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Re: Seed sowing techniques......

Date:  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 15:39:02 -0600
    From: Vicki Morin Gallagher <vmg_mt@NETRIX.NET>
Dear Norman:

>>>>>>>>>50% sharp sand >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
What size sand do you use.  My local gravel pit carries about 9
different
variations called sand.  Should coarse sand be used with a top dressing
of
1/16" sifted pebbles (pit run grit)?

>>>>>>>>>>plus a sprinkling of osmocote( a slow release fertilizer)>>>>>>>>>
What formulations of Osmocote?  Do you use 17-6-10 plus minors? 18-6-12?
14-14-14?


>>>>>>>>>>Seeds are sown on three inch pots>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Some 3" pots are 2" tall and others 3 1/2".  Do you prefer a specific
height of 3" pot?  Do you use square or round pots?

Question:  Do you plant community pots or one seed per container?

>>>>>>>Trays of these pots are covered by latticed trays to allow sun, rain
and snow>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Are you speaking of the latticed bottom tray that fits the standard
10x20" flat?

Question:  How do you keep your small pots moist in the summer?  Do you
move the pots to a north exposure?  How do you bottom water that many
seedlings?  What time saving apparatus have you devised?

Question:  What size do you recommend for seedlings permanent placement
in
the garden?  Do you wait for roots to show through the bottom of the
pot?

Now for a non-Alpine statement.  The local mountain mahogany,
Cercocarpus
ledifolius Nutt var. intercedens Schneid virtually glows this time of
year.


Best, Vicki


-- 
Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA
Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
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