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Why did we start w/ Rock-Wool & end-up in Solo Shot-Cups? 1st, let me note how proud I am of these little ladies. Little girl has gotta' be an inch & a half (plus) above the top of the cup & the big girl is two inches for fun. They are loving the LED Bank they have all to themselves & I've had them sitting in a plastic Tupperware tray, each isolated under a glass jar, just about 18 hours of light per. day, since Saturday, (Nov. 21st).
I started by soaking the seeds & soaked the Rock-Wool at the same time, (refer to germ. week #1 for nutes., etc.). I used a 7/16" drill-bit (& my fingers) to put a hole in the rock-wool about 3/4" down. Once the seeds were soaked, I shook the rock-wool out, put the seeds in & used a tooth-pick to push them to the bottom of the hole, they sat under their LED Bank on a desk for the 1st couple of days, (18 hrs. on).
I had an electrician in the room on Monday & I was able to move them into a tent by Tuesday. What happened goes like this; I was crazy happy to show my son the work in the room, so, Monday night,(happy birthday to me), after we talked about improvements going forward, we came back upstairs & he asked me about the Rock-Wool & how I felt it was going. I explained that each time I had checked, it was retaining moisture just as I expected it would. Then I started to spin-out, over-think, did not sleep well & bring on Tuesday morning. I headed down stairs to check on the ladies and brought out the seedlings. I looked into the hole, saw nothing & decided to "pop-out" the seeds & there were two adorable little tap-roots"!
I instantly ran to the shed, got two shot-cups worth of soil & in they went, Lesson Learned! I kept conditions as consistent as I could, they went back under their jars & back to their spot under their LED Bank, in the tent, two days later, here we are! Had I just left well enough alone, I'm sure I would have seen leaves coming out of the rock-wool yesterday, I'm just happy these little ladies were tough enough to survive my in-experience.
Please; Any thoughts, ideas, critique or suggestions would be not only welcome, but greatly appreciated!
@CachimboDaPaz, Thank-you So Much!
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