A question from a fellow grower:
I’ve now got a cheese seedling growing which I got out of a bud which was purchased and it is about 10 days old. I’ve got quite a bit to learn as I’m growing without any help now.
The soil for the seedling had a small amount of compost when planted so I’ve only been giving it small amounts of water sprayed. Can I start giving it small amounts of nutrition yet?
You can start giving your plant nutrients when it has a well developed root system, from seed this can be determined by the plant having a few sets of alternating nodes with the accompanying sets of true leaves.
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Be patient. A plant will grow for weeks without nutrients when started in a medium containing compost, I would wait for plant to grow to about a foot tall, Then knowing it has established a root zone, and that the compost did not burn the plant; I would then add nutrients.
I would go by height and not weeks is a sure way of knowing . A develop root system in a growing plant would be about 12-18 inches tall , I did the week thing and totally had some issues because the seedlings was to young .
I start feeding at about a foot tall,or if the plant starts to tell you it’s needs by watching the lowest leaves for a slight yellowing.That’s usually a sign of lack of N especially,the plant of course needs the other nutes as well by then.