Re: Adventures in seed sowing

What's "APS units"?

On Saturday, July 31, 2004, at 09:16 PM, Kitty wrote:

I've used both the pots and the buttons - things I got from markdown bins.
Either is ok, but I usually prefer to use the APS units.

Kitty

----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 2:21 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Adventures in seed sowing


A friend sent seeds of the allspice tree [Pimenta dioica] and I
recently saved seeds from a papaya [Carica papaya "Caribbean Red"], and
since both are tropicals--and tropicals have notoriously short-lived
seeds--I decided to sow them today.

At the beginning of last season [that means when the northerners began
to arrive in late October 2003] I purchased one of those six packs of
10-compartment peat pots at Home Depot. Two weeks ago, I used the last
one to sow "Emperor" lychee seeds.

Today, when I went fetching for more peat pots I drew a blank at all
garden departments and stores and plant nurseries within a 30-mile
radius. Finally had to settle for those compressed pots, those buttons
that are about the size of a poker chip. I wasn't forced to buy one of
those "seedling greenhouse" kits, thankfully; found a nursery that
more-or-less sells the compressed pots by handful--7.5 cents each.

But, anyway, now I remember why I prefer the peat pots. These buttons
are really time-consuming to get ready to use. Guess I'll buy three or
four of those peat-pot six packs next October.


Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4
Zone 10a
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]

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Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4
Zone 10a
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