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How to use seed gathered from one's own plants
Posted by anewgarden
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated When the stem containing the spend flowers/seed heads drys, I cut it off the plant and insert it upside down into a large brown paper grocery bag. I mark the plant name on the bag and put the bag in the house in a well ventilated ...
Folding newspaper to make starter pots
Posted by kandm(8b coastal alabama)
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sarahbarah27(5)Updated I was bored one day and i actually made a bunch of these pots! They work pretty good, but it is tedious!!!
Help with Droopy Lettuce Seedlings?
Posted by cheesemonger
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kandm(8b coastal alabama)Updated If you can make it to home depot you can buy a good fluorescent light set up for under $20. Lithonia Lighting 2 Bulb, 40 Watt Fluorescent Shop Light Model 1233 $9.98 - this comes with a little bit of chain but you you might want t...
What's the strangest thing you have repurposed for growing seeds?
Posted by ragtimegal(9 CA 19)
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jessicavanderhoff(7 Md)Updated I'm drip watering with an upside down barbeque sauce bottle, and the reflector panel above my grow lights is a cut up cardboard box wrapped in tin foil. Like the thread :-)
Where are you buying jiffy pellets: Walmart, Nursery or Hydro
Posted by minal(6)
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jessicavanderhoff(7 Md)Updated Just bought some more. Near me, walmart was $6 for 72 and home depot was $4.99 for 72. (Jiffy-7 pellets). The home depot ones came with three little flats instead of one big flat.
Need help: have never germinated indoors before!
Posted by lafleuriste(5 western NY)
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digdirt2Updated Yes you will need some sort of tray to set the paper pots in, they get quite soft and easy to tear so need to be well supported. You can recycle something like the plastic trays that meat comes in or buy a tray - whichever you pre...
First seedlings of the new year
Posted by midwesternerr(5)
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midwesternerr(5)Updated Second one is pawpaw, they take a while to send anything up, first one just came up in the last few ones. The other is some kind of vine, but the seeds of several similar vine species were mixed up, so I am yet to besure what it i...
Starting seeds under my undercabinet lights?
Posted by mercedes09
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ragtimegal(9 CA 19)Updated Even though everything I have read told me that the seeds don't need light, I put them under them anyway, as they had not sprouted in a week and it's cold in my house (I was getting impatient!). I don't have a warming mat yet, and...
stocky plants
Posted by birkjar
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yiorges-z5ilUpdated delay untill 2nd set of TRUE LEAVES have formed.... BUT be sure to keep light intensity high otherwise the plant will become leggy
sprouts!'maters,and basil,and peppers OH MY!
Posted by ontheteam(5a-6 (S.Eastern, MA))
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birdiewi(7b)Updated Last year was the first for me starting seeds under grow lights. I was amazed at the results I had! It was awesome! I am getting a bit ansy to turn the lights on and start planting also. I do believe I will hold off a bit even tho...
About vernalization...
Posted by weeper_11(2b SK)
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sheltiecheUpdated Light and gentle bottom heat usually very helpful in germination of most seeds/ few need dark and few germinate best at cool temps/. If you have old fridge it will produce some heat, new ones do not do that, you might get it heate...
My Seedling pics
Posted by farmingvillefarmer(East Coast zone 7)
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rawb(5, Erie shoreline)Updated Wow I hope my marigolds turn out that good Way to go!
Watering new seed
Posted by hammonds_ns(6)
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sheltiecheUpdated Cover it up with clear plastic dome and keep moist from below. Does not matter much for petunia but for impatiens you need warm humid environment to germinate well.
any luck germinating bird seeds?
Posted by bluto20
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staticx(6b)Updated the hemp they use is a diffrent species than the drug one,also i think they treat it to not grow.
Uncontrolled room temp
Posted by amprice(5)
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token28001(zone7b NC)Updated I run a fan 24/7 when germinating seedlings. It helps to control the moisture that gives me so many problems indoors. They get the breeze from the day they poke their heads out of the soil. It does affect the air temperature, but ...
Starting seed in an aquarium
Posted by ditka311
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albert_135(Sunset 2 or 3)Updated Long ago I started many seed in a 55 gallon show tank that had a crack in the bottom. I just used plain, cheap fluorescent tubes. It was my understanding back then that "grow lights" had a short half life at the extreme ...
Good seed ?????
Posted by dons916(9)
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freemangreens(Zone 10 CA)Updated If a seed is "viable", meaning it grows into a plant, as long as the plant matures to the point that it produces a flower (ie sexual reproduction) it CAN produce fruit. Tomatoes are relatively easy. If you are growing ou...
I am just wondering
Posted by sakura2006
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anewgardenUpdated Yes, I sure DO know that Japanese people have a hard time with the "L" sound! They usually don't like the "R" sound either. I was born in Philadelphia! I grew up at 23rd and Pine Streets. Near Fitler Square Par...
Starting annual poppies
Posted by stanly(Z03)
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kelleyrn(z5Il.)Updated Poppies are in the throw and grow category for me...
Need Help with 08 Hardy Seeds
Posted by mdensford
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rinomanfroni(7)Updated I bought some seeds at the Home Depot and I sowed Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan) on January 14th, and it did not germinate. So I have the tray in the fridge since February 4th. I plan to take it off the fridge on February 25th and h...
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