Re: Re: Adventures in seed sowing

From Gardener's Supply - they are self-contained, self watering propagtion units.
The 12 cells fit well on a window sill and I usethe 24 cell units in my
seed starting center. APS stands for Advanced Propagation System or
something like that.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: james singer
Sent: 8/1/2004 4:36:39 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
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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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4
> Zone 10a
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