Re: Planting medium

Hi,
My thoughts are that if some of your seeds are not coming up at all you may be cooking them in your Athenian sunshine; covered in plastic wrap and shaded with white paper, it must be like an oven in the styrofoam cups, particularly as these will allow little heat to escape through the sides. Try experimenting with a soil thermometer. Some Mediterranean seeds, specially Umbellifers need a period of cold to break dormancy, so leave them for at least a year before throwing them away. Others  such as Thapsia go into dormancy soon after gerrminating to reappear the following year,  so again don't throw them away too soon. If you have been scattering your "failures" around the garden, you may get a nice surprise next year as we did with some of our "unsuccessful" Alliums last week
 
Anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: s*@yahoo.com
To: m*@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: Planting medium

Hello,
I am ready to plant my seeds in my greenhouse and have a bag of the following
Light Peat 90%
Pearlite     10%
Calcium      2 KG
N.P.K. 12 - 16 - 12 + o,2
Microelements Fe, Mg, Cu, B Mo, MN Zn
PH (5 - 6,5)
 
Should I use this to start seeds? I put the seeds into stryofoam cups and cover lightly with clear plastic wrap. Depending on the seeds I set them on the floor of the green house or high up where they get lots of sun.  I also use a sheet of white paper to give the pots some shade from the hot sum. I plant lots of flower seeds and garden vegetables.  I am always trying out new stuff I know nothing about but the the pictures look great. Sometimes I have difficulty getting my plants to grow once they come up and some times I have trouble getting them to come up at all. Usually I have a fairly good success rate, but there is room for improvement.  .  Any advice would be appreciated.  Thanks
 
Lorraine Schmiege    just above Athens, Greece where it is sunny at the moment and the doors of the house are wide open and it does not feel like winter at all.

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