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What i did to tranplant was to buy cheap plastic cups 16oz and stuck a knife through the bottom two or three times. Filled them with coir 1/4 deep then put a generous pinch of complete fertilizer organic- coir guy has this too. Then filled to 3/4 with coir added pinch of fertilizer before mentioned put rockwool cube or seedling into hole made with pencil the filled up to little less then lip of cup.
(Coir is usually sold in blocks esp. by DG merchant and it is awesome. You can buy a tub like I did as big as possible and toss the roughly 10 pound block in there and start pouring water on it. It sucks up the water and falls into pieces. It keeps moisture so it helps with watering. I have kept it in the tub and have had no problems with mold or anything. I keep the lid on it when not in use.) Sorry about the long blah about Coir but I am impressed both with the product and merchant.!!
Anyway - here is the kicker I love about all this- after you transplant your seedlings in cups- set them aside. Fix a tub just like before- cut two holes equidistant from each other and not suspend the lights but set them in the holes you made. I cut my holes smaller than the reflector shield so I just lay the reflector on the lid and the bulb goes down inside the tub a little. I put my tubs with seedlings in it on our glassed in but unheated front porch. I had a problem with temp on the concrete floor so we just put a carpet runner under the tub and all is good. I put an inch to inch 1/2 of water in the bottom of the tubs so the cups won't dry out. Also there will be spots we light is weaker etc. I rotate my plants. Any way put the lids on and wait--- then I bought some cheap blinds and cut them apart as I had to splint my tomatos because they took off. I got to eager last winter and ended up with over 250 tomato and pepper seedlings. The first week of April I had tomatos that were easy a foot and a half. The peppers were a little slower but they looked good. Sorry to be so winded. Hope it helps - dmail me if I can help. I work nights / so I come and go to the site often. I love DAVES GARDEN .
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