How to Start Seeds for Hydroponics

In this video I'll be showing you how to germinate and start your seeds in a hydroponics set up. No need for a heating mat or humidity dome, we are going to do this with regular household items. I believe this to be one of the cheapest, easiest ways to start seeds for hydroponics and get healthy young plants growing. I'll be germinating pepper seeds in this example, but these methods will work for the vast majority of plants.

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[TonyVsEarth]

Hey man this is where my brain was going. Glad to see I've cube trays work. Thanks for the cutting Rockwell tip

[Engineering_Science]

That ice cube tray with holes with rock wool on top of a container is a smart implementation, never seen anything like it.

[drrezdc]

The best video on hydroponics I've seen. 6love the time-laps video.

[psykco]

What I love about this channel is that, you experiment so that we don't have to!! Thanks mate!!! 😁

[hazaqames]

Really good video. What I did to get the temp around 80F (when I keep my house at 70F while home and 65F at night) was to put a headless small-form-factor computer underneath my container. The heat generated by the computer keeps the temp where it needs to be for germination.

[ericjudd]

New Subscriber - Thanks for solving my dilemma Jimmy! You make it common sense and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing! I started a couple of weeks before Christmas and found many YouTubers were confusing the issue even though they meant well. I've currently got some tiny tomatoes that popped out this week and about 17 more flowers to drop. I've been using the soaked paper method to start my seeds but have had great difficulty getting them transferred to the hydroponics. I learned from you that I wasn't waiting long enough (about 7-10 days) for them to grow larger but at the same time they were getting "leggy"! As a medium, I've switched to cotton balls and will be planting on the cotton balls in ice cube trays tomorrow. I find the cotton balls wick up the water as well or better than rockwool and they are MUCH cheaper. I've been using my ice cube trays for about two months now. You're absolutely right about using larger holes in the tray compartments. Once again, thanks for sharing! I look forward to seeing more of your videos!😃🛶

[regalo]

What a helpful video! Many others make it seem so complicated but yours was easy to follow and encouraging.

[RFrty]

You just gave me all the information i needed to my issues. Im ready to try again :D Thanks!

[antypanag]

so helpful instructions and so easy to follow.
Thank you a lot for sharing !

[harry]

Excellent video on starting seeds. Explained very well. Thanks so much!!!

[megalepivolos]

you make everything look so easy congrats my friend excellent video

[Worldwidegiantgrowers]

Thank you for the basic info. Looking forward to growing some veggies in the basement this winter I appreciate you.

[PatriciaObrien-sw]

Do you think plastic egg cartons would work instead of ice cube trays? I have so many of those.

[ewaserpas]

Thank you for this video. This was very helpful. I’ve been failing at this part. Hopefully this will help me out.

[joyflgrl]

Thank you so much. Your videos are so clear and helpful!

[jd]

i used to do a small one gallon tub using an air stone and the large rockwool cubes and i would germinate the seeds in the large rockwool already in place over the water and by the time the tap root hit the water it was ready for food. real easy way to do it. you could even make several smaller holes in your lid and do the small rockwool cubes. i usually had the cubes about an inch from the water until they sprout, giving them time to grow some leaves before they hit the grow water.

[MattGarver]

Clever trick, I like the floating ice cube tray idea.

[topquark]

What I find much easier is start the seeds in damp paper towels inside a container. Then you can transfer the germinated seeds to the small rockwool cubes by cutting a slit. That way you are sure all seeds placed placed in rockwoll have germinated and this will avoid more waste. I have a question though. How do you avoid algae? I find if I keep the rockwool moist constantly, algae will form on them after a couple of days.

[Miles_on_wheels]

This is crazy, never ever seen this method, EVER. Awesome thinking. I would think that is way way over saturated, but i guess not

[klearz]

ive been doing kratky for about 6 months. i learned alot here. i was putting full nutrients from the start. had no issues with lettuce and peppers but did have a cilantro die. so when i start new things i'll start in water! and then diluted nutrients. thanks!