Re: Growing Seeds
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- Subject: Re: Growing Seeds
- From: H* a* J* J*
- Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 14:56:57 -0600
Dreen,
D you have an old fish aquarium with a lighted hood? I read somewhere that
you could put your seedlings in this and they do well....I am going to give
it a try!
Janice(MS - zone 7) where it is 73 degrees today
-----Original Message-----
From: Doreen Knihnicky <knihnick@mail.med.upenn.edu>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Growing Seeds
>
>Thank you Valerie, I'm going to keep this post as reference, because it
>sounds like you have success with yours. And I'll see about getting some
>fluorescent lights. The "grow lights" seem a bit expensive, and it won't be
>long before I can move things outside.
>
>Doreen
>>Valerie Lowery@ZEON
>>02/09/99 11:56 AM
>>
>>Doreen,
>>
>>It sounds like your seedlings aren't getting enough light. If they're
>>growing tall and spindly with weak stems, it's a sign that they are
>>stretching towards your light source. I give my seedlings 12 hours of
>>light and adjust the light fixtures so that they are about 2 to 3 inches
>>above the plants. I don't know about the layout of your house, but the
>>winter sun is just too weak for me to try to grow seedlings in the
>>windowsill. They will inevitably grow spindly.
>>
>>If you're sure of your light source and its intensity, you may be
>>overfertilizing. I don't start fertilizing seedlings until they have a
few
>>"true leaves", not the embryonic ones they first sprout with. Then I
>>dilute my fertilizer by at least half and bottom-feed it to the seedlings.
>>They'll get this once a week or so. Overfertilizing causes rapid growth
>>that the seedlings are far too young to handle just yet. It may also
cause
>>"burning" if you top-apply it without diluting it.
>>
>>I'm by no means a professional; just someone who has learned through trial
>>and error. I now have stocky little plants to put out every spring.
>>
>>Val in KY
>>zone 6a
>>
>>
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