Only planted them in red solo cups and fox farms ocean forest soil
Make sure you have drain holes in the bottom and around the sides of the cup about 1/2” up from the cups bottom. Is the soil moist now? Keep another cup with just dry soil in it so you can feel the difference between a watered cup and a dry one. When the moist one gets to near the same weight as the dry. Water thoroughly but don’t drown the cup. You don’t necessarily need run off from those drain holes. They are there to help mitigate a accidental overwatering.
I have a ton of drain holes in the bottom of the red solos and I was told about half a cup of water for the 18 oz solo cups every watering. Does that count when they’re seedlings? Or should I be only misting like I’ve been doing? Haven’t let it go dry yet. Only 3 days old.
I don’t mist but others do so successfully. I water enough until I’m sure the soil is moist. I also always pre moisten the soil to a moisture level I feel is adequate and then plant. I know how the soil looks and feels and have a feel for the weight. I let it dry back from that and then make it look and feel like when I planted. Sometimes it only takes 2 - 3 days to dry back, and yet at other times it will take closer to 5. Depends mostly on environmental conditions.
I have a scale to measure before and after watering but it doesn’t seem to move much before and after. I only get the top layer moist and it barely moves. I keep killing my plants because I am not able to get the water situation under control. Is it okay for my seedlings to go dry for a day when they just popped out of the ground yesterday or the day before? Or should I keep watering and not let it get dry.
You do not want the tap root to become dry.
Is there a humidity range you should be keeping when waiting for seeds to pop?
