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susanzone5(z5NY)

Why bother growing them on cotton? It's unnecessary. Start them in soil...a bag of potting mix put into plastic containers. Then you can pop them out and plant them.

Make sure your little seedlings are in full sun or one inch from indoor lights or they will stretch and get too "leggy".

    Bookmark     September 7, 2013 at 3:37PM
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rainbow_catz

Thanks Susanzone,

now i also know why my seedlings are leggy :)

    Bookmark     September 17, 2013 at 7:42PM
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florauk(8/9)

Looks like a Morning Glory seedling.

    Bookmark     September 16, 2013 at 10:49AM
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jcharmer

Florauk is correct, that is morning glory. The HBWR seeds take a bit of time to germinate so its likely going to be late to sprout. Got free sample at thriftyhut going now in styrofoam cup. Slow at first but takes off after that. Within two years it will start covering a fence line.

    Bookmark     September 17, 2013 at 6:37PM
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SavvySAM

Whoops. Don't know how to delete a post.

This post was edited by SavvySAM on Tue, Sep 17, 13 at 16:40

    Bookmark     September 17, 2013 at 4:35PM
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SavvySAM

first two are the little sprout that has stayed itty bitty. Third are the plants that tottally took off and are loving life.
Fourth is another batch of sprouts that stayed small.
There are many more like that. The fifth has stayed the same as well. They grew a little more than the others in the seed starting mix and since the transplant, they haven't grown.

All the plants have gotten the same water and the same fertilizer. The little one though got a a little less fertilizer. I didn't really know what to do so i fertilized it anyway. All the plants are in the same vicinity and receive the same light.

    Bookmark     September 17, 2013 at 4:36PM
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msmorningsong(SW FL 10A)

I have also just recently sown seeds of the Garlic vine. Also shallow, just barely covered as you did. I'll let you know about the progress. Did any of your come up?

    Bookmark     September 14, 2013 at 11:12AM
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naturemitch(3/4 WI)

Geoseed all the way! They are my go to seed source. Reasonable shipping, excellent choices, and great seed. Try them!

    Bookmark     September 13, 2013 at 10:54PM
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naturemitch(3/4 WI)

Geoseed all the way! They are my go to seed source. Reasonable shipping, excellent choices, and great seed. Try them!

    Bookmark     September 13, 2013 at 10:55PM
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plantwhisper(8-9)

Hi Greenhorn,

Raspberry seeds don't like to be dried and stored. Also, there are a few embryonic "keys" you have to unlock. Lot's of people have different favorite ways of doing this. I would do it this way. Pick ripe fruit and freeze it for 2 months. Thaw and let it overipen to the point of fermentation. Place the fruit in a wire mesh strainer, and separate the seed from the pulp. Place the seeds immediately into a cup of water that is 100F or so and soak for an hour. Place seeds in sterile soil and keep moist, maintaining a soil temp of 75F to 85F until you see signs of sprouting. Then, you can back off to 65F to 75F Here is a scholarly link on it (good luck with trying to scarify a raspberry seed!). You could also soak them in various acid solutions at point of planting. It's all in the article in the link below.
Susan

Here is a link that might be useful: Drying interferes with germ of Rubus species

    Bookmark     September 12, 2013 at 3:16PM
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AT2013

I've never heard the dry thing before. I'm no pro, but I've grown dozens of raspberry plants from seeds in the past from store bought fruit. You won't get the same thing, often times they're just sweet and no tart.

I usually pick a few berries and leave them somewhere warm for a day or two, then run them with my finger using a fine steel sieve and wash them thoroughly and allow them to dry in folded paper towels. When I'm ready I wet and wring out a paper towel or two, place the dried pods which have been ziplocked for a few months, onto one side then fold over the other side. I stick them in a baggy and put them on the condiment shelf in the fridge for about a month, then plant them. I've gotten about an 85% germination rate doing this. Raspberries are invasive, much like mint, so you'll need to check them out often as they mature. I planted and grew a little over 15 plants when I was 10, I'm 24 now and my folks' house's backyard now has about 60 different berry plants all throughout. They're regularly pruned now though, so they don't take up much space.

You could also do as nature intended, just throw a few berries into a pot or the ground where the soil is nice and rich, let it rot in the soil and come some time later, you'll have plants growing.

Depending on soil conditions and regional weather, you may have to wait more than a few years or more for fruit. If you're in California, fruit from seed usually results in faster mature times for trees. In the nearly 30 years my parents have owned that house, they've never had any luck with grafted trees. So they just did it like in the old country, they just planted what they bought at the store. Of the apple seeds, only two trees resulted in tart little apples, the rest of them are some type of cultivar, whether they're discovered or not is a mystery to me. One tree in particular sets crimson red apples the size of a fist with a buttery yellow, pink tinged flesh. The others are some type of gala and golden delicious variety, but not exactly those.

Those all fruited in 3-5 years.

    Bookmark     September 12, 2013 at 8:49PM
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Campanula UK Z8

Or, you could make some pretty envelopes and give seed selections.

