Re: Re: Adventures in seed sowing

A = Accelerated.
I don't know why, but seeds do seem to sprout faster in these babies.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] 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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