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Help for first time planter.

Posted by jerem 5b (My Page) on
Tue, May 12, 09 at 9:20

Hi im totally new to growing stuff and i was wondering if someone could help me with a couple questions i have?

Im trying to grow come Chamomile so i bought some peat pellets and soaked them then make a small hole in the center and put 3 seeds in the center now they are starting to sprout.

1-All the spouts in the peat pellets are really close to each other is it possible to keep save all 3 plants that are in a single pellet or can only 1 grow there?

2-I made a makeshift greenhouse using a heating pad and a container with a lid, im wondering if i have to take the plants out that just sprouted or do i keep them in it and if i keep them in it when should i take them out of the makeshift greenhouse?

Thanks!


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RE: Help for first time planter.

Hi, welcome to gardening! You can save all three sprouts in each pellet, but they may crowd each other out. If you plan to plant the chamomile in the ground be sure to tear off the net cover on each pellet as some plants roots have trouble grwoing through it. Once the seeds have sprouted they don't require heat and you need to not let them dry out. Those peat pellets are very bad about soaking up water again once they have dried out. Try to keep the pellets moist while keeping the little seedlings dry. If the pellets are too wet, your seedlings will have a problem called damping off. It's a fungus that will kill them.

You don't say what kind of container you have them in, but the seedlings now need light and water. If your container is clear, they may get enough of both if you set it outside, but protect it from overheating and cooking the little plants. They are very tender and vulnerable right now.

If you lose some of them, or even if you lose all of them, try again. I've been gardening for over 50 years and I'm still learning new things all the time. One thing I learned this year was that soilless sterile seed starting mix is much better than peat pellets for starting seeds. the pellets are handy and convenient, but plants outgrow them very quickly. Cheryl


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RE: Help for first time planter.

Thanks for the reply!

Here is my frugal setup:

http://img27.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=p1010017qdi.jpg

The container im using is actually i think some kind of tinfoil roasting pan with a plastic lid on top of a heating pad and inside is a thermometer which is surprisingly staying at 80F. I had all of these laying around and its amazingly working well so far. The second picture is my of my Chamomile seedlings that i planted 2 days ago. So you think i should take anything that has sprouted out of the container? Where should i put them? How can i keep the pellets from drying up?

Thanks!!


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