Re: any suggestions?
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- Subject: Re: any suggestions?
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- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:03:28 +0000
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> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 13:15:54 -0500
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> From: bhayes@zelacom.com (Isabelle Hayes)
> Subject: any suggestions?
> Reply-to: perennials@mallorn.com
> I have a ton of seeds which I'm going to start to germinate next week,
> inside the house, and then grow the plants under lights until the weather
> has warmed up permanently; here in zone 5 in the mountains, we aren't
> frost-free until mid-May at the earliest;
>
> since I have so many seeds to germinate, and not a whole lot of room, I like
> to start them in a large flat container, and when they have grown somewhat,
> then I transfer them to more individual potting;
>
> I have used the aluminum baking pans sold in grocery stores, and put holes
> in the bottom for drainage; these have worked fairly well, but I was
> wondering if anyone else had a better way.
>
> TIA
>
> Isabelle Hayes
Isabelle,
I do exactly the same thing, however for many years, in the end, I didn't
have room under the lights for all the seedlings that got transplanted to 12
cell containers. This year, except for the smallest seeds like petunias, I am
planting directly in the 12 cell containers. I usually put 2 seeds in a cell.
I put the 12 cell containers (5) in a black tray that seems to be made
specifically for it, and bottom water. The tray actually holds 6 containers
(72) plants, but I have to go one shy to fit under the lights.
This seems to be less work, but it ain't over yet. Ask me later in the spring
how it went. My favorite soil mix for seeding is Peter's Redi-Earth.
Regards, Steve
Stephen Millard
Websmith Enterprises Inc.
Harrisburg, Pa.
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