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| Author: | 3Speed [ Feb 18th, '18, 05:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Small Seed Herbs Growing Pains |
I currently have a small kitchen herb aquaponics setup with a Beta fish. I've grown wheat grass and sprouts no problem, my issue is when I try to grow something with small seeds like basil. I have the basket setup with pumice rock for the medium, but the basil seeds fall right out. I've tried rubber banding a cheese cloth around the basket which does work however the cheese cloth becomes slimy. I then tried to transplant a basil plant from soil to the aquaponics system but it did not last. So here I am looking for some advice on growing small seed herbs in a aquaponics system that has baskets. Thanks in advance for the help! -Matt |
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| Author: | scotty435 [ Feb 18th, '18, 09:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Small Seed Herbs Growing Pains |
A couple of things you could try - dampen the media in the basket before adding the seeds - the surface tension should help hold the seeds in place. Option 2 - Try starting the seeds on a piece of paper towel then move this to the system, paper towel section and all.. |
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| Author: | dlf_perth [ Feb 18th, '18, 13:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Small Seed Herbs Growing Pains |
try something a little less coarse for your media. can put it into centre-top of the pumice. depending on size variability filter your pumice to get some smaller bits. else try something like small piece of rock wool or plastic-foam just big enough to hold the seed in place. |
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