Victorio VKP1014 4-Tray Sproute - Manual (Page 7)

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
PROBLEM SOLUTION
The seeds are not germinating well or
at all. Check the expiration date on your
package of seed. For best results, do
not use seeds older than one year. If
your seeds are fresh, make sure you
are soaking them for at least 6-8 hours.
Proper soaking is when the seeds are
fully immersed in cool or warm water,
not hot water.
The sprouts are molding. Sometimes, mold can appear on small
clumps of non-germinated seeds.
These clumps can easily be picked out
and will not affect the sprouts. To cure
other mold problems, do not water your
sprouts as often and make sure each
seed tray is draining properly (see #4 &
5 in Helpful Tips on p. 3).
The seed trays are not draining well. If you are sprouting small seeds they
can plug the drain holes. Proper seed
soaking usually prevents this, but you
can easily clear the drain holes by
taking a small straight pin and pushing
it through the holes in each tray. This
may have to be repeated several times
until the seeds begin to sprout.
If your seed trays are holding 1 tbsp of
water or less, then this is normal.
Refer to #8 in Helpful Tips on p. 4, for
further information.
My top tray of seeds dries out. If you notice the seeds in the top tray get
too dry between each watering, gently
place the storage lid on the top tray, as
long as all the water has drained from
each tray first. Otherwise, use of the lid
can keep the seed trays from draining
properly and mold growth can occur.
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