tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890786265475429448.post458501936345369497..comments2024-03-17T03:13:30.842-04:00Comments on Roche Fleurie Garden: Rock wool for seeds germinationrochefleuriegardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06783773632775842680noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890786265475429448.post-73388618602513505612014-02-10T14:35:38.068-05:002014-02-10T14:35:38.068-05:00I think you could find it on the net if not locall...I think you could find it on the net if not locally. It is available from a local store. There is a funny story connected to it. I am friend with the clerk who sold it to me. He said that it was usually bought in large quantities with hydroponic systems by young men who always paid cash for everything!<br />I believe the coconut thing is called coir. I think it would work just as well but here I have just seen it sold in large bricks. Alain Charesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10187550638231999992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890786265475429448.post-91566925042174968072014-02-08T20:39:08.311-05:002014-02-08T20:39:08.311-05:00This was an interesting article. Where do you find...This was an interesting article. Where do you find them? Perhaps you don't get them in the US as I never saw any similar thing here. Did you try to grow seeds in coconut fiber/husk (whatever that brown hairy things from coconut is called)? Any experience in success rate? KLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737654325235566310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890786265475429448.post-38544499788312910742014-02-08T13:41:14.062-05:002014-02-08T13:41:14.062-05:00More plants would probably be happy with a neutral...More plants would probably be happy with a neutral pH. However, if you grow a plants that likes it basic (let us say Dianthus) you probably would not have to rinse the rock wool. If you stated an acid lover, you could rinse it in water with a bit of vinegar. Coir pellet must be quite good (and they have a neutral pH if I am not wrong). Last year was the first year I tried rock wool. Germination was better than in potting mix but once the plants started growing, they did not do as well as in potting mix.rochefleuriegardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783773632775842680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890786265475429448.post-5790112650549449022014-02-08T12:26:52.615-05:002014-02-08T12:26:52.615-05:00I have several flats of seeds under lights right n...I have several flats of seeds under lights right now. I've never heard of rock wool. I use little coir pellets that expand in water. Once the plants are bigger, I move the entire pellet pot to a plastic Solo cup that has holes I've poked in the bottom with a hot screw driver. It works really well. But I'm curious about your rock wool method, too. Does the high pH affect the rate of germination?Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890786265475429448.post-18931388522837368532014-02-07T13:30:28.546-05:002014-02-07T13:30:28.546-05:00At one time I used garden soil. I guess I'm no...At one time I used garden soil. I guess I'm not that much of a gardener. I don't start plants anymore.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890786265475429448.post-25957750988048509762014-02-07T06:52:20.669-05:002014-02-07T06:52:20.669-05:00Glad you explained that insulation doesn't wor...Glad you explained that insulation doesn't work because I think there's still a chunk of Roxul around here... I won't try it.<br /><br />Hang on...do you start seeds in British Columbia and drive them home??? Or are you home again now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890786265475429448.post-18162819267899020942014-02-06T15:51:41.564-05:002014-02-06T15:51:41.564-05:00Didn't even know such a thing existed. Hope yo...Didn't even know such a thing existed. Hope your second experiment with this growing medium is successful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890786265475429448.post-75296286716134218522014-02-06T12:14:03.880-05:002014-02-06T12:14:03.880-05:00That is very interesting, Alain. Never so rockwool...That is very interesting, Alain. Never so rockwool around here, maybe in the bigger cities. I use peat free compost and sometimes mix in my own and vermiculite. I think it'll be another few years before they create good formulas. Which autobiography of Leonard Woolf did you read?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com