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Re: Starting Seedlings

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At 08:58 PM 11/10/99 EST, you wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>In a message dated 11/10/99 9:38:03 PM Atlantic Standard Time,
cshel@usit.net 
>writes:
>
><< Would it hurt to use used trays that were previously used for
> tobacco plants? >>
>"TEST"
> Hey ya'll I am a Sq FT gardener in Florida. 50 miles north of Palm Bch. We 
>call it
>Ft Pierce. I have been growing veggies since 1972. I think I was using the
Sq 
>Ft method even back then. Even before I read the book or saw Mel on TV or 
>PBS.Good years I am zone 10 bad years I am zone 9. My garden is doing great 
>this year  even
>after a brief visit by hurricane Irene. I got lucky the plants we all very 
>small.
>
>Tobacco trays are fine for seedlings but I would not use them for tomato 
>plants I
>beleive there are pathogens associated with tobacco that might effect 
>tomatoes.
>
>><((((*>
They can infect any solanaceae, including eggplants, peppers, tomatoes,
petunias, potatoes, physalis, etc. Margaret L


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