Hempy Solo Cup Germination: A SweetSue Picture Tutorial
Rickle Piiiiick
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Hempy Solo Cup Germination
You’ll need:
- perlite (I prefer coarse)
- strainer you’re rinse perlite
- water for diluted nutrients
- 2 Solo cups (I like the 16 oz size)
- lid for Solo cup
- drip saucer to place under cup
I use a leather awl to poke the hole and then cut a circle with scissors. You can also burn a hole, but that wasn’t an option for me.
I have disposable pipette a for filling capsules. They come in handy here too.
I keep a glass of clean water to rinse the pipette, emptying right down the drain each time so I don’t pollute the rinse water
On Felipe’s advice, drop that seed pointed end up to help the emerging seedling shake off the cap.
Leave the heating pad on 24 hours a day until you have a sprout.
Autos get transplanted the day they lift their heads from the perlite. Photos are left to grow past the outer edges of the cup before transplanting, our next tutorial.
On Felipe’s advice, drop that seed pointed end up to help the emerging seedling shake off the cap.
Thank you so much for this great tutorial SweetSue!
I've been searching for days for what you've beautifully laid out here. It was very hard to find someone with a straight answer about watering and the quantity thereof, when germinating in hempy cups. Thank you again!
Do you really transplant Autoflowers as soon as they sprout? How is the little sprout any different from a photoperiod at that point; won't it be too fragile to pluck out and put in another pot of perlite?
If I may (Sue might be a while), it isn’t really necessary to transplant Autos right away. Many wait until the roots have populated more of the perlite in the solo cup first. Just don’t wait too long.
I use a soldering iron. Makes a smaller hole but doesn't seem to be much of an issue after the first couple of waterings. I do have to push the perlite from around the hole after the first couple of waterings, though.
The clay balls, like Hydroton, might be a bit big (not enough surface contact with the seed) to work consistently well, but I never tried it.
Ph should be the same as the rest of the grow I'd imagine but I don't grow hydro so...
Ph should be the same as the rest of the grow I'd imagine but I don't grow hydro so...
