Starting Seeds in Plug Trays
Starting your farm, garden or aquaponics system requires planting some seeds! Learn more: https://zipgrow.com/best-way-to-plant-seeds/ In this video, Dr. Nate Storey guides you through Bright Agrotech’s methods for starting seeds in plug trays. Remember to ask other questions in the comments box!
Nate is the Co-Founder of Bright Agrotech, a leader in vertical, space saving aquaponics and hydroponics systems and a commercial producer in the high plains of Laramie, WY. With this innovative technology, Nate and the Bright Agrotech team feed dozens of restaurants, over 50 people in a CSA program and supply for a local grocer.
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Where did you purchase your plug trays ? The ones I keep finding a very flimsy and require and additional flat tray to carry around and work with the plug tray.
I remember you made a video on propagation chamber, don’t you use it now?
Do you have a program at what stage do you fertilize seedlings? What drugs do you use against fungal diseases and pests?
After the plug trays when ur transplanting into a hydroponics system do u remove the soil n place them into the pods or dont?
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In other systems, yes. However, tower systems don’t require you to clean off the dirt/vermicompost because of the special media that holds the dirt around the root ball.
Can you put directly the seedling (with vermicompost or seedling mix) to the system? Example in the DWC, will it not get messy?
Glad you find it helpful, Charles! Have a great day.
Does seed needs nutrition (vermicompost) in germination?. I thought that seeds itself has enough nutrition for germination. Plz clarify?
u see brightagrotech videos and get nothing at the end lods of blah blah blah.
Hi Tina, we grow everything from romaine to butterhead to red leaf, green leaf, watercress and more!
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Do you need to clean dirt or vermicompost from the roots before planting into either aquaponic or hydroponic systems?
Hi,
Do you think plug tray 200 good for onion seeds or not?
What I’m curious about is how you easily get each seadling plug out of that tray?
Where do you get your seeds from?
I think I missed the point of this video…didn’t actually learn anything other than the importance of choosing pelletized seeds.
Where can you normally get seeding trays like that?
Great Tips !! God Bless!! 😀
Nate studied agroecology for his bachelor’s and agronomy for his masters and Ph.D. (with a healthy dose of horticulture mixed in).
I have a question. I am using grow grips for a vertical linear nft system . I was thinking of letting the iceberg lettuce seedlings sit in a raft bed in the grow grips alone until the roots develop before putting them in the system to avoid using a wick system on the nft. Your thoughts please
a dimpler would be easy enough to make and a poor boy tobacco seeder is cheap to make also sir they may help to automate your system a little more
I dont like the cheap plastic trays from walmart where can I get the molded strong trays
hi! i am starting my own aquaponic set up, i have coconut fibre to plant the seedling in the plug trays, is that ok? do i need to add something else to the the seedlings ready for the grow beds? awesome channel btw
just curious as you show a few videos about planting seeds into your trays using soil and then have a few videos using rockwool cubes. Which is better in your opinion and do the rockwool fit into the zipgrow towers? thanks 🙂
Absent the vermicompost, can I assume that watering seedlings with aquaponic solution provides a good start for the seedling? I assume I could innoculate ordinary potting soil with red worms to get the desired red worm population / action yes?
Hey Nate! Accidentally found your channel – so cool to see you on here. I did subscribe and want to keep up with your videos. Gentry and I are starting a channel soon that will partly focus on our trying to grow a significant portion of our food in our backyard here in Albuquerque. High desert gardening/urban farming (sorta!) – anyway, looking forward to seeing your stuff. Take care man!
In case there’s no vermi compost.what would you recommend to put in the plugs?
We order them from Hummert (hummert dot com)
Is the soil safe for the fish and does it dirty the water
Can you do a video showing you moving the seedlings to the grow beds or towers?
Watering once a day or several times a day???
I remember you made a video on propagation chamber, don’t you use it now?
Thanks for the info
I have problem with YouTube. I can not watch the vdo. Anyone know how to fix it. Please let me know. Thanks
Nate,
What kind of lettuce do you guys grow?
How many days it takes to germinate and grow up to some extent
Hey Nate. I’m looking into horticultural educations and I want to know what you studied. Keep up the great work!
Super helpful, thanks
Great video! Do you directly plant the seedlings in your system? Will the seedlings grow medium effect PH in the water?
hi I recently bump into one of your videos and caught my attention to the point that im looking in to doing my very own aquaponic but im still doing my research since am not completely well documented on the subject .So the first of my many questions is if i can raise tilapia ?, I live in the east bay of san Francisco is it to cold ? can I keep them with a temperature control heaters ? .thanks for your videos and your time
What do you use the 273 plug tray?
Absolutely, you can do that.
Hey I love your channel! Thanks teaching us all we need to know about aquaponics and hydroponics. I have an odd question… I’m having a hard time cleaning the trays after transport- it’s taking FOREVER! What method do you use to clean your trays?
When you have loose filled the multi-tray, used another tray to push down on top for an instant compaction.
Thanks Brother 🙂