Re: 1 out of 7 ... THE ARCHIVES!

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It is also time for one of my occasional friendly reminders. Especially for the new folks to the list, and to some of the not-so-new folks who perhaps forget what a great resource Chris and Duncan maintain for us...

The list archives are a phenomenal research tool. Yes, it takes just a little bit of digging around and a little bit of time, but all these subjects are covered, and pretty much all subjects have really good, solid input from true heavy hitters. A lot of the HH's understandably burn out answering the same questions over and over ('can I split the vines and put in a little milk??', 'pointy end of the seed up or down??', etc.) and move on, but thank heavens they were active on the list for a while, and their contributions are still available for reference.

So you want to know how to prep seeds for planting? What about colchicine? milk? yellow spots on leaves? (get ready for this - yellow spots on leaves is such a common sympton of many, many problems - it's a little bit like, 'Mom, my tummy hurts!', and doesn't not have a single answer. But I'm sure Bob Troy once posted a reference to some research site with images of different variations that may help you i.d. your plant's yellow spots - go search!). Soon you will have questions about pollination and pruning, then culling extra fruits, relieving stem stress, shading fruits, and on and on. All this info is out there in the archives!!

Go to the link at the tope, type in your search terms and see what you can find. One hint about the search: you can't just type consecutive words like in Google. You need to use all-caps connectors like AND, OR, etc.



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Cliff Warren" <cliffrwarren@hotmail.com>
This seems like an ongoing question, concern... what this list really needs is
a good solid "Seed Starting FAQ". Gather all the best information from
growers and compile it into an easy to read document, complete with
pictures. I just might try writing this, and I would want input from all of
you that have good success.

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