    Bookmark     September 2, 2013 at 5:28AM
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plantwhisper(8-9)

Hi Leah,
I would think ordinary potters clay could be rolled in seeds and have them stick without further wetting? I'm with you that wetting might mildew the seed, etc.
why not dispense with all the dirt stuff and just tie up the dry seed mix in traditional chiffon like you would rice? If the seed is too small, any material you chose would do. or if you want something people just have to add water to, just include a lite seed starting mix.

    Bookmark     September 12, 2013 at 3:45PM
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bugbite(z9a FL)

I just stuck a seed in the ground slightly covered and it grew into a small tree without any care. I am in 9b and the cold kept nipping it so I pulled it. It was in the wrong spot anyway. Guess I never expected it to grow. I thought of planting some of the new types that are more cold hardy but never did.

    Bookmark     September 9, 2013 at 5:29PM
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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9b

It takes a little time to grow them from their pits, but it's a basic second grade experiment. All grade school kids have success.

I got a few to grow, but they died when they got into a pot with soil.

There is one that survived. It's putting out leaves like crazy! They do love water, which is why they do just fine in pure water! Mine is on a drip system. We will transplant into the ground in spring on a drip system and add a couple more for polination!

Good luck!

Suzi

    Bookmark     September 11, 2013 at 4:33PM
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susanzone5(z5NY)

I think you'll get better info on the allium forum. When you get there, do a search on that forum for what you want. There are tons of posts about growing garlic and onions.

Start garlic from individual cloves, not seeds.
Good luck and enjoy.

    Bookmark     September 9, 2013 at 8:02AM
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tommyr_gw

Yeah, garlic from cloves are a piece of cake! You can use store bought, just get a few organic garlic bulbs at the grocery, break off the cloves, plant them 2-3 inches deep, 4 inches apart!

Onion seeds I have problem starting for some reason. Not sure why, I have a really green thumb.

    Bookmark     September 9, 2013 at 5:07PM
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GAV65

Maybe this would be a bigger problem for the white and pink cultivars of Mexican Petunia, but not the Morado Chi cultivar, as it already resembles wild-type, I think.

    Bookmark     September 7, 2013 at 7:39PM
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bugbite(z9a FL)

Hi Gav65,
I grow the dwarf type. Actually they grow themselves. Spreading through out the garden. They look beautiful. Even though, luckily they duplicate as dwarf, sometimes they revert back to tall, which I pull mostly. Occasionally I get a pink dwarf, which I like.
I slipped into to calling them Mexican popping plants, because when it rains or you water them, the seeds pop across the yard. I remember once sitting in the yard. I heard a drop and felt a seed hit my cheek from about 4 feet away. The first new plant I got from seed was 12 feet from the parent. I thought the root traveled that far, not knowing that the seeds pop that far. At this time of the year they are one of the prettiest plants in my garden. Sorry I did not answer your question.

    Bookmark     September 8, 2013 at 6:01PM
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susanzone5(z5NY)

I would think it's the digestive enzymes in a mammal's gut that dissolve the covering on the seed so it can germinate.

    Bookmark     September 8, 2013 at 1:44PM
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pujidavis

2010 I planted about 8 seed last 3 years and grow only 5, one died, one I sent to my friend in AZ, 3 I kept, but every year one by one died, now only one left. You should keep in partial shade or green house this time of year and winter put in green house with light or inside the house close to window that get light. For dirt I love using miracle grow moisture control and fertilizer I use Epsom salt. This plant is hard to grow as my place is dry and hot, even though I am in CA but I get snow in the winter some time or just freezing cold. I just plant again couples days ago, see picture.

    Bookmark     September 3, 2013 at 12:29AM
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homegroan(3a)

Maybe if you just use the Miracle once every couple of weeks, like the label says, it might help. You could be burning them.

    Bookmark     September 7, 2013 at 4:57PM
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shaanp

The picture shows that I am growing new curry leaf plants from seeds.

    Bookmark     September 7, 2013 at 2:29PM
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shaanp

If you are interested, you can email me: johnpetersusa@yahoo.com
Here is another picture for you guys to view. I grow these plants in Southern California.

    Bookmark     September 7, 2013 at 2:39PM
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goblugal(7)

I could get really technical here, but the flowering mechanism for snaps is light accumulation. Long days and intensity promote bud formation. Your observation that it didn't matter when you started them is spot on. Until they get enough daylight accumulated, they won't form buds! :-)

    Bookmark     September 5, 2013 at 12:37PM
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9

Here in hot summer, mild winter California, snaps started now will start blooming in December and bloom until May when the rain stops and the heat starts. Al

    Bookmark     September 7, 2013 at 12:28PM
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susanzone5(z5NY)

I grow many kinds of celosia. They do not need darkness to germinate. If anything, they need light. I sow them on top of the soil (indoors under lights) and sprinkle some milled sphagnum moss on top (as I do with all my seeds). They germinate fine this way.

In my garden, the seeds from last year that have fallen, germinate in abundance, and that happens even when I have turned compost into the soil. So they must germinate under many conditions. They are easy.

    Bookmark     September 5, 2013 at 8:29AM
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ifraser25(z11 Brazil)

I have put them in normal daylight and they have popped up almost instantaneously. I subsequently discovered that research that said they needed darkness for germination was published in 1912! I think it may be time for an update...

    Bookmark     September 6, 2013 at 3:45PM
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