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Re: Miniatures & celery lookalikes

Nick,
>From my experiences I have noticed that even though I plant seeds from the
same page, they all grow very differently.  I try to plant as many seeds as
I can in peat pots and use the plants that break the soil first.  They seem
to grow the fastest.  After that I just hope for luck, although the more
plants you grow the better your chance for luck. 
Luck=preperation+opertunity

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> From: Nick Pearce <ngpearce@rmplc.co.uk>
> To: pumpkins@athenet.net
> Subject: Fw: Minatures & celery lookalikes
> Date: Monday, July 14, 1997 12:15 PM
> 
> 
> 
> ----------
> > From: Nick Pearce <ngpearce@rmplc.co.uk>
> > To: pumpkins@athenet.com
> > Subject: Minatures & celery lookalikes
> > Date: Monday, July 14, 1997 8:12 PM
> > 
> > Hello all.  Thanks to those who replyed to my 1st post a couple of
months
> > ago regarding "training" of plants (to grow in a particular direction).

> I
> > took the advice, and the plant in this patch is behaving itself well. 
> That
> > is, except for the main vine between approx 6 and 12 inches from the
> base,
> > which seems to have split along its length, so much so, this section
> looks
> > a bit like a stick of celery !   Apart from this, the plant is about 7
> feet
> > long & looks quite healthy (so far).
> > Question 1:  Should I bury this section ?
> > 
> > Problem 2: This aside, I've aquired an alotment close by.  I worked
hard
> > and rushed to clear 275 sq yards of 4 foot weeds and put in 4 AG
plants. 
> > I've fertilised them once a week, alternating between Phosphrogen and
> > Miracle Grow.  The weather here has been cool and June was our wettest
> > month on record.  NONE of these plants have done much at all, even
though
> > the weather has been much better over the last couple of weeks, they
> > haven't picked up.  They're still only about 1 foot tall and haven't
even
> > layed down.  They're quite yellowish, and the only new leaves since
> > planting out are extremely small/stunted.  I haven't tested the soil,
and
> > wouldn't really know what to test for anyway !  (I'm guessing this may
be
> a
> > soil problem as my other plant (ref para 1) came from the same packet).
> > 
> > Any suggestions much appreciated.  - Thanks for your time.
> > 
> > 
> > ,,,,,, NEXT YEAR ..... !!!!!!!!!!! ..........
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Nick Pearce, Cheltenham, UK
> > http://www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/ngpearce/
> >
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