I'm familiar with the Lift pot method but that wouldn't work too well with a 3 gallon pot and a seedling, would it? I've searched and read about watering with table spoons... "they are easy to kill with over watering, even more so than photo period strains" as any seedling is fragile and needs oxygen. Do you guys soak the 3 gallons of soil and just give it a good few days to almost dry out (soaked medium, fox farm happy frog for example, plant germed seed, comes up 2 days later with cotyledons)....soil is still nice and moist...wait for top layer to dry out? what do? thank you :thumbs:
New Grower Watering seedlings in 3 gallon pots
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The roots start digging down very fast, in fact if the soil dries around the seedlings it causes the roots to search for water.. One thing you can do is just pour some water around the seedling in a circle and when it dries re moisten a little bigger of an area. Or you can just water the whole thing and dont water again until it dry the roots will find the water. Usually you dont have to water for a week or two depending on your indoor climate.
That's awesome. Very good to know. I didn't know they were that capable. Thank you for answering my question!
Yeah the first thing that happens is the tap root shoots down it can grow very fast, then other roots sprout off that, then more roots will start coming out of other parts of the plant that are under the soil. Most plants in general do this because the top of the soil dries quickly so they find moisture deeper in the dirt..
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