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Re: Starting seeds indoors...

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In two months, her sunflowers are going to be full-grown. If they're
six-footers, I hope she has big windows and no desire to see the sun
herself unless they die on her. Ooops. Margaret L


At 11:00 AM 4/10/2000 -0500, you wrote:
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>Dawn ... your message made me chuckle!  But it also gave me the idea to
>plant sunflowers in the house.  Good luck!   ... Nickie
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Dawn Gilmore <dgilm@starbase21.com>
>Subject: Starting seeds indoors...
>
>
>> Hello all...
>>
>> Okay, just a quick question.  Grandma thought it would be fun to start
>some
>> seeds indoors with my kids last week.  So she planted SUNFLOWERS!  Now, I
>> have 3 inch tall seedlings in egg cartons...  I am going to make some
>paper
>> pots with the kids today, and hope to keep them alive until we can move
>> them to the garden.  My concern is this...  first of all we are zone
>> 4-ish...  And it snowed yesterday, ie we are still two months from our
>last
>> spring frost.
>>
>> How do I keep sunflowers happy in paper pots for two months, and can I
>> prevent them from getting to be six feet tall in that two months, without
>> stunting their growth in the long run.  Secondly, I was looking at the egg
>> cartons, and they were definitely overwatered in my children's enthusiasm.
>> There is a layer of mold in some places.  Do I need to be concerned about
>> this?  Will it cause damping off?  Or should I just move the dirt from the
>> egg cartons to the paper pots, mold and all?
>>
>> Finally....  I know to plant them on the north end of the garden, but does
>> anyone know the spacing?  Can I plant two or three in a single small paper
>> pot, or do they each need to be separate?  If I remember correctly, the
>> sunflowers I've planted in the past didn't seem to root very deeply, but
>it
>> seemed that the roots spread out like rays.
>>
>> I am prepared, if necessary to tell the kids "so sorry, they died, guess
>> we'll have to replant OUTDOORS where there is room for them to grow!" and
>> turn it into a gardening lesson.  Any advice?? (She could have planted
>bird
>> seed like I suggested!)
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>> Dawn
>>
>>
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