towels or even soil work a lot better.
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Yep, my guess it would be pretty tough to do that. I sprouted seeds in rapid rooter cubes for a few weeks and then put the cubes in hydroton/buckets and had good luck. The rapid rooter cubes gave them a good base to grow in once put in the buckets with hydroton. Pics are what I started with and where I am now.
Not to mention an inch down would be close to being to deep.
The option of posting pics(FOR ME) is gone from here now(?),or I would post a pic of exactly that! A seed that somehow had gotten dropped in my Hydrotons and sprouted. I must have gotten lucky, because this seedling after 2 days earned the name Arnie! Short for Arnold Schwarzenegger! It has to be the nicest seedlings I have ever grown! The stem is thicker then any other seedling I have goin now! All 2 weeks old! Sure wish this forum would allow me to post pics! It did before, but not now! Im just saying it could happen, like it did for me! I agree with the other post's tho. Chances of seed falling deeper between rocks is really high! Then if rocks get moved, they could crush the babies as well! A small piece of rock wool is the ideal choice really! Thats just my opinion
This is the error message I get when trying to post. = Upload of file failed. This baffles me, because this is the same camera I have used in all other posts. It worked fine before! hmm....
Its definitely not impossible. Ive done it before when I had no rockwool or rooters. I germed in a paper towel actually and when I saw a root I carefully placed the seed into what I thought was the best position in the rocks. Sure enough it snaked its way through all the openings to the top. Its not that they move the rocks at that early stage... they are just snaking through them at first.