Re: Re: Re: Adventures in seed sowing

See what happens when you pass all your catalogs on to friends? LOL. Oh
well, I was close. But they work very well for me, even though my seed
starting center is in this room which is neither heated or
air-condtioned. And the narrow ones do very well on sunny window sills.
For anyone who is interested, they are usually on sale during late
winter/early Spring.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Kitty
Sent: 8/1/2004 5:54:13 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] 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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