{"id":46,"date":"2021-03-10T07:42:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T07:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/?p=46"},"modified":"2021-03-10T08:02:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T08:02:27","slug":"the-begetting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/2021\/03\/10\/the-begetting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Begetting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Before we jump into the full blown Kratky system that I talked about in my first post, We’re gunna have to get an initial sprout out of our seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this purpose I got some ourselves some rock wool from a home and garden store for less than $20. We’re gunna soak this Fiberglass-like substance with tap water and stick our little seeds in there. Rock wool works well for this because of it’s porous and spongy texture, which retains water and gives the seedling a little nest to settle in.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I also decided that along side my arugula I’m going to try my hand at planting some mint, which is also supposed to be easy to grow.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My rock wool is soaked with water and my seeds are nestled and labled.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Now we just need to give it some artificial sun light!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hopefully in the next day or two we should see some little sprouts popping their heads out! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before we jump into the full blown Kratky system that I talked about in my first post, We’re gunna have to get an initial sprout out of our seeds. For this purpose I got some ourselves some rock wool from a home and garden store for less than $20. We’re gunna soak this Fiberglass-like substance with tap water and stick our little seeds in there. Rock wool works well for this because of it’s porous and spongy texture, which retains water and gives the seedling a little nest to settle in. I also decided that along side my arugula I’m going to try my hand at planting some mint, which is also supposed to be easy to grow. My rock wool is soaked with water and my seeds are nestled and labled. Now we just need to give it some artificial sun light! Hopefully in the next day or two we should see some little sprouts popping their heads out! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1475216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-necessities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/hookedonponics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}