Quote Originally Posted by the image reaper
Zandor, this may be the first time I really disagree with you, unless your 3/4" taproot is a typo ... as fragile as the taproot is, I strongly urge no more than 1/8" - 1/4" maximum exposed ... if that is your method, I suggest you have been very lucky so far ... whatever works for ya, but newbies would be best to get them in the soil sooner, I think ... :smokin:

All due respect but it's not a typo...Using teasers or some other way to pick up the sprouted seed is fine. They are delicate yes but you don't touch them and you place them gently down in a hold large enough as not to damage them.

The only reason I prefer to let the tap root grow a little longer is because of the delicate nature of the cycle of life at this point. By the time the tap root is over 1" long the shell begins to open and the cotyledon leaf starts to form. I have found that they sprout a little faster that way is all but by only a few day's. Moving them with a 1/4" tap root is just as good but I have noticed the seedling rate decline by a little bit when they were moved out of the very warm clean environment early is all.

I may be giving new growers to much credit but I hope not.

After all we are only talking about a day maybe two at most between a 1/4" tap root and a 3/4" tap root.