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How to start cabbage
Posted by pass99
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated In the garden they need full sun for six hours a day plus fertile soil...lots of aged manure and compost. Try one of the mini headed cabbages from Johnnys Seeds. I always have luck with them. Keep an eye out for slugs and green ca...
Cornstarch Gel for small seeds
Posted by nexev - Zone 8b
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UKUpdated I've never done it but it is quite a well known technique. Wall paper paste is often recommended, or flour and water paste. Try Googling 'Fluid Sowing' for more info.
november miracle?
Posted by evilingarnett
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docmom_gw Zone 5 MI(5)Updated I often have snapdragons survive the winter. Leave it in the ground and cover it with a heavy layer of leaves. It should survive. You can also wintersow some snapdragon seeds. I find that they germinate very well using the Winters...
ID 'Milky Way' morning glory seeds-Black or white?
Posted by jensyen ( z7 MD )(7a)
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mccommas(z5CT)Updated I did a Yahoo Image search and your Milky Way Morning Glories are as you describe, white with a purple star. It would follow that such a flower would be white since the galaxy itself is white. I planted morning Glories one year --...
Ginkgo Seedlings not doing well
Posted by GinkgoGro
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tete_a_teteUpdated I agree that there is a lot of information that we do not have. If you collected the seed from a tree in your area, why not collect some more when it next fruits and try again? I would recommend that next time, you plant them in y...
pansy problem
Posted by nour_lb
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amsonia2(7)Updated I just realized after reading your post again that you started your seeds in he summer. It's difficult to keep pansies cool enough during this time. I guess you started them for this fall. How did they do? Did you plant them out? ...
Cherry Tree Seeds
Posted by ZukeyWolfy
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated Prunus x yedoensis (Yoshino Cherry): 2 - 3 months cold stratification (moist chill) and is best sown as soon after ripening, not stored dry too long. The seed can be slow, sometimes taking multiple cycles of fluctuating temperatur...
What is the best way to germinate apple seeds?
Posted by justin_linker(7)
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sevlyUpdated i've been tried paper towel and plastic bag method but didn't work. Could u give me some advice?
Layer of newspaper vs weed fabric vs cardboard beneath seedbed?
Posted by njbiology
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BCUpdated I have yet to find a good use for landscape fabric. It even takes up useful space at the dump.
stubborn plum seed
Posted by amateurgreenthumber
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BCUpdated Sprouted seeds should be removed from the refrigerator and planted as soon as they appear. You don't list your zone or where you are from to comment on whether you can plant it in the ground or if you have to put it in a pot. It m...
Transplanting leggy Alyssum seedling
Posted by Chellam
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ChellamUpdated nil13, Thanks a lot. Your personal experience suggestion is of great help to me.
Apple seeds already sprouting in fridge, what to do?
Posted by nick_b79(4/5 Southeast MN)
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BCUpdated I think I would try both methods and see what happens. If all fails you will know to start stratification a month or two before you can plant out. SCG
Seeds already sprouted inside cucumber?!
Posted by snazzypants
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated Google 'vivipary'. I haven't known any one who's experienced it with cucumbers, but several who have found it with tomatoes and I've found the tomato myself when making myself a sandwich one spring.
preserving desert rose seeds
Posted by kmbruno(z9b fl)
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kmbruno(z9b fl)Updated Thanks for the info. I'll try this
when can you harvest pepper seeds?
Posted by super600
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gvozdika(8 OR)Updated I asked the same question a year ago :) and the answer was : when it is fully ripe.
Help!!
Posted by lemongrower
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grubby_AZ Tucson Z9Updated Mold is only a preventable "infection". Suggestion: since you still have seeds and not sprouts, replace everything with fresh, perhaps sterilizing first, and keep on going with the current seeds by washing the mold off t...
Harvesting Desert Rose Seeds
Posted by xanas
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kmbruno(z9b fl)Updated I have desert rose pods that have just split open and I can't plant them because I am going away for about a month. How can I preserve them until I get back.
First seed to plant run
Posted by Gardener_Wes(9)
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Gardener_Wes(9)Updated I've had a few sprout shockingly in the past few days!
Rudbeckia seedlings Overwinter
Posted by falca(z5 IL)
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BCUpdated Plant them!!! Or put the pots on their side in a location that will get zero sun. If they are hardy I would plant in the ground. I love rudbeckia. SCG
Veronica? How to save seed? Where is it?
Posted by heavenlyfarm(zone 6b)
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jensyen ( z7 MD )(7a)Updated Hi, I just looked at the Veronica I harvested this year. Looks like tiny brown specks. Sometimes I can sift out the seeds using a fine strainer. The chaff will probable fall through as well with this method. But when the seeds are...
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