yes, and it was a very small amount of perlite - maybe 10%. It could have been the seeds - like I said, the "store bought" seeds made it. The found ones of unknown age didn't. But, many of them had already popped when soaked in water. I actually gave up on them last night and dumped all the ones that didn't break the surface. Lots of them were rotten. I'm a little mad at myself for putting all my eggs in one basket so to speak but it made sense at the time. I think that for seeds I'll stick with rapid rooters but this is great for clones - no doubt.
just my opinion but that lil tray seems like a pain in the ass to deal with and empty cutts/ seedling out, or check for individual roots... even watering looks like could make mess unless super delicate. looks like get crowded to fast. a simple 2oz dixie cups for mouth rinse works fine and can easily be emptied of plants, checked for roots and watered by wicking up from any kind of tray(peat puck tray or Rapid rooter trays work well as they are made thin to allow heat mat to transfer heat and have ridges on bottom for draining if using soil). i bought solo RR tray for $1 at hydro shop. place the tray on seedling heat mat . water the tray not the cups as water is used and evaporates. can use any medium to wick up whether it is soil, vermiculite, rockwool, or my preferred coco.
take a lil cup cut slits on edge, label strain on cup, pack with medium, poke a hole to bottom with something similar in diameter to clone, push clone in hole, set in tray over heat pad, when done with all, water the tray. cups will absorb all the water they need and keep wet and happy(this is why soil is least preferred cause it requires more attention to moisture level n cannot remain constantly water logged safely without choking out clones or seedlings) and seedling heat mat keeps just right to propagate roots.
i add water to tray every other day when i get the chance, leaving bottom 1/8 in of cup submerged on watering day. next day tray is nearly dry, but cups are still waterlogged. next day require add back of moisture sometime during that day to be safe. plain water til roots show on some then lightly feed tray with nutes(super light 200ppm or so) to keep rooted ones happy while rest catch up. keep together under minimal light to keep growth of rooted ones down so height differances wont come into play as bad
next to a ez cloner or homemade bubble cloner this is just about the laziest way to clone IMO with great success. i rarely lose a clone as long as i take cuts with fresh clean razors every session. i dont even use hormone anymore although it does shed time from rooting process. no humidity dome and i live in the mojave desert FYI.
i will go take pics of what i have now
good example of a clone growing waiting for others
water this easily- u can see the tray is nearly dry
Slits is how it wicks
roots grow for the slits/water source. i check 1 time a week takes me 10 min to check all clones in first pic and clean any mess i make. usually stays together well. this is 2 weeks here from cut
new razors priceless.
i had a few cuts get rot on me and this stopped that from happening. it is all i changed was clean cutting utensils
