INTRODUCING THE GERMINATOR 3000

[d4twamp]

And still nothing popping from the surface of the cubes:sadcrying

hopefully they will grow...

later D

d4twamp Reviewed by d4twamp on 11-11-2008. INTRODUCING THE GERMINATOR 3000 The GERMINATOR 3000- And I've got the only one in existence...lol.... Here are a few pix of my new contraption I like to call TH GERMINATOR 3000.... I based the construction of this McGuyveresque contraption based on my being tired of germinating beans in paper towels and reading Stinky's germinating posts & frankly I was just flat out stoned offa sum locally grown GRAPE APE... I figure I'll drop sum distilled or filtered water into the test tubes which are just the test tubes Rating: 5

[Weedhound]

what kind of cubes are these d4? Are they something you have used before? The seedlings were doing well until you put them into these cubes....is that correct?

[Weedhound]

I recognized the lyrics DT.....so its official......you ARE old.

[d4twamp]

what kind of cubes are these d4? Are they something you have used before? The seedlings were doing well until you put them into these cubes....is that correct?

WH - I'm using Oasis cubes I haven't used them for seeds yet, 1st time...I did use them for my last cloning foray, & prefer them over the RW...The last time I grew from beans I used RW and jiffy pots, but thought I'd try the Oasis cubes since they worked well for the cloning..That and the owner of one of the hydro stores in town swears my them for cloning and or germin' beans...Hopefully I haven't ruined them...They have only had distilled water, but the water was put into a smaller container that held some water with thrive alive b1 earlier...maybe I didn't clean it well enough and there is a small amount of the thrive alive still in there...anyways hope to get this up a going soon...thanx for poppin in Weedy...

[Weedhound]

Have you checked the ph of your distilled water? Beng a hydro grower, ph is ALL to me and I seem to recall.......i guess my question is are you checking and phing your water before you water them with it?

[d4twamp]

Have you checked the ph of your distilled water? Beng a hydro grower, ph is ALL to me and I seem to recall.......i guess my question is are you checking and phing your water before you water them with it?

affirmative... I am phing the water, All I have as of now is the Ph tester drops, to which I've kept the Ph a tad under 6...

[Weedhound]

I just checked some distilled water right out of the bottle (I use it for my fish) and the ph was 5.4........if you are not checking and adjusting your ph before watering with distilled then you should start immediately.

Why no tap water? Why the distilled?

[d4twamp]

I usually use it outta the tap, after letting it sit a day...but I read some where about it being better to germ in distilled, idk maybe I got it mixed up, so much info in my head I'm trying to defragment my mental hard disk...

[Weedhound]

Well find a spot for this byte: Check your AND adjust ph before watering......5.6-6.2 if you are going hydro and 6.2-6.8 if you are growing soil. I'm not familiar with your cubes so they may be doing a number themselves on your seedlings or it may be your water but you'll have to take the issues one at a time till you figure out what the problem is. Many issues mimic each other symptom wise so its a matter of changing things one by one and observing results until you find the problem.

Edit: you are ph'ing ....good. Are you going to grow hydro or in soil once they show their leaves?

[d4twamp]

Well find a spot for this byte: Check your AND adjust ph before watering......5.6-6.2 if you are going hydro and 6.2-6.8 if you are growing soil. I'm not familiar with your cubes so they may be doing a number themselves on your seedlings or it may be your water but you'll have to take the issues one at a time till you figure out what the problem is. Many issues mimic each other symptom wise so its a matter of changing things one by one and observing results until you find the problem.

Edit: you are ph'....good. Are you going to grow hydro or in soil once they show their leaves?

Yes I never water anything without checking & adjusting the Ph 1st...My ph is within that optimal level for hydro...Do you suggest me removing the beans from the cubes and going back to the RW....they have been in the cubes since friday night...idk maybe I left them in the Germinator too long, I wanted to get them out before I did but I had other things going on...