Bottom-Watering: Seedlings, Transplants & Fertilization Tips

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Make sure your cell packs or pots have drainage holes.

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Set a whole tray or individual cell packs into the tray of water.

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As water is wicked up, the surface of the soil will turn from light brown to dark.

Watering frequency can change through different stages of growth.

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Cell packs, webbed tray, solid tray. One of these setups can grow as many as 48 individual plants if you use sheets of 608 cell packs.

Adding the fertilizer to the water will give a more even distribution and makes sure the soil and the plant uptake the fertilizer.

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Make sure your cell packs or pots have drainage holes.

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Set a whole tray or individual cell packs into the tray of water.

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As water is wicked up, the surface of the soil will turn from light brown to dark.

Watering frequency can change through different stages of growth.

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Cell packs, webbed tray, solid tray. One of these setups can grow as many as 48 individual plants if you use sheets of 608 cell packs.

Adding the fertilizer to the water will give a more even distribution and makes sure the soil and the plant uptake the fertilizer.

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