Beginner Gardening: Using plant gel to germinate seeds, 1 by snorkelpop

snorkelpop wrote:
When I received my first kind of plant gel, I thought I might have been the victim of misinformation. I was mistaken. That tiny little envelope containing only two tablespoons of the crystals, somehow expanded to completely fill my one-gallon container with gorgeous jelly-like crystals. However, I bought the gel to use, not to gaze at, so today I filled 16 small paper cups with the gel and planted sun flower seeds in them. . Now the test begins.

I've written to three manufacturers of plant gel asking for their opinion about using their product for seed germination. Only one of them enthusiastically supported the idea. Well, now we'll see. Now we'll see if you can raise sunflower seedlings in gel. I'll let you know. Here's how they look today. Oh, the lights are on only for picture taking. They won't be on again until the seeds sprout.