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What’s the best way to
transplant more fragile
types of seeds from
germination to garden?
You use your three year-old
compost, your soil block
germination and an old
toilet paper roll or halved
paper towel roll—the
cardboard will disintegrate
while protecting the
seedling. Want a bigger
option? Check out those
pots— they are kiln-fired
cattle manure, or “poop
pots”: nutritious and strong
enough to keep your plants
potted and ready for that
Northwest growing season.
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Plants only grow at night.
You have to get all your
macronutrient materials in
the day and build with them
at night. This brings up the
temperature problem—
“You need at LEAST 55
degrees Fahrenheit to
maintain the workforce in
the plant cells. If it drops
below that everyone starts
to leave because it is too
cold, and when everyone is
gone, the plant won’t grow.”
3
When germinating and
starting seeds, use a
mixture of H20 and
hydrogen peroxide (1:4
ratio with an eyedropper)
together inside a ketchup
cup (the little plastic cups
you find at a fast food
joint). This mixture will
dramatically decrease
the germination time and
also inoculate the roots
as they begin to sprout—
faster, stronger growth.
Want to make it even
Use H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) + H2O (water) to
inoculate plants and reduce germination times.
“Poop Pots” - kiln-fired cattle manure >>
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faster? Use a heating pad
and a temperature gauge
to maintain constant
temperature for budding
seeds.
4
Oil ruins roots—and I
mean oil from your hands.
It was explained to me
like this: imagine yourself
the seed. On the outside
casing of your shell there
is oil and debris in the
shape of a finger print.
Maybe this (often invisible)
oil has some acid or salt
sweat or other chemical
compound—imagine trying
to get past those lines of
oil as you open outwards.
You’d grow through the
places that had no outside
contaminants because that
would be the easiest way
to get open. This means
the seed will sprout in
unnatural ways and could