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Changed my mind...building my own Grow Light Setup
Posted by SneakyP86(7B)
13 Comments
gjcore(zone 5 Aurora Co)Updated Your setup looks pretty good. As far as the expensive grow lamps are concerned they really are very nice lamps. High output T5s put out lots of lumens. When I bought one I was a bit hesitant due to the price. They are designed wit...
Green Bay
Posted by Turner52
5 Comments
Turner52Updated Thanks for the info
Growing flowers in a tree stump
Posted by mikefit
2 Comments
noinwiUpdated I did this with some extra large(about 8" diameter) gateposts one year that were starting to rot in the center on top. Had DH drill some drainholes in from the side and planted nasturtiums. They did well and looked quite nice...
Starting Seeds late Feb-early March
Posted by mikefit
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amanda_m(z7 MD)Updated I started my first batch of seeds yesterday: broccoli, cauliflower, artichokes, and salad burnet. It's the first time I've started seed inside in several years here in MD. Not sure about southern MD, but I think here around Baltim...
Am I Right ...
Posted by SnakeJake(SoCal at 4230' Zone8)
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Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))Updated Bummer. :-( well, it was beautiful while it lasted. Thanks for sharing, Jake; I'd never seen one before!
Reusing soil with ungerminated seeds
Posted by ryank817
2 Comments
ryank817Updated Thanks Dave.
should I move these plants?
Posted by japus
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bugbite(z9a FL)Updated Here is just one opinion: Leave them. Don't "transplant shock" them twice in such a short period of time. I left my fall-planted winter seedlings (petunias, snaps, and rose seedlings) in trays a long time this winter and...
Yellow, yellow and more yellow wave petunias
Posted by birkjar
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jduren(5 MO.)Updated Since there us a discussion about fertilizing petunias what would be the best way to fertilize when there set up for self watering? Just add diluted fert, to water?
help
Posted by shapirm
2 Comments
digdirt2Updated I can tell you it is NOT 100's of things but would need to know what seeds you planted - what are the possibilities, the choices - to ID it as this stage. It would appear to be one of any number of flower or tree seeds at this poi...
Purple coneflower (echinacea) seeds
Posted by krazy_karma(z8a WA)
14 Comments
Gretchen W.Updated Digdirt I put the seeds in 3 inch pots and the mix is just nothing special soil - could of been Miracle Grow. I have a trash can that I keep the soil in for future uses. Not using heat and the pots are wrapped up with plastic. Win...
Are my seedlings salvageable?
Posted by badmajon
2 Comments
digdirt2Updated You can salvage them by transplanting them DEEPLY into new containers if you wish. You bury all that exposed stem right up to just below the leaves. New roots will develop. Then set them under the light and lower it so that it is ...
Why are my leaves on my pepper plant-ling closing?
Posted by moralesiiia
3 Comments
ryseryse_2004Updated I wouldn't worry about the little guy until he get his true leaves.
heat mat necessary indoors?
Posted by badmajon
11 Comments
ryseryse_2004Updated BTW I suggested that a heating pad from a pharmacy was cheaper than a mat from a nursery and I was right but the one I just bought for $17.99 has a automatic shut-off after one hour. We rigged a stone with velcro to fool it but if...
Gardenia seedling with three cotyledons
Posted by abot(5)
1 Comment
digdirt2Updated It happens now and then with most any variety of seedling. Fairly common in many vegetable seedlings and in larger vs. smaller seeds.. It is apparently tied to conditions at the time of pollination and subsequent seed formation. I...
Cheap containers for seedlings?
Posted by mooserider(8)
24 Comments
jduren(5 MO.)Updated About a 1/2 from bottom...Jack
First try and stuck
Posted by jduren(5 MO.)
3 Comments
jduren(5 MO.)Updated Just checked the internode, about 1.5 .
Winter Sowing
Posted by pabas
3 Comments
digdirt2Updated Here you go, a direct link in case you have difficulty finding that forum. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Winter Sowing forum
Dwarf Poinciana seeds
Posted by shear_stupidity(9B)
4 Comments
shear_stupidity(9B)Updated Good news! (Especially for me with seeds) I nicked, soaked, and planted 20 seeds. 6 of them are doing great! I gave two of the seedlings to my sister in Tampa, and she says those are still doing well, too. Here's a pic. And thanks...
Starting over.... Step by step advice?
Posted by wreckitriz
1 Comment
digdirt2Updated First, I have to ask why starting over? What did you do before and why didn't it work? Second, have you read through all the FAQs here? They are linked near the top of the forum page and are pretty much step by step. Third, all th...
cutting flower annuals
Posted by katkthms
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mandolls(4)Updated I'd suggest you post this in the annuals or cut flower forum. I am in a very different weather zone than you, but my take on it is that snap dragons and zinnia will be mostly over by mid August, unless you start them in the late s...
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