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Transplant container ideas? Plastic cups??
Posted by keriann_lakegeneva(5B WI/IL border)
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susan2010(6 Massachusetts)Updated I use the 18 oz Solo plastic cups for my tomato and pepper seedlings. Aside from the fact that 18 don't quite fit in a standard nusery flat (crowded), they work great. They'll last for more than a season if you care to wash them o...
Is it too late?
Posted by bbfan10(5)
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bbfan10(5)Updated Thanks a bunch guys :) Now all I need is for the weather to cooperate. It looks like thunderstorms for the next week with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the 60s...
Does Kelp Burn Leaves
Posted by adc14
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated Diluted by how much? From your description, your seedlings do sound burned. Seedlings, especially those grown inside without the benefit of wind, fluctuating temps, to 'toughen' them up are especially sensitive - much more so than...
I need help sowing these seeds that I received from an exchange
Posted by hdibikerchick(8b)
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hdibikerchick(8b)Updated Thanks! I have and have been keeping them in water and one has started to protrude!!!YAY!!!
Need Help Mixing Muskie Fish Emulsion
Posted by nutsaboutflowers(2b/3a)
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated I can't come up with an online label for your product - often there is a way to find a copy but I haven't with this one. There is an email contact page for the manufacturer if that helps you at all. Place for a question. Here is a...
Please help: Impatiens from seed are looking sick
Posted by BlauerPlanet
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cindjo2(6)Updated it looks like too much water to me..
Setup for growing Oak, Hickory and Walnut from seed
Posted by trooper4985(5a)
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susan2010(6 Massachusetts)Updated Just wondering, but if you have adult trees, don't you get a fair number of volunteers that could be transplanted? I have two hickories and an oak on my small urban property, and I'm forever yanking out seedlings. That would seem ...
Encouraging wisteris seedlings
Posted by LindaSkinner
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated Linda, what kind of light do you have them in? The better the light, outdoors ideal of course when your weather allows, the sturdier the seedlings will be. Wisteria has a long juvenille stage from seed. Just giving them time is th...
germinating miracle fruit seeds.... i cant get them to germinate!
Posted by thenear1send(9)
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don_aletta4you_comUpdated The above link: Growing Your Own Miracle Fruit from Seed does not work. If someone has some expertise in rooting some of the stems i would like to know about it...I have been unsuccessful in either rooting or germinating seeds....
Seedling problem -- seeds don't seem to know which way is up
Posted by Astroknot(10a)
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alexander3_gw(6 Pennsylvania)Updated Melody, I assume you've grown those kinds of seeds before, and know what they normally look like. Is there any chance that they've been exposed to a low dose of herbicide of some kind? I occasionally hear stories of deformed plant...
Seedlings allergic to sunlight!
Posted by BlakeInCanada
12 Comments
BlakeInCanadaUpdated After the new batch sprouted, I kept them about 4 feet from my 2x 23w CFLs for most of the day. Maybe 5 days later, I put them in a place where they get very filtered sunlight and they're doing fine so far. Gradually moving closer...
Newbie made a mistake, needs help!
Posted by IRuehl(8b-9a, Savannah GA)
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IRuehl(8b-9a, Savannah GA)Updated poison ivy????
Cold Injury to Pepper Seedlings
Posted by leftynh6(6)
2 Comments
erinlisa(6/7)Updated That is good news! I have some pepper seedlings on my porch that I need to put in the garden, but it is 50 degrees tonight in TN! Ugh!
Bring Home The Butterfly Seeds
Posted by turaloora(z10Cal.)
2 Comments
Astroknot(10a)Updated I've grown seeds from that very same packet "Bring Home the Butterflies" (from Botanical Interests), and I live in San Francisco too. It's a great mix packet! Comes with so many different types, and lots of them too. I s...
Hollyhock
Posted by bigeasy(9)
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sarahbarah27(5)Updated Take a look at this one. Sarah Here is a link that might be useful: Hollyhock The Bride
Nicotiana Babies
Posted by bbfan10(5)
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TrishcuitUpdated If you get the opportunity to grow Nicotiana "Only the Lonely", it is heirloom and will grow true from collected seed. The flowers are white, the plant is NOT dwarf (4ft) and it smells HEAVENLY.
need info on japanese maple (red)seeds
Posted by heirloomkeepsakes(CALIF 9 or 10)
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vborcea_yahoo_comUpdated Last November (2010) I bought 500 Japanese red maple seeds I followed the instructions: I kept in the warm water for 48 hours and set up in a plastic bag with mixed pit moss + sand + perlite for 65 days. I sowed the seeds outside ...
Some Observations
Posted by paulsm(z5)
3 Comments
wordwizUpdated If you hold your hand under the light palm down, and the back of your hand is not warm, the lights are not too close. I've had plants growing around the bulbs without hurting them. Mike
Need help with Columbine plants grown from seeds
Posted by AMaji
11 Comments
mandolls(4)Updated I shouldn't have stated that so definitively - sorry. None of the columbine that I have grown from seed flowered until the 2nd year, and from what I have read, that is the usual. If you are getting blooms the first year, more powe...
planting un-stratisfied jm seeds now
Posted by MAPLE-JACK
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated Putting your seeds dry in the refrigerator didn't count towards conditioning them...they need the chill and the chill must be moist, dry is only storage. There is no need to nick. Sowing in Fall when seeds are immediately ripe is ...
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