STARTING PLANTS; Soak seeds in damp paper or cotton wool, cover seed with
damp paper or cloth, drian off excess water and don't allow to dry out.
When the seed root is 2 - 5mm. long place the seed root first in the small
hole with tweezers (fig.3). Make sure the root is protected by the open
jaws of the tweezers and that the seed or root isn't squashed. Then place
seedling block hole up on a plate and wet Rockwool until it won't take
any more water. Keep the plate on an angle for drainage, but the seedling
blocks shouldn't dry out too much and seedling should come up in a few
days. Seedlings can stay on the plate until roots grow from the bottom
or sides of the seedling block (fig.4).When this happens seedling are ready
to transplanted on to the Rockwool mat in the root chamber. (Before the
seedling blocks go into the root chamber the rookwool is soaked in water
24 hours then with hydro juice at half strength.) Roots will grow from
seedling block, through and along the under side of the Rockwool mats.
Place three to eight plants per side, evenly spaced along the slot, and
it will soon grow into mass of green. When the system is operational and
plants are growing, the inside of the root chamber should have a rich earthy
smell. Three or four plants if your growing them big (outdoors ), eight
if your growing fast and flowering early ( under lights ).
When
the roots grow from the bottem or sides of the Rockwool block it's ready
to transplant into the grow tube. Once the roots have grown into the mat
tou can hit them with full stength hydro juice. Light proof plastic should
be used to cover the top of the root chamber white side up, this is to
stop green slime growing on the rockwool. This can only be done when the
plant is tall enough, take care not strain or damage the plant.
