Seedlings and grow medium

[Easygoing]

Newbie here. Once seedlings gain their taproot, can I place them in the grow medium? The Jiffy pellets I ordered will be here in a week. Sold out at big box stores. We purchased Roots Organics as our growth medium

 

[Tersky]

It depends on how hot the soil is. I'm not familiar with how hot the soil you are using is so i cant give you an answer on that. Seedlings can be sensitive to being over fed early on so thats why it's recommended to use starter plugs. I do start seeds in my coco/perlite mix but it has no nutes (other than buffered with cal mag) and start feeding once i see it's first set of true leaves. If you had just coco/perlite mix i would start in a solo cup with that then when it has a good root system in the solo cup transplant to your Roots organic soil. Thats how i would do it if i wasnt sure on the soil and didnt want to risk a seed. You can definitely try it and it might be fine, but a big issue we see on here is seedlings in too hot of soil so i say all of this just as an fyi more than anything.

 

[bboyfromwayback]

That’s what I do. I like 6oz styrofoam cups. Soon as the seed pops open I put it about 1/4” deep and sprinkle a little bit of soil on top. Sit it on a heating pad with a plastic baggie on top to keep the humidity in. Mist the soil with water a couple times a day until the sprout is above ground and healthy then remove the baggie.

 

[quirk]

Sounds like a great plan. May I suggest you cut away fabric from top and bottom of Jiffy after hydration and "fluff" up before placing seed.
I find this allows the taproot unrestricted access. 2nd Pic is taproot day after sprout.