Wow , and so it begins! Two of my Sour D autos just popped, i have them in a dark place in a seed starter dome. They are each in a moist peat puck. My question is, how long should I keep them in the dome in the dark? No leaves yet, but its working its way up. What I intend to do is transfer the whole peat puck onto the top of FF Happy Frog with FF Ocean Forest underneath, inside of 5 gallon smart pots. Just not sure when I should do that. Once that step is done they are going in the greenhouse. Thanks very much y’all !
Once sprouted they should be under 24 hours of light for the first couple of weeks.
Peat starters suck. Drowning of seedlings is common.
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peat pods and rockwool are famous for holding too much moisture and drowning seedlings. the rapid rooter type of plug works much better…moist but not sopping wet. I use the soak for 24 hrs, then place between paper towel…keep moist not sopping wet.
once baby has popped and tap root is 1/4"+ long…place in rooter plug.
They need to be exposed to light as soon as possible after breaking ground.