im curious with what u find cant trust all those u tubers cause thats mostly what they good at videoing except for a few but idont watch whole lot of them either
Absolutely agree on the "tubers". They almost always have an agenda and making money is almost always foremost on that agenda.
...next is ur water very important i use water from my fish stock tanks seems to wrk well once bottom feeding process starts
Yes, I use rainwater exclusively on all my seedlings.
@tundra if you see anything you would change in the following, please let me know.
My plan for the experiment is based on two facts and two parts:
The two facts:
1) Microgreens are most nutrient-dense when harvested young, typically
7 to 14 days after germination, right after their first set of true leaves appears
2) Seedlings rely on food stored in the seed (cotyledons) for the first week or so after germination
Part 1: Initial Eval
1) and 2) above agree on 7 days. That is when I harvested my first crop of microgreens (turnips) from my soil and they were terrific.
I'll evaluate at 7 days. Probably will send samples to lab at that point for nutrient analysis. The comparison will show what differences if any exists at that point between the two mediums.
Part 2: best medium for increasing nutrient density
A couple of more facts:
1) the hemp mat is pretty much void of any nutrients.
2) my soil is " No N-P-K required" meaning has full range of nutrients both macro and micro.
There would be no mystery in this going further without adding nutrients to the hemp mat. Without it, it will fail miserably IMO.
On the other hand, I fully expect my soil to provide everything the seedlings need without any further enhancements.
Hence, my plan for Part 2, again depending on what I find from Part 1, is to provide a fish emulsion/rainwater treatment to the remaining seedlings on the Hemp Mat.
On the Meadowlark mat, 1/2 of the remaining seedlings will receive nothing but rainwater and the other half will receive the same fish emulsion/rainwater treatment as the Hemp mat.
My tentative plan for Part 2 is to then send three samples to the lab after about 14 days:
1) Hemp mat seedlings fed fish emulsion
2) Meadowlark soil seedlings fed same fish emulsion and
3) Meadowlark soil seedlings feed nothing but what they get from the soil.
@tundra, I'd be interested in your thoughts on this as you have the most hands on experience on microgreens.
The results of this part will tell me how efficient my soil is at doing the job just as it is. It will also tell me if I need to add anything to it during that second week. Further, it will give a comparison to Hemp mat to help determine if they are of any net value compared to my soil.
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