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Horned mellon germination 6-10 days. only about 30% of seed will ever germinate. Cucumber 5-24 days to germinate. water requirements keep soil damp not wet.
usually planted direct in area where to be grown the following spring after dry storage not roting
Hey, me again! I guess I got lucky because out of the 8 seeds I planted, 3 are sprouting up! I wasn't sure because it didn't look like what I thought, but I found a picture of one sprouting up, and that's exactly what I've got growing.
Thanks a lot =)
By the way, what is dry storage? I could easily look it up I suppose..but you guys answer it better.
I prefer a dilute solution of hydrogen peroxide over bleach before planting for sterilization. I don't think there is a big problem with sodium hypochlorite toxicity using the method you describe, but I might also rinse the seeds after bleach sterilization just to make sure.
Why not just buy a young tree and save yourself 3 years or so? Besides, most citrus are grafted onto a different rootstock, so you may not get a duplicate of your neighbor's tree.
Here is a link that might be useful: kaffir lime trees
Thanks ill have to try some of those out, most of them i never heard of, im thinking about trying carambola, some guavas, suagar apple, malay apple, cacao, bolivian fuchsia, and a few i remembered i was going to try but never got to them, olives, brugmansia, solandra. also i was interested in growing the miracle fruit too, lol i have a lot of things to try now, ill get back with result when i do try them.
Buy a piece of ginger root at the grocery store and plant it. In no time you will find you have a very nice ginger plant. It might even bloom for you and if you get tired of it, you can always dig it up and use the now much larger ginger root. They are VERY vigorous plants.
Hi Kris,
I have a Pelee Mum that I planted outside a year or two ago and it survived over winter for me. It is only now forming small buds so I am not sure if it will be able to bloom for me before the frost gets it. I have it planted on the south side of my house next to a concrete patio so it is definitely in a protected microclimate. It did bloom for me last year but I remember it bloomed quite late. If I were you I think I might try to take some cuttings from the plant and root them to overwinter in the house for you and also plant the mum outside in a protected area. They are not nearly as hardy as the other mums you see in stores now. Hope this helps.
Thom
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As soon as fruits are ripe -Squash ripe fruits and clean seed. Cover with grit (will allow some light through while keeping good soil contact for the seed - light may be beneficial to germination) and place pots outdoors in a protected spot. Or, clean the seed and give moist warm 90 days, followed by moist cold 90 days, then moist warm again, seed (again barely covered) may take an additional 365 days or longer.
The grit is going to help to discourage moss or algae on sowing medium that can sometimes happen when germination is so lengthy. Are you familiar with it - I buy mine at a feed and livestock supply by the pound (chick grit). In a pinch, you can substitute parakeet gravel from the pet supply at your grocery (small boxes), or even fine aquarium gravel.
No, not likely...your marigolds will have cross pollinated.