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fopr germination cover the seed as darkness required for germination. soil temp 65-75F & takes 10-15 days to germinate. growing on ttemperature 50F plus time to flowering 15-17 weeks SO based on this suggest start seed outside now or by 15th of July
I think if the seeds are still contained in the fruit and not cleaned or allowed to dry out, they would still be quite fresh.
Of course if you have enough seed and curiosity, you could do them both ways and let us know what your results are :)
1)keep in same containers since its only 3 weeks to transplant. (2)Could beco0me to leggy but will be controled by the quality of light & duration of light ... give them the best light possible. could set outside on warm days & bring in in the evening, (3) no harm (4) good lots of luck....& enjoy the fruits of your labor
Lori, Look for Mao-tse-mom's post in the Cottage Garden forum...oh, my, it is the cutest thing you've ever seen-- all made by her husband.
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/junk/msg051641444416.html
Just post on this thread and she'll see it and offer up a pic of it all finished and painted. I just love it!
Lime
This is my first posting in many years but when I saw this I had to tell my story. My husband and I built our second greenhouse last year and just love it. We had new windows installed and used our old windows for the glass. First we built a 12 by 16 frame out of treated lumber with a fiberglass ribbed roof. The first year we used plastic for the sides and the second year after my husbands shoulder surgery we put in the old windows. We hinged three windows for circulation when needed and we should have put in one more. We can fix that later on when the plants are out. Anyway it works like a charm. The benches are made of cement blocks pillars and we put closet wire shelving across the top. The openings of the cement blocks are filled with 2by4's making another shelf for my flats. By using the wire shelving, the plants have lots of drainage and they don't rust. We have the shelving in a U shape. Electric was added this past fall and has been very handy. I used extension cords before and this is much better. During nights when the temps get to freezing, I turn on a radiator type heater and a fan pointed to the ceiling to keep the air circulating. The temp keeps about 10 degrees above the outside temp. I do not use this all winter, just for starting seeds in the spring. Works great for us. This spring we have to paint it. I forgot to mention that we have this connected to a wooden shed that is 12 by 24 feet. Linda44
http://www.naz.edu:9000/~grnhouse/Alcea/hollyhock.html
Like the first one on this page? I noticed a lot of these growing where I live, and I recall this color came back for many years after my father passed on.
Thanks for the input!
Thanks for all your comments. I've been wondering if there wasn't a bit of a conspiracy on the part of the nurseries with respect to fruit trees not breeding true. I mean, I don't doubt that the offspring don't resemble the parents, but that's not always a bad thing. Just ask my kids!
P.S. I just spotted a wild cherry tree which may have to be worked into my plans somewhere, if I can get the cuttings to grow.
I had a peach tree volunteer out of a compost pile. It bore fruit in its third year, the tree was already 9 feet tall! I only got to taste a couple fruits (it set 3 or 4 dozen), as most of them fell victim to oriental fruit moth. What I tasted was very good. The tree was a pest magnet....Japanese beetles ate the leaves, there were borers in the trunk, and the moth maggots in the fruit. On top of it all, it was between two bushes I had paid for, and rapidly shading out a small herb garden, so I cut it down.
The consensus on the fruit forum is that peaches and plums will probably turn out pretty good, apples have a very small chance of being as good as a named variety.
Alex
I have grown cosmos lot's of times over the years and if memory serves me right it usually takes about 2 months. One important tip is never fertalize your cosmos they will become lush and green and will hardly flower. I have read this and have experienced it as well.
Good luck
Its more likely problems with disturbed roots. If you don't disturb the roots when you transplant, you are fine transplanting even seedlings that don't like it.
The best way to avoid this with sensitive seedlings is to either let them get good and rootbound before transplanting so the roots don't move when you pop the plant out in one chunk, or start them in peat pots or pellets that you can plant in the ground without removing them from it.
Playing Devils Advocate:
With cucurbits one of the things I've noticed is that you can take a plant that is 3-4 weeks old and transplant it out in the garden and then directly sow a seed next to it and within a month or two the direct sown seed will be nearly the same size because while the transplant was stunned and adjusting to it's new harsher lifestyle the direct sown seed was plowing away under full growth conditions.
That being said, so long as you don't disturb the roots starting cucurbits from seed is just fine and if you have a shorter growing period - and/or can really baby those transplants for the first week or two - it can help extend your growing season by giving you a significant headstart. Especially if your transplant is already 6-8 weeks old by the time you move it out. :shrug:
Sorry I am in the wrong forum
Dimples
Dimples, looks like a maypop to me (passiflora) mine has the same leaves as yours