Showing posts with label filter paper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label filter paper. Show all posts

Friday, December 2, 2016

Triple germination, including sphagnum

There've been a while since last rockwool germination, but today I got two new seedlings on filter paper and the first one on sphagnum moss!
Look at this tiny fella from paper:

Another paper guy was fast enough to show leaves:

And this new Ficus popped out from sphagnum suddenly. Yesterday I didn't see it in moss and here it is today:

To transfer these tiny seedlings (ones on paper are hardly 1mm across) to soil without harming them, I made a gentle tool, some sort of tweezers:

So this is a tree on paper tweezer

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Filter paper friuts

Today finally filter paper proved itself: two seeds have germinated on it:
 


This makes rockwool: 4, filter paper: 2, sphagnum and soil: 0
At least, I can't see any sprouts from seeds I initially put on soil.
Yesterday's guys are looking healthy and I even cal see microscopic roots branching from main stem (given that's not mold):

Photos are blurred, but keep in mind visible stem in seedling above is hardly more than 1mm tall.
It's cloudy today so I decided to temporarily install a 3W white led lamp to improve lighting. More advanced lamps are on their way.
This is how the installation is looking like now: