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Tue, Jun 16, 09 at 14:40
| Anyone else use one of those recycled paper seed starting trays they sold at Menards this year? I think there was something wrong with the soil in the thing. I had really good germination, but the seedlings never went any further. Never developed a first set of true leaves. The things just seemed to burn up. Out of about 60 seedlings, I have 6 with true leaves, a few others are still hanging on, barely. (These are all tomato and pepper seeds.)
Anyone have a guess as to what might have been the culprit? |
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| We don't have Menards in this part of the country so I don't know exactly what tray you mean, but I wonder if the recycled paper trays don't have some of the same moisture issues as the peat can...very hard to control moisture, they are either too wet or too dry (paper/peat wicks water from the sowing medium). One recycled paper tray product that came prefilled was mentioned earlier, brand TerraCycle - or something similar to that. The sowing medium was one component, pure worm castings which didn't seem to make sense...the tray compartments were quite small so clearly for newest seedlings which don't need that rich of a growing medium when all nutrients required for germination, initial early growth are contained in the seed itself. |
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| I found out a friend of mine and her sister both used the same trays and both had the same problem. Everything germinated, then never grew and died. |
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