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1、Germinating>^fo4lowueondi比bGerminatin：Itallbeginswithgerminatingtheseeds.AstherearemanydifferentwaystogerminateyourseedsIpreferRockwoolcubes.Othermethodsthatyouprobablyknoware:•Wettowel(tissue)•Soil•JiffyPelletsWhyareRockwoolcubesidealforgeminating?oRockwoolcubescanstoreagrea

2、tamountofwaterwhichisnecessarytosuccessfullygerminateseeds.ThewaterkeepstheseedsmoistandincombinationwithheattheseedswillgerminateoRockwoolcubesholdsenoughair.Whenseedsstartingtorootit'sessentialtheycanabsorbenoughoxygenoRockwoolcubesareclean.RockwoolcubesareavailableinmanyOn

3、lineGrowShopandevenyourlocalgrowshopshouldhavethese.Mostlytheycomeintraysof7x11butanykindofRockwoolwilldojustfineforgerminating!Thecubesusedherealreadygotalittleholeforacuttingthatrunstothecenter.Wedon'tneedtheholeandwanttheseedsmoreonthesurfaceofthecube.Withasmallroundobject

4、likeapencilyoucanmakealittie"nesting"areafortheseeds.Italsopreventsthattheseedsgetwashedawaywhenwateringthecubes!!.It'sagoodthingtosoakthecubesinwarmwaterbeforeputtingtheseedsin.Afterpreparingthecubesyoucansowtheseedsandlabelthevararieties.Tosavecubesit'spossibletocuttheminsm

5、al1erpieces!.Theuseofaheatingmatishighlyrecommendedastheykeepthecubesonaconstantheatlevel.Atemperatureof25-30Cisneededforgerminatingtheseeds.MostWildspeciescantakealongtimetogerminatebutusuallytheygerminatesomewherebetween2-4weeks.Longerorshorterperiodsarepossibledependingont

6、hevarietyandthequalityoftheseeds.Seedsgerminatewithahigherratewhentemperaturesarebetween21-27°C,butseedsgerminatefasterwhenthetemperatureisbetween32一38cC(NMSU).Butitisveryimportanttokeepthetemperatureataconstantlevel!.Whenseedsstarttogerminatealittlewhite"hook"willshowup.This

7、hookisactuallythemainrootofyournewplantanditonlywantstogrowintotheRockwooltostartdevelop!ngtherootsystem.TnthepictureyoucanseetherootstartingtopenetratetheRockwool.AsRockwoolissuperbforgerminatingtherearesomedisadvantageswhenusingitasagrowmediumforyourplants.Themostimportanto

8、neisthatRockwoolhasahighPH~levelthatisnotgoodfortherootsystemsoyouha