Small pot for faster sprouting?

[pinkus]

Some of this stuff is pretty location specific: where I am heating mats have a three-month window when they are useful and nine they are a questionable choice. Likewise with seed starter trays. However, when I was doing this in Minnesota, they both made more sense. If I lived in a cloud forest the starter trays would probably be fantastic.

Willow water is great stuff!

 

[Superauto]

Maybe I should have been more specificThis is not a question of germination, I pre germinate the seeds with the paper towel method before I put them in tje soil
The question is still who will reach the surface first

 

[pinkus]

Rule of thumb with planting ANY seed: plant seed a depth of 2-3 times their width. It varies with the medium but shallower is generally better than deeper.


I know it's super common to do the paper towel method. imO, it's not optimal to do this as it increases the chances of several things we don't want: damping off, damaging the root hairs, dried beans being the top three.

I use rooters. with the seeds in rooters it's about 50/50 on whether I see the tap root first or the cotyledons.

Good luck.

 

[Superauto]

Rule of thumb with planting ANY seed: plant seed a depth of 2-3 times their width. It varies with the medium but shallower is generally better than deeper.


I know it's super common to do the paper towel method. imO, it's not optimal to do this as it increases the chances of several things we don't want: damping off, damaging the root hairs, dried beans being the top three.

I use rooters. with the seeds in rooters it's about 50/50 on whether I see the tap root first or the cotyledons.

Good luck.

I’m a just a noob but I killed several seeds by putting them in straight in the soil.Then I tried 7 seeds in paper towel, all 7 germinated and all 7 sprouted

 

[MJPassion]

Will a small pot make the seed sprout faster(because of rootbound)?

NO!

The only thing a small pot does is open up space for more seedlings to be sprouted in their individual containers.

Sprouting in larger containers allows the roots to spread out quicker.

 

[Betterhaff]

Instead of phos, we use willow water for root growth.

I’ve used willow water before for propagation, but not for seeds. Soaked broken up willow branches in water for a couple of days.

What’s your recipe? Sorry to go off topic.