Re: CULT: Thanksgiving seedlings
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Thanksgiving seedlings
- From: "* D* S* <g*@ccast.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 14:52:10 -0700 (MST)
> From: J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey <storey@aristotle.net>
> Two of our quarterbred seedlings emerged earlier this fall. Since last
> Thursday, five seedlings have emerged. One seems to have broken the
surface
> just yesterday, or perhaps this morning.
> Our highs last week were mostly 50s, but we did get into the 70s once.
> When I first set out my seeds, M.D. Faith told me to look for seedlings
> popping out throughout late summer, fall, winter and into the spring.
>
That makes perfect sense here in the south. A good reason why I don't
plant mine till late October or the first two weeks of November. Then I
try my best to keep them moist until it freezes in mid-late December. That
way I am almost assured that none of them will emerge until I'm ready to
put them in the cold frame in early Feb. I always try to do that during
the first week of Feb. I then almost always have germination begin within
two weeks. I again water every other day or so to make sure that they
don't dry out until they are finished emerging a month or so later and then
watch them grow to be ready to transplant around mid-April to begin growing
before the bloom season starts here! If not.....then I don't have time
till after and that is late May and it is too hot and dry.
It works for me. Perhaps in a few days I will give the easy thing I did to
make my present cold frame and other things that have worked for me in the
past, if there's any interest!
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