Hydro Sprouting

Hydro Sprouting of Seeds is basically get the media damp, applying the seeds to the media, and adding some warmth source with out drying out the media and seeds as they germinate. Two sources of heat: heat generated from overhead fluorescent light or bottom heat from a growing heating pad. I use the lighting. In both cases you must keep an eye out that the media does not dry out and stop the germination process.

PARTS

                                      

                                                  Plastic tray from Walmart

Burlap from the Walmart fabric section

cut the burlap to fit in the bottom

wet the burlap with plain tap water and let it soak 20 to 40 min

sprinkle seeds (mine are lettuce) not to close to allow growth

you can spread them aroung with your finger or tweezers

add over head light ( mine is flourescent) 11/21/09

and keep moist not flooded

seeds will sprout in about 3 to 5 days  11/25/09

                                 

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