4 more of my babies sprouted last night, so I'm up to 8 total now. However two of them have already decided to become problem children. The seeds were germinated in some organic plugs made by General Hydroponics. For some reason the roots of two of them, rather than growing down into the plug, have pushed the entire plant upward out of the plug, leaving a significant part of the root exposed to the air.
I carefully ripped the plug open to free the seedling and then repostioned it. Then I tied the plug back together with a piece of string. Hopefully, once the side roots grow they'll hold the plug together when I go to plant them.
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I also went to a new (to me anyway) grow store yesterday. Ended up buying a 6 plant hydro unit. There's some debate as to whether this unit can support 6 MJ plants though (
http://forum.grasscity.com/general-i...ml#post1761573). The guys at the grow store were fairly young (20ish) and I'm sure they knew that my "tomato plants" were all my granny's wooden teeth. They felt confident that this unit would do the job, though.
Assuming I don't end up taking it back, I'll be planting 6 of my sprouts in the unit and growing the rest in soil. It'll be interesting to compare the two methods.