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  | Aww, well, it's always nice to explore new and different ways to sprout. It's fun. And it isn't like seeds are that hard to come by and one cannot play on their spare time 
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| The challenge that I want to address is not that of germinating seeds per se. It is "Can I direct the root through a path." The reason that I want to direct the root through a path is that I want to use a non-permeable media to hold the seedling. When I place a traditionally germinated seed in the non-permeable material the root grows into the material and gets stuck. I do believe that this is exactly a passive hydroponics systems, in miniature. Why should one have to dedicate a 2" x 2" cube (using rock wool as an example) when all you really need is 1/4" to 1/2" diameter space?
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| have you thought about tying knots (gently of course,) with the wicks around the roots, so that they "hug" so to speak.. keeping that root following the wick until it is eventually growing around it? Or is it too early? | ||
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| I haven't tried knots, mikewho. I can't visualize how a knot would help direct the root into a straight path. It seems that even with the straw some roots hit something and make a 'U' turn. I just removed a seed whose root started down. At 1/2" down the root made a 'U' up for another 1/2". The root broke at the turn when I tried to straighten it. All I can figure is that it hit something that it could not penetrate. I am considering placing the seed point down between the wick and straw. This would be instead of placing the seed into the center of the wick. If the wick weave is too dense to penetrate and the seed is outside the wick, it may grow down. In the two photos, the roots are out of the seeds and cling to the wick. These seeds were placed point down in the wick. So these roots passed through the weave and grew down the side of the straw ... Wait a minute. I guess you mean something like a constrictor coils itself around a prey animal. The wick being the constrictor and the root being the prey animal. If that is the idea, yes it is too early to do that. The wicks consist of five cotton strings encased in a woven cotton mesh. The strings are individually twisted but flow straight through the mesh without entwining. The mesh is like a paper finger handcuff.
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| I dub this, the tampon method! Lookin good man, just a few kinks to work out. How about removing every other thread? Should break up the weave enough to allow the root to go in and out as it sees fit?
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| I guess that I could pull out one of the five internal strands. Removing threads from the mesh weave is beyond my interest level. As you said, I have plenty of tinkering to do to eliminate the kinks.
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One more seed has shown root below the Straw-Wick. I reached into the top of the straw with tweezers; grabbed the wick; and pulled the wick about 1/4" to expose the top for a photo. After the photo, I removed the straw and placed the sprout complete with straight root into my foam media and into my bubbler. If this sprout survives, we have success and the method is viable for my purposes.
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| The straw idea was pretty crafty. The reason why I was saying to tie knots was because I thought you may have wanted the root to eventually completely wrap itself around the wick to suck nutrients and water from it... I did not realize you wanted it straight. | ||
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