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Seed bombs
Posted by leahsurfer(8)
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plantwhisper(8-9)Updated 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 ...
Avocado Pit?
Posted by Sami-Doughty(5)
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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated 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. ...
onions, shallots, and garlic.
Posted by proflonghair07
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tommyr_gwUpdated 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 ...
Mexican Petunia- Morado Chi- True to type?
Posted by GAV65
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bugbite(z9a FL)Updated 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. Occasion...
recalcitrant seed and simulated hog guts
Posted by plantwhisper(8-9)
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated I would think it's the digestive enzymes in a mammal's gut that dissolve the covering on the seed so it can germinate.
Jackfruit saplings dying (repeatedly)
Posted by robertcoogan
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homegroan(3a)Updated Maybe if you just use the Miracle once every couple of weeks, like the label says, it might help. You could be burning them.
Snapdragons from seed (when will they bloom?)
Posted by SoFL Rose z10
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated 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
Celosia
Posted by ifraser25(z11 Brazil)
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ifraser25(z11 Brazil)Updated 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....
Boston Area - Planting Seeds that Need Cold
Posted by dbrull(5)
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated What seeds are you trying to sow? That makes a difference in the answer. Some seeds can be scattered now and some in very early spring while snow is still happening. Some can be started now and when they come up, you put some prot...
how to store seeds?
Posted by Lan1912
6 Comments
Lan1912Updated thanks so much!!!
Cheap Dollar General seeds!
Posted by Carolinaflowerlover NC Zone 7b
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Carolinaflowerlover NC Zone 7bUpdated Welcome, V! Jojo, no idea...,sorry.
egyptian walking onions
Posted by gro2can(3b)
2 Comments
michael1846(6)Updated Just get some bulbs once u have them u have floods of them u will soon find your self finding ways to make them look nice in your flower beds and giving them away at church events
cone flowers by seed
Posted by Christopher1234
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princessgrace79(8 PNW)Updated I am going to plant some seeds as well tomorrow. Purple basic coneflowers (cheap seeds!) I cut the bottoms out of some cheap plastic pots and stuck them in the ground, so I can easily remove later. I mostly did that so that I reme...
buddleia from seed/plants
Posted by Brooks23(Kentucky zone 6)
3 Comments
florauk(8/9)Updated Buddleja is really easy from cuttings.That way you can get exact copies of the parent.
Need Tips! Any & All Tips!!!
Posted by LullabyF360
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ifraser25(z11 Brazil)Updated The internet is a wonderful tool and if you use it diligently will give you all the answers you need. I find it is well worthwhile researching where the plants you want to grow come from originally. If they are not from southern U...
Marigold seeds
Posted by Ricks66
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terrene(5b MA)Updated Do you have caterpillars on your marigolds? I wonder what kind of caterpillar that is. My petunias have had a few caterpillars this year. I try to pick them off.
Using cinder blocks to grow taprooted tree seedlings in?
Posted by nick_b79(4/5 Southeast MN)
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nick_b79(4/5 Southeast MN)Updated Oh, I'm not too worried about the above-ground pests: the neighbor's dogs, the local fox and coyote populations, the owls and my .22-cal rifles keep them in check. It's the damn pocket gophers that kill me. They never come out of ...
Planting Cestrum Nocturnum seeds
Posted by pendo46
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yiorges-z5ilUpdated Lightly cover the seed...soil temp for germination 64-75F T takes 7-21 days. growing time to transplant 25-40 days.
Seedlings in trouble!!!!! Stunted growth, tiny, yellow...
Posted by brh721(7)
12 Comments
Glendora91741Updated Greetings, even if i cant help, would like to see pic's of your seedlings cheers!
Seedling tray technique
Posted by jacqueinthegorge(USDA 8 / Sunset 5)
5 Comments
Glendora91741Updated Greetings, (check out my response=***) I don't like to start seeds en masse, I like to use seedling trays. But since I don't always want 72 plants of whatever, I will start several different kinds in one tray. And of course they d...
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