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Potting Soil for transplanting?
Posted by cheeseliz
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chele519(5)Updated I bought a bag of Miracle Gro last year that was a lot of wood chips and sticks. I called them and they even told me that they add sticks to their potting soil, I found a few small sticks in the seed starting mix also. I thought i...
Heating Mat
Posted by foolishpleasure
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated I remove the bottom heat, and any type of cover I may have used to maintain humidity, right at germination, not beyond. Keeping seedlings too warm from below will often lead to stretched out leggy growth. If yours are outright dyi...
Tell me why its necessary to file and soak seeds?
Posted by greenjesse(6)
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foolishpleasureUpdated I learned some thing today. As a child I remember my father used to soak the seed over night before planting in the field. He soaked Corn and okra seeds, Cotton seed, Fava bean seed (for several days because it is very hard), the ...
Damp-off: Can the seeds themselves be contaminated?
Posted by mandolls(4)
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mandolls(4)Updated Thanks Keriann, new dahlia tubers will more than make up for some dead alyssum! I'll try some cinnamon on the surviving Alyssum and see if it helps stave of the spread.
But I'm not trying to grow mushrooms!
Posted by started_with_bean(Zone 5--MA)
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rosco_p(z6a ont.canada)Updated Started with bean: I have never had a problem with plants that have mushrooms growing in them. As someone else on a recent forum post said to the effect, at least you have something growing...so you must be doing something right. ...
Can I start my seeds here?
Posted by bobby_c(z7 DC)
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bobby_c(z7 DC)Updated Yes - unfortunately I realized this too late. I had the seeds tucked away and didn't realize that they had sprouted until too late. I'll do some transplanting and bury them (mostly tomatoes), hopefully not all is lost.
What happened? Spindly seedlings . . .
Posted by hoping4better
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obrionusa(5)Updated I can help you on the tomatoe. Just take a screwdriver and gently push the roots further down until the leaves are just above the soil. Then set them under lights for a min of 12 hours a day.
Asarina seedlings
Posted by Patrick888(z8 SeaTac WA)
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kayjones(Mo6b)Updated No, I don't.
Starting seeds in an aerogarden
Posted by inuyashalover21(6 nw nj)
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inuyashalover21(6 nw nj)Updated Hi, Thanks for the reply. I got 4 pea plants in there and we are not a big pea family. I seem to be the only one who eats them LOL. The other seeds if I can remember are purple cherokee tomatoes, Kellogs tomatoes, Rainbow cherry t...
How tall is TOO tall for seedlings?
Posted by longknife(4 Way Upstate NY)
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longknife(4 Way Upstate NY)Updated My lighting is 1 four foot shop light with 2 cool white bulbs hanging 3" above seedlings. Thanks
Best Grass Seed for quickly growing from scratch?
Posted by lee676
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albert_135(Sunset 2 or 3)Updated Were it me I would look for some 'patching ''grass seed'' '. As mentioned above GardenWeb has a Lawn Care Forum.
Confused re: Jiffy-type pellets
Posted by LCDSoundsyetem
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chele519(5)Updated I started having tiny sprouts out of the pellets yesterday. I don't see that it would matter having them in the tray touching. Once mine got wet, they didn't fit in their individual section in the tray anyway. They are sitting on ...
New to indoor seed starting-have some questions
Posted by chele519(5)
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chele519(5)Updated I planted lettuce 3 days ago and it started coming up last night so I set up my light system today. I also planted peppers last night and am eagerly awaiting those. Here's my light setup. It is from a link in one of the posts on h...
Vinca seedlings
Posted by patreesh
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keriann_lakegeneva(5B WI/IL border)Updated You coverd them with newspaper so the stems/leaves have never seen the light of day. A lot of people confused the word covered when it comes to sowing seeds. 99% of the time it is meant you cover the seeds with soil, not cover the...
Did anyone ever germinate blueberries?
Posted by dlingy
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arizonawindpower_yahoo_comUpdated 365 days? Good gawd no, not true at all. About three weeks to a month at 75 degrees in pure pine bark. Yes, they are slow growers, but geeze, not that dang slow! Pine tree bark is very high in ph, and it's what this berry plant re...
NorthEast - When do YOU start your seedlings?
Posted by connecticutbug
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started_with_bean(Zone 5--MA)Updated From my past experience on just a few items: tomato: 4 weeks (otherwise, they seem to get too big) basil, sweet: 6 weeks rosemary: 10-12 weeks (slow growing and slow germ) cilantro: 12 weeks (because they like growing in cold weat...
are spindly seedlings viable?
Posted by blaferby
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connecticutbugUpdated Last year we started some tomato seedlings near a window in a plastic tray and they ended up getting a bit leggy since the light wasn't strong enough. I was worried about them but planted more than half of my garden with them. The...
basement whodunnit....
Posted by organic_nolla
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goblugal(7)Updated MOUSE.....they love pansies
Malabar Spinach seed
Posted by gree_knees(6a)
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noinwiUpdated I don't mean to hijack your thread, but I've been wanting to grow some Malabar Spinach and I have seeds, but I was worried the berries might make a mess, since I would be growing it near a sidewalk. Did either of you have any prob...
Supplementary light-how long do you need it?
Posted by Jerry71(6a)
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Jerry71(6a)Updated I think that it is not the same how much light there is in sunrooms in zone 9 and zone 6. Now, the light comes in a shallow angle in here whereas zone 9 California, the sun would be fairly high. When I measured the light level in ...
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