Crystal soil germination

[Scrappy Coco]

This is topic is all about crystal soil and it's characteristics, which I'm having misunderstandings with. According to this video mint and pumpkin seeds germinate in crystal soil. One concern is, do all seeds germinate in crystal soil or only several certain ones? And my second concern is, do I need to add water to the crystal soil after I already put the seeds on / in the crystal soil, or do the crystal balls naturally contain water? Thanks for the assistance in advanced.

[RamonaGS]

Well, I am not sure what will work best to germinate in crystal soil and what won't, but seems like most any kind of seeds would work. And yes, you have to soak the crystal soil in water for like half a day, before you use it. So what do you want to try and germinate in it, and do you plan on keeping it in the crystal soil or planting it in the ground after it sprouts?

[Scrappy Coco]

Well first thank you for addressing to my questions. I'm planning on planting different kinds of seeds, recently I bought online a 'survival pack' kind of seed pack, which includes 30 varieties. If the seeds do germinate in the crystal soil, I'll wait for the seedlings to grow up to an inch or two and then move it into separate cups. As soon as they gain a little strength I'll move the cups into the ground. Any other method suggestion?

[RamonaGS]

Well, when transferring sprouts to outdoors, you should wait until they have at least 2 of their adult leaves for most plants, and just one for cucumbers, squash or melons. Also, as soon as the seeds sprout start giving them some sun. Where is it you live? If you don't have a late or long growing season there it might be a bit late to grow certain things.

[Scrappy Coco]

I don't know what late or long growing seasons mean, but where I live we get about 30°C-36°C nowadays.

[rainbowgardener]

long growing season is that you don't have an early cold winter, that you have a long time left before frost shuts things down. In Israel, I would expect so. You are in a sub-tropical climate so maybe don't get frost at all.

[Scrappy Coco]

long growing season is that you don't have an early cold winter, that you have a long time left before frost shuts things down. In Israel, I would expect so. You are in a sub-tropical climate so maybe don't get frost at all.

I don't remember a frost, and to be more accurate, this year was the first year that we experienced actual snow, and that alone was for a day only. But the summer can get really hot at times, certain days, and so. The summer lasts up to October.

[RamonaGS]

I don't remember a frost, and to be more accurate, this year was the first year that we experienced actual snow, and that alone was for a day only. But the summer can get really hot at times, certain days, and so. The summer lasts up to October.

That's what we mean by late growing season. I live in California on the coast so our summer lasts until about mid October too. So you probably have time to put your plants in the soil.