peat cups

[the undertaker]

anyone else here use peat cups to start their babies?

i currently have some, about 2"x2". the roots grow right through them right?

anyone have experience with them and can tell me what i can expect? i usually just have my medium in a plastic drink cup.

 

[Hundredproof]

ive used them for a while with seeds and cuttings and they worked great. but after a while ive noticed that a bunch of them crowded together tended to form mold on the cups. also after busting open some harvested root balls ive noticed that while alot of roots do burst right through, it did not disintegrate as much as i thought it would.

 

[agent 420]

they work well, but if you use em' make sure the surface and surounding area are clean and dry otherwise you might get mold like Hundredproof mentioned. Have you ever tried peat pellets? they work well too.

 

[vonforne]

anyone else here use peat cups to start their babies?

i currently have some, about 2"x2". the roots grow right through them right?

anyone have experience with them and can tell me what i can expect? i usually just have my medium in a plastic drink cup.

I have used them in the past and find that it is a restricts the roots. You would be better of in the future if you mixed up your own seed starter.

50% peat
10% castings
40% perlite
a dash of dolomite lime

infuse it with a microbial tea.

Don't forget to let it compost for 2 to 4 weeks before you plant in it.

V

 

[quadracer]

I am not a fan of the peat cups. Most of the time the seedlings roots are still developing, and are not strong enough to break through the somewhat thick cup. It helps if you bury the cup in soil and water it soft, but most of the time it is used to hold small seedlings.

A better option is the red plastic cups for keggers or whathaveyou. They are cheap and reusable, and the seedlings/clones are allowed to get more established before getting transplanted into a bigger container.

 

[the undertaker]

can i transfer out of them still? they are small about 2" tall. 2 nodes each, 3rd is developing...

 

[vonforne]

You should not have any problems just make sure they are moist before you transfer them as not to damage the roots.

v

 

[barnyard]

not a fan of peat pots here either

2" x2" pots, that's tiny, our lovely Mary Jane will grow through that space in 3 days!

go with something bigger, in plastic, I know that's not very organic but the plastic doesn't wear out so your using it year after year...

the simpleton's strategy is germinate seeds in seed trays, prick out to 1/2 gallon grow bags. VEg 4-6 weeks, show sex. Then transplant to 2 gallon containers.

But as I always say, There's as many ways to grow MJ as there are MJ growers"

and I am way baked off the Speed Queen a weed for the double diamonds, no doubt

please forgive me as I've misnamed it "white cloud" for the washer LOL, it shoud be pink cloud...

 

[the undertaker]

im going to track down some of these cups tomorrow. should be in a grocery store i would suppose

 

[BROKENFINGERS]

maybe its just me but i think the peat pots seemed to absorb water and dry out the soil quicker same with clay pots

 

[Guest]

Peat cups are not very condusive to growing mariwana since the cup takes much too long to break down and let the roots grow freely.

I used peat cups once and I did not like them. I ended up taking the mix out of the peat cups and just using plastic pots.

It would be nice if they actually decomposed at the rate the mariwana needs, but that is not reality, unfortunately.

 

[Dignan]

What ~Ninja~ said. They'll break down but not fast enough and they'll only break down if kept constantly damp... which requires that you pack all of the peat pots into a tray or something similar so that they are all smashed against one another with no airflow between each pot.

Not a big fan myself. I do like peat pellets, though.

 

[Southern_Candy]

I'm a big fan of some good peat pellets. Just make sure you keep them moist and warm. Or a homespun version of peat/perlite/whatever, in a garden flat or 12oz kegger cups. Both have served me well in my years.

/Candy