keeping soil moist while waiting for seeds to sprout

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• Subject: keeping soil moist while waiting for seeds to sprout
• From: V* C* <v*@ACTIVE.CH>
• Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 10:18:04 +0100

>Does anyone have any suggestions for keeping the soil more
>moist while waiting for the seeds to sprout?  Carrots in
>particular have been a big problem for me, last year not a
>single one germinated!!

There are other reasons to prevent carrots from sprouting:

-- Too much fertilizer: They really don't like that. Use a bed
   that was not fertilized in the current year, fertilize after
   the seedlings are at least 2.5 cm high.

-- Too much water! Despite carrots love that, slugs and snails
   love it more, and they especially love carrot seedlings...

-- Impatience. Carrots need their time to sprout: 21 to 40 days,
   even longer in early spring. Mark the rows with radish
   and be careful. When the radishes are ripe, the carrot seedlings
   are ready for thinning (about 5 cm high).



Andreas


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E-mail: viviani@active.ch  Dr. Andreas Viviani
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