Rockwool Cubes or Root Riot Cubes

nonamedman420

nonamedman420

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regardless of which you use, IF PREPARED AND TREATED CORRECTLY, bot are great for seeds and cuttings. they are similar but need to be treated differently. and BOTH can be pre-soaked with a rooting hormone or nutes, superthrive etc... unlike some others have stated.
 
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Tim Brittain

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JohnnyGreenfingers said:
I've done it both ways and what gave me the best results was to start the cuttings in root riot plugs in a dome, and after they were well rooted, placing the root riot plug into the 3inch rockwool blocks with the same size hole in it as the root riot plug.

From my experience, the root riot plugs hold water a lot longer and needs less watering to keep your clones happy. By starting them in the rockwool plugs instead, I found that if I wasn't constantly on them I would lose high numbers.

You can do it any way, from sprayers to domes, but for me the easiest, cheapest and most reliable method to get a high percentage of strikes was the root riot and then into my rockwool.
Are you using a horticultural heat mat or anything with them? that really ups the success rate imo.
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Did you make the holes in the rockwall bigger mine are to small gona have to get scalpel or such a d cut it outt
 
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Tim Brittain

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rkymtnman said:
alot of people use rockwool. i don't like it.

i much prefer rapid rooters by general hydroponics. drop a seed in, keep it moist and it should germinate fine.
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It the thing is putting the root riot plugs which had loads of lovely white roots co.ing out the sides and bottom into Rockwall cubes but the holes are to small I done it now cut the hole bigger with sharp blade the cubes had bin soaked for a hour or 2 in ph balanced water no nutes hope there ok thanks for yer time Tim
 
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