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Originally Posted by augiedog55
Do you a deluted the portion of the saltwater farms fertilizers for your seedlings? If so what ratio? Do you folar feed you seedlings or as a soil drench? Thanks in advance
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I moisten seed starter mix with the PGR solution ( 1 teaspoon per gallon) and sow the seeds on heat mats in trays with clear dome covers. As soon as the first seedlings emerge, I remove the covers to avoid damping off issues.
I keep the seedlings watered with PGR as needed. It's important that the starter mix is
not kept constantly soggy, because over-watering at this stage will cause problems.
Once the seedlings have reached 3" tall, I turn on oscillating fans that are plugged into timers that can be set to turn on and off several times in a 24 hour period. The fans are on low speed and are far enough away so that the foliage
slightly rustles with each pass of the fan sweep. This causes the seedlings to develop thick, sturdy stems.
Using the fan treatment also causes the growing medium to dry out quicker, but it's nothing too drastic. I also mist the plants weekly at this point with PGR solution as a foliar feed.