Re: Adventures in seed sowing

Another interesting thing about APS is that with the capillary matting the
medium stays uniformly moist and there's no water applied from above, not
even a mist.  They supply a dome cover with it, but it isn't really
necessary for seeds.  I've also done small cuttings in them satisfactorily.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Adventures in seed sowing


> Interesting. I wonder where I've been all this time? Anyway, since mine
> are under mist, peat pots are sufficient... when I can find them.
>
> On Sunday, August 1, 2004, at 12:19 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > APS (Accelerated Propagation System) units are those styrofoam sets
> > with
> > usually 24 to 40 cells.  They include a water resevoir and capillary
> > matting.
> >
> > I use the peat pots occasionally for seed that indicate they don't like
> > their roots disturbed.  APS cells are somewhat shallow and if you're
> > not
> > careful the roots grab hold of the capillary matting.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 4:36 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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