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How best to start seeds for an ebb and flow system?
Posted by CBritt
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Billyoscar(5 - 6)Updated SEED STARTING FOR THE HOME GARDEN I have discovered a cheap, simple method of starting flower and vegetable seeds for the home garden. It utilizes the principle of capillary action and a moist newspaper mat. To construct such a de...
does bigger seed = more vigorous seedling?
Posted by hairmetal4ever(Z7 MD)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated Given the choice of seeds, I would choose the larger more uniform in shape to plant. The stored energy in the seed provide the cotyledons or seed leaves as well as the radicle or root. Once germinated and initial root and seed lea...
scarifying redbuds
Posted by hairmetal4ever(Z7 MD)
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albert_135(Sunset 2 or 3)Updated Half century ago I got this notion that I would pick up a cheap lapidary tumbler a yard sale and experiment with that to scarify seed. Don't recall why but I never even got my experiment started.
buying acorns (Sheffield's, Schumacher...etc)
Posted by hairmetal4ever(Z7 MD)
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claydirt(5)Updated Wow! I had never heard of these places. You learn something new every day. Thank you!!! I'm starting a couple Quercus muehlenbergii (chinquapin oaks) this fall. It is interesting that white oak family acorns germinate free-fall be...
Kentucky Coffee Tree seeds
Posted by marricgardens
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quercus_alba2Updated It is a lot easier is you wait until spring to collect them. Before planting all you have to do is clamp them in a vise and cut a small notch in the side with a hack saw,just deep enough to penetrate the shell. I get close to 100%...
Seed Sellers
Posted by rainbow_catz
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digdirt2Updated I have to agree with the others that it isn't clear what you are looking for? Seeds are seeds so what do you mean by "complete kinds of sees"? Do you mean one place where you can order all the seeds you want? If so, that...
float test for buckeyes?
Posted by hairmetal4ever(Z7 MD)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I use "Float Test" when selecting seeds that I save from tomatoes. After fermentation, I pour them in a tall glass and stir. The best one sink right away. I pour most of the water and floating ones out. I do it few times...
Experience with Franklinia...
Posted by davidlmo(5 B)
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brandon7 TN_zone(7)Updated Paulownia (sometimes called kiri in Japanese or princess-tree mostly by shyster Paulownia salespeople) is a weed that can be fairly invasive (environmentally destructive) in many locations. There is a paulownia tree industry out t...
Munstead Lavender seeds have sprouted, what now?
Posted by Ronn Bonites
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Ronn BonitesUpdated OK then. Thanks very much!
Growing maples from seed (Japanese & other)
Posted by hairmetal4ever(Z7 MD)
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hairmetal4ever(Z7 MD)Updated Thanks. It's funny they're considered difficult, since the seedlings pop up where I DON'T want them without any difficulty at all...
starting ornamentals waaaaay early
Posted by mjzzyzoff(6oh)
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brandon7 TN_zone(7)Updated There's nothing wrong with starting some plants early (results may vary with different types of plants), but I wonder what you will gain. The plants that are grown early will still need light and even more space when they get big....
Avocado Tree Attacked
Posted by Doradaly
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trpnbils(6B)Updated My avocado has been "pruned" completely or down to just a couple of leaves, and had the top 6" completely broken off by my dog, a deer, and a skunk over the past couple of years. It looks terrible until the next gro...
Digger Pine
Posted by David378
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated Pinus sabiniana, aka Digger Pine, aka Gray Pine. Your sign in doesn't indicate your climate zone, but some facts about this pine - prefers hot, dry summers; absence of summer fog, requires generally mild winters Specific stands ma...
Zinnias from seed
Posted by brownthumbinbrooklyn(7a)
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated Cut off the first flower stem, down to a pair of leaves. The plant will grow 2 new stems and so on with many branches. Cut off the flowers as they fade, so the plant will keep making more flowers. Its goal is to set seed. By pinch...
Chinese Aborvitae from seed
Posted by wazupwitdat(7)
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wazupwitdat(7)Updated Hi Art thanks I have it under fluorescent light now I want to put it in my bright window but it's so drafty I guess I can create a little barrier and hope for the best. I always start these tender projects in the winter and it's s...
Redbud from seed
Posted by rtg143
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rtg143Updated I bought the mother tree as a bare root and it didn't have much of a tap root. The leaves don't turn yellow in the fall on the little ones either. They just later fall off.
Growing RHP Hoya Seeds
Posted by teisa(6)
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teisa(6)Updated This is another container that I have growing. This container has moss instead of soil/perilite. I have not had any rot with the moss growing. Also should I add more soil mixture as they get taller or not? Thanks
Drainage Problem/Solution
Posted by depeche2u
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seamommy(7bTX)Updated Rather than leveling you need to adjust the grade so it slopes away from the patio. It's a lot of work to do it correctly but only needs to be done one time. Start by stripping your sod around the patio and out to the edge of your...
First garden - planning
Posted by blrhudugi
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seamommy(7bTX)Updated Many grocery stores stock seed potatoes and onion sets in spring. They will cost least if you buy in bulk and split a large order with friends or neighbors. One other thing you can do is to select small potatoes from the open groc...
minimum light requirements
Posted by njitgrad(6A/6B)
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BCUpdated While I will agree that most plants outside don't get 12 hours of sunlight we run our lights longer to compensate for the lower intensity. Depending on lights, you may have to run them16hrs/day to make the equivalent of 6hrs of su...
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