Nursery Journal

The seeds germinated after about 48hrs, a handful still hadn’t cracked open. Then I planted them into 2” Grodan rockwool cubes in a rapid starter tray. I only had incandescent lights at this point so I chose not to use a lid since they create so much heat. Within 24hrs a good number of them had sprouted and started opening up. Slowly the rest of them sprouted aside from a few, and were stretching towards the light. I couldn’t move the lights closer and had to order CFL’s. The seedlings responded very well to the new lighting and stopped stretching. Rotating fan 24/7 now to help build stalk strength and prevent root rot. First feeding about 3 days after sprouting, water in the tray to help roots reach down. Plain water (pH 5.5/5.6)... After about a week the seedlings are starting to grow their 2nd set of true leaves with roots coming through the rockwool cubes, and are ready for transplant!