Re: Re: Adventures in seed sowing

Oh, mine are so old, they don't have water gauges.  I used to scrub them
cell by cell every year, but now that I have a dishwasher it is a lot
easier.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Adventures in seed sowing


> They have certainly improved my luck w/ seed starting. And I like the
> little water level gauges that fit in the watering hole - you can tell
> at a glance if they're getting dry.
>
>
> Pam Evans
> Kemp, TX
> zone 8A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: james singer
> Sent: 8/1/2004 5:26:58 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Adventures in seed sowing
>
> > Thanks, Pam. Think I'm going to try it just to get myself into the 21st
> > Century.
> >
> > On Sunday, August 1, 2004, at 06:17 PM, ""
> > <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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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