2 Simple Ways to Start Seeds for Hydroponics 

Let me tell you it's definitely possible! 🤣

Same to you, thank you

This is exactly what I wanted to know

in another video he used a net cup and ripped up pieces of the rockwool to go 'around' the sprouted petri dish plants.

Don't use dirt from outdoors

Once you get them it can be hard to get rid of them. I've done a few methods over the years including fly ribbons, diatomaceous earth, neem oil spray, and natural predators (spiders in the grow room, non-poisonous and they worked ok) really it just depends on what's available to you and what you're willing to have in your grow room. Also @Al's homestead that's really not helpful once you already get them in your house, especially since they can come inside even without dirt from the outdoors.

@@midwestmangos2452 I put a thin later of vermiculite over the whole area of the pots. I saw Luke here recommended doing that in his vid on vermiculite and pearlite. Works really well I have to say. I also added a fan oscillating and blowing minimally, and it works good in combo.

Yes, good question. You said the seeds need moisture and darkness to sprout, so wouldn't we wait to use the grow lights once they've sprouted?

Depends on which plant you are trying to grow. Different plants need different conditions in order to sprout.

Presoak cubes in 5.5 ph water, for about 10 minutes, then add mild nutrients of grow/bloom, keep solution (TDS) at 0.2-0.3 EC or (100-150 ppm) in the 500 scale, then check and adjust ph to stay within range mentioned above. *Option, add root hormone gel/powder plus microbes to the mix after you ph/adjust for better protection and enhance root development. Hope it helps, Goodluck🤗

I have been hydroponically going lettuce for a while now and watched this video because I follow his channel and respect his gardening advice. With that said I have months of experience germinating lettuce seeds indoors, and have found that lettuce germinates best without heat (like the heat mat he shows), but under grow lights 24/7 (until you are ready to transfer the seedlings to grow containers). I also add a small amount of kelp solution in my seed starting tray to cut down on algal growth under the lights. Hope this is helpful.

@@kieranleopold9115 Thank you so much!! This is very helpful!

Kieran Leopold do you have a source for information for beginners? I’m not a new gardener but I’m new to hydroponics.

I have the same question, I keep refreshing the website and searching his videos just in case.

If you are planning to grow your plants indoors... You may need it.

Cool, where can I see it?

Very good point! ;-)

That was awesome

Devin Jones you can buy 10 million beneficial nematodes for $30 online. It’s the ONLY thing that works for me. I know it’s been 6 months 😅

I had an infestation too in the early spring while it was still cold and the house was closed up. I bought bags of soil from the Dollar Tree and the swarm came shortly thereafter. I think I swallowed a few while talking while they were at their peak. 😂 I used vermiculite in my soil and topped / covered the surface. The weather warmed up and I moved most of my vegetation outside. Another channel suggests drenching your soil in the 1st 2 to 3 inches with a mix of hydrogen peroxide and water. I blv the ratio was 1:4 or 1:3. This supposed to kill the larvae. However, you have to contain the adult ones flying around as well. So for the 1-2 kill punch, it is recommended to use the yellow sticky squares or fly sticky tape. I've also seen baking or microwaving your soil as a suggested soil sterilizing / larvae-killing maneuver. I've grown plants indoors before but never had an infestation like that in my life

Also, what nutrients did you use?

No composting rockwool, it's basically like fiberglass insulation which is why you should only handle it bare handed after it's wet. Even if you did try it would just sit there as rockwool for thousands of years because rock doesn't break down. It literally is just rock but in the shape of sharp long microscopic spear/ropes.

Seeds are protected by patent laws until the patent time runs out. The non-GMO sales pitch must be working because only a few plants are actually GMO.

I have same question. Which seeds need darkness and which need light?

actually just put them in indirect light. If it got too dark, the seedlings will grow long, thin, and pale. Just pit them in indirect light

I guess he makes/made videos and never checked the comments..? I always kept them in the dark, and keep an eye out for when they sprout, then move them under a light like shown (not too bright, yet. More light as they get larger and require it. I knew someone had to ask this. Everything sounded perfect until he mentioned putting them under the light..? Nobody's perfect. Great video once it gets going, several minutes in.👍

There's a lot of different kinds of grow lights and it would be very difficult to compare anything but a couple specific products.