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rosemary in the fridge
Posted by beanloaf
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digdirt2Updated You are doing this for cold stratification or just to keep it cool? Stratification isn't required for rosemary seed but it does prefer darkness, 60 degree temps, and to be lightly covered. Even then the germination rate is very lo...
Dropped A Light?
Posted by parad0x(Z7 Philadelphia)
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digdirt2Updated also read something about if the ends of the tubes are capped in green, that they are ultra low mercury containing lights (which mine are)....is that true for all brand tubes? No, just the green caps. If the one you dropped is sti...
I am so over the indoor sowing...
Posted by ccaggiano
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slowvegetablelove(5/Massachusetts)Updated ccaggiano, I can relate to how you feel! I started growing from seed this year. My brother in-law gave me a very nice (read expensive) grow lamp. I thought this was awesome--at first. After about a month and a half the bulb in the...
Transplanting before true leaves appear
Posted by ornata(London UK (8/9?))
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karalyn(Z6 W. Boise)Updated Posted by digdirt 6 -7 AR (My Page) on Thu, Apr 17, 08 at 17:57 Hi Ornata - Is there a point or benefit to doing it? There is no benefit for the plant per se - it is living solely off itself at that stage except for water which th...
starting waxflowers from seed
Posted by greenhaven(SW MI z6)
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greenhaven(SW MI z6)Updated Sorry, double post. I SWEAR my other thread wasn't there when I restarted this one! Sorry!
Okra seedlings keep dying
Posted by trh701(z4sd)
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jqpublic(7b/8a Wake County NC)Updated Ours don't really shoot up until the we are into the depths of the summer. For the most part they crawl along until mid to late June. They do need that hot hot environment to really prosper.
Broccoli Falling Over
Posted by huckleberryfriend
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sinfonian(U8b A2 S5 SeaWA)Updated Out of 16 broccoli starts, one survived and is flourishing. Not bad for a first attempt. hehe I've decided I'll start them and as soon as they break ground I'll plant them outside. We don't get enough light in the PNW in the winte...
Odd question - but very curious about this...
Posted by ccaggiano
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ccaggianoUpdated Great info!!! My plants were grown indoors, with a temp of about 70 degrees. I did have them under lights. I, quite painstakingly, made sure the lights were always 2 - 3" above the plants. I found this to be a pain in the you...
Non-Companion Plant Guide?
Posted by arjo_reich
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zubababy(6b Utah)Updated here's another from wiki
When to harden off these seedlings
Posted by sprung
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sprungUpdated Thanks! That makes more sense to me..doing it all at once. Everyone here is a little nervous after last year's late freeze. It was my first year trying to garden and I didn't know what I had killed or what nature had done. Some pe...
Got a bunch of seeds with no instructions- HELP!
Posted by maryhm
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ianna(Z5b)Updated And here's one more: http://www.theseedsite.co.uk/
True leaves and replanting
Posted by lissawick
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lissawickUpdated Thanks Pam. I'll ask my husband to stop at Lowe's and get some for me. He loves any excuse to go into Lowe's! Lori
Newbie question about bulbs
Posted by lutzd79
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lutzd79Updated calistoga, Thank you for the quick response. My landscape thanks you!!!
Centranthus ruber- bloom first year?
Posted by kcbarbara(z5KS)
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kcbarbara(z5KS)Updated Thanks, George. Probably next year I'll be pulling out volunteers and laughing that I ever was concerned about seeing a bloom!
Podophyllum Hexandrum from seed
Posted by casey1gw
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated They can take up to another 6 months after stratifying to germinate (35 - 180 days after chill) so don't give up. In this milder climate, I usually Fall sow mine outdoors for early Spring germination rather than store the seeds, s...
identifying zinnia seeds
Posted by giannigrow
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giannigrowUpdated Thanks a lot for that.
Plants getting too tall
Posted by dapper
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amna(6 (MA))Updated Hi Dave, I love that setup you have. I was wondering if you would be willing to share some specifics (e.g. dimensions, kind of wood, how the lights are attached to the wood frame). I am having a crisis - got the bright idea to sta...
Pea Fences/Support - Huge Savings....
Posted by ccaggiano
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arjo_reichUpdated For the fencing idea, you got me beat on the cheap. I use masonry remesh wire as it has 6" x 6" spacing and is made of welded iron, but that costs about $6 USD at Lowes per 4' x 7' section... then I have to be bothered w...
Salvaging leggy radishes...
Posted by arjo_reich
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arjo_reichUpdated lol @ the freezing weather comment. We went from having lows in the 50's for three weeks to having two days of 30(F) nights, now we've gone back to the spring weather. Last year we had a month of very warm spring like weather and ...
Seedlings not doing well
Posted by septgrl8
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digdirt2Updated What can I do to help these plants get strong enough to be planted outside? Do some research on "hardening off plants". It is the slow, gradual process of adapting plants grown inside to growing outside without the shock...
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