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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...
Eastern redbud seeds...are these viable?
Posted by hairmetal4ever(Z7 MD)
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BCUpdated They are all probably viable. I used the hot water cooling method in the linked paper. SCG Here is a link that might be useful: Redbud Germination
Seedling Plant ID
Posted by archades
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zzackeyUpdated The first one is petunias. I put my labels in the pots first and then the seeds. One time I thought I would know the plants when they came up, but I forgot what I planted. This post was edited by zackey on Sun, Oct 26, 14 at 15:03
Sunflower?
Posted by sorie6(6b ok.)
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BCUpdated Diamond2014 - sorry I missed this post. 'Kong' was one of the most reliable multiple head sunflowers I had that meet your 6" or so requirement.
The BEST seed starting mix
Posted by vegangirl(z6 VA)
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BCUpdated Not sure if you realize this thread is over 4 years old.
scarlet / swamp hibiscus seed germination?
Posted by abacoian
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FLnativesUpdated I know this post is old, but if people are still reading I figured it wouldn't hurt to add my experience. I've read a few articles that give a labor intensive list of things that need to be done to propagate Hibiscus, (scarificati...
Yarrow seeds - roots or mold?
Posted by Smileygirl19
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UKUpdated Those are roots, not mould.
japanese plums from seed
Posted by cnatsu1
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delaware(Z7 DE)Updated It's great that they all sprouted. Good luck and hope you enjoy some plums someday.
HELP with peach and apple seeds!!
Posted by Zax722
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Zax722Updated After posting to the thread I read that posting in more appropriate thread might bare better responses than the newbie forum so I actually reposted in fruit and orchard and got a few good answer . Thank you :)
Seed tray cell size
Posted by archades
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BCUpdated Yeahp, too much work for me LOL! I used to do all that stuff but now use what I can easily obtain. There is a good article on the container gardening forum about how much perlite or the like you would have to add to really make a ...
Pre Sprouting Seeds in plastic bags
Posted by RG100
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japusUpdated I use the paper towel/plastic bag all the time,I leave the end of the bag open and never have problems.
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