Liquid fertiliser for seedlings and young cuttings
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| Contenance | Price | Price per L | vs 500 ml |
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| 500 ml | 9,90 € | 19,80 € | — |
| 1 L | 13,90 € | 13,90 € | −30 % |
CANNA Start is a complete one-part liquid fertiliser, dosed for seedlings and young cuttings. It feeds young plants in their rockwool cubes, coco or peat plugs and seed compost, at 40 ml per 10 litres, until they are transplanted into their final grow medium.
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The summary
- The product: a complete mineral fertiliser in a single bottle, macro and trace elements included.
- The preparation: 40 ml per 10 litres, for a conductivity of 0.7 to 1.3 mS/cm including the water.
- The media: rockwool cubes, coco or peat plugs, sponges and seedling composts.
- In aquaponics: in the nursery, kept separate, before the plants are installed in the system, never in the fish water.
The first food for young plants, from seedling cubes through to transplanting
CANNA Start is a complete mineral fertiliser for seedlings and cuttings, in cubes, plugs or seed compost. It is dosed at 40 ml per 10 litres until transplanting, after which the growth fertiliser takes over. Available in 500 ml and 1 L bottles. In aquaponics, it stays in the nursery, never in contact with the fish.
A germinated seed lives for a few days on its own reserves. As soon as the first true leaves unfurl, the seedling needs nutrients, but at a low concentration that its young roots can tolerate without stress. CANNA Start is formulated for this stage, from the first leaves through to transplanting, for seedlings and for cuttings that have already rooted alike. You use it to bring on your lettuces, herbs and fruiting vegetables in their cubes or plugs, before moving them into their final grow medium.
You might think it is enough to dilute an ordinary growth fertiliser, but this shortcut does not give the same result: the proportions between the elements are not those a young seedling needs, and dilution often causes yellowing of the young leaves. CANNA Start supplies all the macro-elements and trace elements in a single bottle, in high-quality forms and chelates that are directly and fully available to the plant. There is therefore no part A or part B to mix, which makes it easier for you to dose small volumes of watering water.
One part
No A and B to mix: just one bottle to dose.
Complete
All the macronutrients and trace elements, with plant-available chelates.
Soft
A solution of 0.7 to 1.3 mS/cm, suited to young roots.
Versatile
Rockwool, coco or peat plugs, seedling composts.
💧 Preparing the solution
Shake the bottle, fill your sump tank or watering can with water, then dissolve 40 ml of CANNA Start per 10 litres, a dilution of 1:250. The conductivity of the solution should fall between 0.7 and 1.3 mS/cm, a value that includes the conductivity of the starting water: mineral-rich tap water puts the solution at the top of the range, while rainwater or reverse-osmosis water puts it at the bottom. Finally, adjust the pH to between 5.2 and 6.2 depending on the growing medium you are using, and water generously enough that at least 10% of the solution runs out through the bottom, which stops salts building up around the young roots.
Measuring tap water before preparing the solution
The conductivity range takes into account the mineral content of your water, which varies greatly from one area to another. A pocket pH and EC tester first gives you the value of the water on its own, then that of the prepared solution. You then know whether the standard dose is suitable or whether a very hard water calls for slightly reducing the fertiliser.
CANNA Start is suitable for rockwool cubes, coco or pressed peat plugs, germination cubes, sponges and most seed composts. Water your growing media with the solution as soon as the first true leaves appear, then each time they begin to dry out, until transplanting. The plants then move on to the growth fertiliser designed for their final grow medium: compost, coco fibre or hydroponics. The range also includes a root stimulator, Rhizotonic, to strengthen rooting during this period.
Do not use it in a closed circuit or in a cloning unit
CANNA Start is not designed for systems that recirculate the solution, nor for misting cloners. Keep it for seedling trays watered by hand or for run-to-waste drip irrigation, and switch to a suitable hydroponic fertiliser as soon as the plants move into a closed-loop system.
🐟 The nursery of an aquaponic system
In an aquaponic system, the plants feed on fish waste converted by the bacteria in the filter, and nothing should be added to this water without a dose established for a fish stock. CANNA Start, a concentrated mineral fertiliser, therefore stays in the nursery, away from the circuit. As it is not intended for recirculating systems, it is not used in the growing loop of a decoupled installation either. Its place is the seedling tray where you raise your plants before they enter the system, in cubes or sponges.
Preferably choose a medium that can be placed as it is in a net pot, such as peat germination sponges or rockwool, then rinse it in clear water at the time of transfer so that the nursery solution does not reach the pond. The FAO aquaponics manual also recommends staggering your sowings, starting small batches at regular intervals, so that you always have plants ready to replace those you harvest. The article on spring seedlings in aquaponics offers a suitable calendar.
🧴 Container sizes and storage
At 4 ml per litre, the 500 ml bottle makes up 125 litres of solution and the one-litre bottle makes up 250. A seed tray uses only a few litres a week, so the small size lasts several sowing seasons for a family vegetable garden or a small aquaponic setup. The litre suits a nursery that produces plants continuously, with staggered sowings.
Keep the bottle closed, in a dark place protected from frost, out of the reach of children. Light, and ultraviolet in particular, breaks down the iron chelates in the solution, which is why a bottle left in the sun gradually loses some of its effectiveness. The polyethylene bottle, free of PVC and cadmium, can be recycled with plastic packaging.
Technical specifications
The product
- Type
- Liquid mineral fertiliser in 1 part
- Inputs
- Macro and trace elements, chelatesIron chelates are sensitive to ultraviolet light
- Supports
- Cubes, plugs, sponges, seedling compost
- Not suitable
- Closed circuits, misting propagators
Usage
- Dose
- 40 ml per 10 LThat is 4 ml per litre of water
- Conductivity
- 0.7 to 1.3 mS/cmIncluding the starting water value
- pH
- 5.2 to 6.2 depending on the growing medium
- Duration
- 1 week as a cutting, 2 to 3 as a seedlingUntil transplanting, then growth fertiliser for the final grow medium
In the box
- 1 bottle of CANNA Start of 500 ml or 1 L depending on the capacity chosen
Dose, conductivity, pH, growing media, limits of use, storage and packaging taken from the CANNA Start product page on canna-uk.com, and period of use based on the French brochure.
Manufacturer and product safety
- Website
- www.cannagardening.com
Information provided under Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety.
Documents & manuals
CANNA Start booklet
Compatible seedling media, duration of use and the switch to growth fertiliser. Manufacturer's document, in French.
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The CANNA Start dose for your seedlings
Enter the volume of water to prepare for watering your cubes or root balls. The calculation gives the amount of CANNA Start.
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Then check that the conductivity of the solution is between 0.7 and 1.3 mS/cm, including the starting water.
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