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Magnolia Grandiflora germination time?
Posted by nw_gardener(8 (WA/Kirkland))
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jinginukUpdated Worthwhile to wait and see - best of luck. The stem of the seedlings measures between 3 to 4cm with healthy leaves (4-6)on top. Once the seedling hit the cling film I put the pot into a plastic bag tied at the top but still on the...
How cold is too cold for young petunias?
Posted by longknife(4 Way Upstate NY)
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longknife(4 Way Upstate NY)Updated Thanks all. Last night it got down into the low 50's and all is fine. Tonight they say a low of 29 degrees, so I'll be bringing the plants inside. I may leave one pot out to experiment.
Already have sprouts, now what?
Posted by jardinerowa
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jardinerowaUpdated Thanks for your experience and suggestions. I finally planted almost all my sprouts in the vegetable bed and we will see how it goes. Most of them just had the root with no leaves, I hope I don't have the seed shell problem you me...
Fruit Seeds.
Posted by erict
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nookala_yahoo_comUpdated Hi: I am looking for seeds for Sapote and Jackfruit and I live in California near San Jose. I can use some help in how or where I can find the seeds. Thanks Regards Narasimha
dying chili pepper plants
Posted by swaray
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swarayUpdated My sweet peppers are small too. Perhaps they started them before you in a hot greenhouse...peppers like heat. Mine are in my basement, in Wisconsin. I want to start getting them outside on warmer days, now that they are FINALLY he...
Pepper and Egg Plant
Posted by foolishpleasure
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noinwiUpdated Greenhouse growers start early and control light, temperature, moisture and fertilizing. Most of us can't do that at home, but our plants will catch up eventually when planted outside. They don't have to be huge in order for them ...
bent/twisted tomato stems
Posted by akeller420
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akeller420Updated Which plants can be transplanted deep and grow roots off the stem? I only really knew tomatoes did that.
Fungus Growing Out of Bottom of Newspaper Pot
Posted by cautioning
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foolishpleasureUpdated I had Fungus not in the bottom but in the soil. Why the bottom of your Cups do not dry up. May be the drainage is not good. I got ready of the fungus by drenching the soil with CAPTIN solution. It is very effective.
'Baggie' method, any pictures of sprouted chile seeds?
Posted by jardinerowa
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jardinerowaUpdated aveo, Actually I will try your method. I will try the litle pot with saran wrap. Now I just have to look for a place that gets sun until 11am, but I think I know where. I definitely imagine how it can work as chiles need very warm...
How to seperate seedlings
Posted by jerem(5b)
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Astroknot(10a)Updated Oh wow, Tdscpa! That's an interesting method. It sounds like you've developed a successful (and easy) process of growing your seeds. It makes me feel like I probably am making it harder for myself than I need to.
NONE of my seeds are germinating
Posted by PearceN
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sarahbarah27(5)Updated I would guess that if you had them covered outside with plastic in the sun, then you probably cooked them. I have done that before in the greenhouse.
bean seedlings look horrid
Posted by jardinerowa
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jardinerowaUpdated yiorges, Thanks for the response. I lost a couple do to earwigs/slugs but the rest are still alive. The beans don't look that much better but are growing. The okra now are coming with yellow cotyledons...but I'm hoping they will g...
Temperature Range for Hardening Off
Posted by davemichigan(zone 6a (SE Michigan))
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tn_veggie_gardner(7)Updated For my maters, if nights get below 55 or it's going to storm, it will be too much for them & I bring them in. For the peppers, nights below 60-65 are when I bring them in. My first set of mater & pepper plants have now bee...
Covers for my raised beds
Posted by mandolls(4)
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yiorges-z5ilUpdated thanks for info use something similar
Seed Starting Jiffy Mix...OK for pre-germinated seeds via Baggie?
Posted by jardinerowa
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yiorges-z5ilUpdated may use starting soil & use VERY diluted fertilizer for first drinch then every 2 weeks.
Baggie method
Posted by jardinerowa
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jardinerowaUpdated OK thanks I will check them soon and probably pot them up or put them in the ground. Z
When do you give up on germination?
Posted by mandolls(4)
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Astroknot(10a)Updated Hmmm, I also have been having slow progress with my Thyme seeds this year. Last year I didn't plant thyme until the middle of summer, and it did very well, so maybe it's a temperature thing. But perhaps I'm also covering them with...
Datura seeds and Brugmansia seeds
Posted by piksi_hk(9)
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shirleyinadirondacks(zone4/5)Updated thanks
When can you start annual and perrinials outside
Posted by novicegardenerevan
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albert_135(Sunset 2 or 3)Updated This may help. NCDC: Freeze/Frost Maps
Frozen seeds - still viable?
Posted by sconnielill
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links272(7A)Updated It;s been a while since I came back to this site. Just busy doing other stuff. Actually just cane back from a cruise to the Bahamas. Great time except for the first night when the 16 foot seas made it a little uncomfortable to say...
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