Root breaking in rock wool

This has happened to me like 3 times so far, after they sprout I place them near the top of the inside of the rock wool and some times they will twist and snap the root, killing the sprout


what can I do to keep this from happening?

xXMaslanXx said:

This has happened to me like 3 times so far, after they sprout I place them near the top of the inside of the rock wool and some times they will twist and snap the root, killing the sprout


what can I do to keep this from happening?

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Never heard of that hmmm..

delstele said:

Never heard of that hmmm..

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I would have takin a pic but I didnt think about it....

Yup a pic would help, Oh well... Reps to you!

if your not soaking the rock wool long enough< it stays fairly hard
but your probably being to rough with it, or using your hands

not a fan of your germing technique, exposing the tap root is just asking for trouble

Done this with success, germ in jiffy pellets, transplant into wool slabs, but if your a noob, you should just grow in soil ... jiffy pellets into soil, doesnt get an easier than that

Na Im growing some stuff in soil right now, im just messing around with hydro

how long are you soaking the cubes before putting the seed into it?

wow germed seed into jiffy pellets? that sounds like it would work great! i have horrible success with seeds. may need to resort to this

Tryingtomastrkush said:

how long are you soaking the cubes before putting the seed into it?

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Shit I just dip them in for like 5 secs....is that why?

xXMaslanXx said:

Shit I just dip them in for like 5 secs....is that why?

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thats exactly why man......soak them for i think like 48 hours or some shit......it needs to be supersaturated. when you just dip it in for 5 seconds it doesn't have a chance to saturate enough

Use some rooting powder too. Dip the tap root into rooting powder before you put them in the rockwool. I've found even if you break your tap root that if you dip what is left of the germed seed into some rooting powder it can save them! This has happened to me a couple times when I was trying to pull the germed seed out of soil where I've had a few all together. I snapped the tap root and only had like the seed leaves and about 1/2" of root. To save it I just dipped the end of the root into the rooting powder and stuck it into the soil with the seed leaves sticking out and the plants just took off!

Tryingtomastrkush said:

thats exactly why man......soak them for i think like 48 hours or some shit......it needs to be supersaturated. when you just dip it in for 5 seconds it doesn't have a chance to saturate enough

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lol this whole time I though I just needed to get them wet

Thanks man

make sure you soak them in water that is the proper ph......im not sure what ph that is because i have never used rockwool but i believe its around 5.4 or 5.5 (don quote me on that i could be wrong)

You should soak them for about 5 min in 5.5 to 6 ph water. Sometimes I take a pen and make the hole bigger to slide the root and seed into the cubes. Same thing with dirt too.