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cugal 5b-6a NE Ks (
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Wed, Feb 26, 14 at 21:06
| I'll try to get a pic posted.... Seeded my Coleus too heavy (in flats)......... Cotyledon stage presently, not sure I can untangle them at first true leaf... Prolly too fragile to pot up...... Should I wait & hope for the best? First time growing Coleus.... |
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| Pop them out of the container or use a spoon. Gently separate with your fingers. Holding the seedling by its cotyledon, use a pencil or pointy end of a watercolor paintbrush to guide the root into a pre-made hole in soil in an individual cell or other container. Gently press soil against root. Bottom water. |
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- Posted by cugal 5b-6a NE Ks (My Page) on
Wed, Feb 26, 14 at 22:37
| Thanks susanzone5 for your input! I'll give your method a try! I'm sure I can afford to lose a few...... I've sown two flats & I won't try to estimate how many seedlings I have.... If only half of them survive, I'll still have plenty! LOL |
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- Posted by morz8 Z8 Wa coast (My Page) on
Wed, Feb 26, 14 at 23:49
| Snipping some off with scissors rather than trying to untangle them an option too when you've sown heavily and have many more germinating than you need. Scissor thinning. |
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| I have coleus coming up right now too. They are pretty tiny when they start. I wouldn't try to separate them until I can imagine being able to pick one up by a leaf. Right now mine are way to small for that - or my fingers are to big. Two entire flats - crowded - there must be thousands! I think I planted 50 and thought that was a lot. |
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- Posted by cugal 5b-6a NE Ks (My Page) on
Thu, Feb 27, 14 at 19:29
| Thanks everyone for taking the time to chime in! Yup morz8, I had overlooked "scissor thinning"! With this many seedlings, it might be my only option! LOL Yeah mandolls, I don't know your age, but I'm old enough to remember my third grade reader, Henry Huggins, having a chapter titled "Gallons Of Guppies".Seems I'm the Henry Huggins of Coleus production..... ;) |
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| CUgal, not on this thread, and I can't remember which. you asked about sowing small seeds. Well, I did a bunch of snapdragons yesterday. What I did was sprinkle the seeds on a sheet of white paper, then heavily blow on my finger (for moisture) and then touch the seeds. Then i could disperse them as I wanted, or so I think :) All the best SCG |
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- Posted by cugal 5b-6a NE Ks (My Page) on
Sun, Mar 2, 14 at 19:14
| Thanks SouthCountryGuy! That sounds like it would work! Let us know how well they germinate....... My arthritic hands are always looking for new methods to sow those tiny seeds! |
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